For those of you who are studying ARGs this semester, some the former members of ‘Mind Candy’, the creators of Perplexcity, have founded a new company called ‘Six to Start’ and their first project is called We Tell Stories. Made in collaboration with Penguin Books, the project is a series of stories written by professional authors exploring digital fiction. However, I have heard a rumor that there is an ARG hidden somewhere in the website, so happy hunting:
On a related note, Adrian Hon (one of the founders of Six to Start) recently gave a talk about stories in games at a Barcamp in Brighton, England. You can get a summation of the lecture at the Guardian Unlimited’s games blog here and Mr. Hon has posted his slides on his own blog here.