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Book Review: Dave Szulborski’s “This Is Not a Game”

I’d never heard of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) until a friend suggested I read this book. As someone interested in the intersection between gaming and narrative, I think the ARG world is full of promise. Dave Szulborski has written a fine introduction to this embryonic genre; his tripartite offering is a conceptual manifesto, brief history, […]

Quotes 8-13-2014

“The mind of man spontaneously assumes greater simplicity, uniformity and unity among phenomena than actually exists.  It follows superficial analogies and jumps to conclusions; it overlooks the variety of details and the existence of exceptions.  Thus it weaves a web of purely internal origin which it imposes upon nature.  What had been termed science in […]