"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.). You will get tips regarding ARG strategies and will be able to play your own sample game that is contained within the pages of the book.
Chapter 1 Unreality: A Brief History of ARG
Chapter 2 Beyond Reality: Approaching an ARG
Chapter 3 Past Reality: An Annotated ARG, Part I
Chapter 4 Past Reality: An Annotated ARG, Part II
Chapter 5 Down the Rabbit Hole: Introducing “Route 66”
Chapter 6 Route 66 ARG, Part II
Chapter 7 Route 66 ARG, Part III (Conclusion)
Chapter 8 A Post-ARG Analysis
Chapter 9 Web Design for Puppetmasters, Part I
Chapter 10 Web Design for Puppetmasters, Part II
Appendix A Online ARG Resources
Author Description
John W. Gosney has been working with technology for several years, as an author of computer books, a programmer, and a teacher. His true interest in technology lies in how people use it to express their creativity and individuality. Gosney is a graduate of Purdue University and Butler University and serves as an instructor and technology director at the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University. He is author or coauthor of several books about computer technology, including HTML Professional Projects, Blogging for Teens, and Convert VHS Home Movies to DVD.