Innocent
Web 'Zine Causes Furor in ARG Community
Anticipating the upcoming launch of the highly
touted "Pursuing Your Dream" game, members
of the ARG community were led astray by an article
in a web magazine geared towards their community.
In a feature article at Galpals.com, writer Nat
McLennan wrote a tongue-in-cheek article about
a man who was jolted awake while pursuing his
dreams.
The article was always meant as a joke, claims
McLennan, yet the mass of people waiting for the
launch of the project took it as a signal that
the campaign had finally arrived. Speculating
on various message boards dedicated to the PYD
venture, some players-in-waiting began connecting
fictitious events in the article to real-life
places and events. It wasn't until webmaster Jennifer
Invellomen reported on the message boards that
the article was, in fact, fictitious, that the
players knew the truth about the article.
The designers of Pursuing Your Dream have not
commented about the confusion, as they are hard
at work, trying to get the game out to the public.
Galspals.com has issued a public apology, which
you can see at their site. Sorry
for causing so much confusion, wishchasers!
by Nancy Maclean
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what Candice Joplin dreams of at night.
Is she screwed or what!? |
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BMW
Films Endgame Overshadows Datsun Game Release
While hundreds gathered in Las Vegas this past
weekend to celebrate the grand finale of the BMW
Films game "Uncap the Ride", fourteen
lonely souls gathered in the Ambassador Room in
Roanoke for the unveiling of the Datsun Films
game "Pop dat Trunk." Datsun Films spokesperson
Anna Gibling went on with the show, despite the
small crowd, by introducing the first film, "Little
People," directed by Roman Polanski. As well,
the group of onlookers was treated to the first
public appearance of cult-icon Datsunman.
In the first film, viewers were required to look
for hidden words that had been edited into the
film. Once they had those words, they were to
put them together into a sentence and email them
to a special datsun.com email address, where they
were given their next clue. While the format closely
resembles the BMW Films campaign, Gibling is telling
critics that their project "has substantially
different elements. For example, did the BMW Films
game have Datsunman? Did they? I think not. So,
we're different."
Later in the evening, Datsunman performed his
80's top ten hit "Wicked Cool Rhyme"
and signed autographs for 12 of the 14 participants.
He left, arm in arm, with one of the fans. We
can only assume that he attempted to have sex
with the woman, but ejaculated prematurely, and
was forced to watch TV in his Holiday Inn suite
alone.
by Waldo Emerson Cook
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Writer Writes Strings of Random Eight-Letter Words
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