The MIT Mystery Hunt is a time honored tradition seminal to the puzzle hunt and immersive media communities. This blog post remains a shockingly small account of our nearly 72 hour experience – and even then a shockingly smaller account of just a few puzzles we found exciting. Continue Reading
There’s this brilliant alternate reality game (ARG) on the scene that’s drawing on the traditions of e-literature and narratively inclined Indie games called Under the Surface. Continue Reading
“Some pain stays so long its absence becomes a different pain -” Kaveh Akbar I’d be willing to die on the hill that as long as the independent ARG scene has existed, some form of the “stuck in my house”[1]… Continue Reading
“You see the journey starts here, the real fun starts here, when everything changes…” – Evan Jennings as Habit We’ve charted a course through two alternate reality games on Serious Play. We investigated the voyeuristic view of This House has… Continue Reading
…At the center of a low dishonest decade where selves grow immense, then shrink… – David Wojahn Let’s start with a simple question. What is this thing (Figure 1.0)? Well, in the world of Code Vein this little object is called a… Continue Reading
“I do not Dunkey, but I might have Spaghetti and meatballs if you ask nicely” Landon from GameStop Recently, the Lunch Zone crew and I got around to playing Heart of Enya – which is a game with relatively… Continue Reading
But how does one love what’s made of light and so far away – Emilia Philips Latte foam, the smell of a hastily made lunch, and buzzing computer fans are the essence of Serious Play. Our little collab, spread out… Continue Reading