10. Alternate Reality Games: Petscop & The Sun Vanished
One Time On The Internet
English - April 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSociety & Culture Technology reddit mmos internet 2000s black girl mage harry horror surena marie saige ryan 90s pixel circus Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 9. Flash Games: Neopets & Newgrounds
Next Episode: 11. Artificial Intelligence -- Cleverbot + Bina48
ARGs for short, these games are unlike anything you've ever "played" before. Because they begin as games you don't know you're playing. Popularized by the internet, the game can start with a video, a tweet, a Reddit post. All it takes is for a group of people to play along. And now you have a game. In the first story, we cover the video series Petscop, a walk-through of an unfinished video game that delves into unexpected territory. And for the second story, we're talking about The Sun Vanished, which began with a simple tweet that said "help"