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Apr13
Novel Scavenger Hunts
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My favorite part of this job is reading about genres being born on the Internet from the Chinese Gangster Story to the evolving art of fan fiction.

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch blog has some great (slightly poo-pooing) analysis of Alternate-Reality Games--the genre where readers get to play out a fictional story in the real world. 

Imagine intricate scavenger hunts written by novelists, and you've got the idea.

Dig it:

"The producers of Lost, for example, are, according to Web chatter, reportedly planning to launch a sprawling mythological scavenger hunt called The Lost Experience live on the Internet this summer. It sounds like the famous Jeanine Salla alternate-reality game from A.I."

Jim Hanas has this great interview with science fiction writer and alternate reality game designer, Sean Stewart, looking at the future of the genre.  Lost fans jumped all over the forum over at PopWatch, but I'd love to see more links about alternative reality game writers.  Any suggestions?   

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