Beyond Reality: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gamin [Paperback]

John W. Gosney (Author)

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Muska and Lipman/Premier-Trade (July 8 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1592007376
ISBN-13: 978-1592007370
Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18.8 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 635 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #509,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Beyond Reality: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming" serves as a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating topic. It covers various aspects of alternate reality gaming, including its history and development of an ARG game (e.g. the "puppet master" role). It also introduces components of ARG games, explaining to inexperienced players how to play an ARG and covers devices (such as GPS devices, etc.). Readers will get tips regarding ARG strategies and will be able to play their own sample "game" that is contained within the pages of the book.

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Amazon.com: 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Average, Feb 22 2007

By Andres Martinez Quijano - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Beyond Reality: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gamin (Paperback)

An average book, the author repeats himself several times (for instance he mentions the guide to The Beast at least 5 times), and two chapters of the book are dedicated to HTML!! That's not precisely a guide to ARG. I found it quite a superficial book, not deepening enough in the capabilities of ARGs

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5.0 out of 5 stars From honing critical thinking skills to building an ARG simulation which works, Jan 3 2006

By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Beyond Reality: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gamin (Paperback)

John W. Gosney's Beyond Reality: A Guide To Alternate Reality Gaming narrows the focus to alternate reality games, which ask players to ignore the usual barriers between real and fantasy worlds to use web sites, TV ads, and game-generated phone calls as clues to uncovering the game's mystery. When lines between real and virtual worlds are blurred and intersect, a higher-quality gaming experience can be achieved: that's the message of Beyond Reality which leads programmers to uncover just how this can be accomplished, from honing critical thinking skills to building an ARG simulation which works.

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