Alternate Reality Games SIG/Whitepaper/Appendix 1: Academic Citations

International Game Developers Association

These are the publications mentioned in the overviews of the academics. They are listed here in alphabetical order (by surname).

Contents 1 Bryan Alexander 1.1 Academic 1.2 Substantial Blog Posts 2 Christy Dena 2.1 Academic 2.2 Forthcoming PhD.Industry Reports 2.3 Substantial Blog posts 3 Henry Jenkins 4 Steven E. Jones 5 Andrew Losowsky 5.1 Academic 5.2 Media Articles 5.3 Substantial Blog Posts 6 Jane McGonigal 6.1 Chapters & Journal Articles 6.2 Presentations 6.3 Blog post 7 Jason Mittell 8 Eva Nieuwdorp 9 Henrik Örnebring 10 Ravi Purushotma 11 Jeremy Reynolds 12 Marc Ruppel 13 Jane Turner and Ann Morrison

Bryan Alexander

Academic

• Alexander, B. (2005a) 'Alternate Reality Games (ARG)' presented at New Media Consortium Online Conference on Educational Gaming, Online, 8 Dec.
• Alexander, B. (2006a) 'A New Approach to Gaming and Education: Alternate Reality Games' presented at ELI Annual Meeting: Advancing Learning: Insights and Innovations, San Diego, CA, 30 Jan. Some detail at available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/presentations/2006/01/test.html
• Alexander, B. (2006b) 'Alternate Reality Game Practice: Puzzles and Design Workshop' presented at ELI Annual Meeting: Advancing Learning: Insights and Innovations, San Diego, CA, 30 Jan.

Substantial Blog Posts

• Alexander, B. (2005b) 'Antecedents to alternate reality games', Infocult, 5 Oct [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2005/10/antecedents_to_.html
• Alexander, B. (2006c) 'ARG vs Wikipedia vs blogosphere', Infocult, 16 Aug [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2005/08/arg_vs_wikipedi.html
• Alexander, B. (2006d) 'Gene Wolfe's pre-ARG story', Infocult, 25 Jan [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2006/01/gene_wolfes_pre.html
• Alexander, B. (2006e) 'Tackling the Lost ARG: first go ', Infocult, 5 May [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2006/05/tackling_the_lo.html
• Alexander, B. (2006f) 'Tackling the Lost ARG: part 2', Infocult, 7 May [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2006/05/tackling_the_lo_1.html
• Alexander, B. (2006g) 'Tackling the Lost ARG: part 3', Infocult, 9 May [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2006/05/tackling_the_lo_2.html
• Alexander, B. (2006h) 'Tackling the Lost ARG: part 4', Infocult, 10 May [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2006/05/tackling_the_lo_3.html
• Alexander, B. (2006i) 'Tackling the Lost ARG: part 5', Infocult, 8 June [Online] Available at: http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2006/06/tackling_the_lo.html

Christy Dena

Academic

• Dena, C. (2004a) 'Towards a Poetics of Multi-channel storytelling' presented at Critical Animals, This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle, 1 Oct.
• Dena, C. (2005a) ‘Elements of “Interactive Drama”: Behind the Virtual Curtain of Jupiter Green” published in Performance Paradigm 1(1).
• Dena, C. (2005b) 'Texts, Worlds, Realms and Channels: Towards a Taxonomy of Polymorphic Works' presented at SCAtharsis Monthly Seminar Series, University of Melbourne, 17 Aug.
• Dena, C. (2006a) ‘Clustering Conscious: Towards Polymorphism’ presented at SEAFAM Research Day, University of Sydney, 16 June.
• Dena, C. (2006b) ‘How the Internet is Holding Together the Conjured Universes’ presented at Internet Research 7.0: Internet Convergences, Association of Internet Researchers, Brisbane, Queensland, 27-30 Sept, 2006.

Forthcoming PhD.Industry Reports

• Dena, C. (2004b) 'Current State of Cross Media Storytelling: Preliminary observations for future design' presented by proxy (Monique de Haas) at 'Crossmedia communication in the dynamic knowledge society networking session’ at the European Information Society Technologies (IST) Event 2004: Participate in your future, The Netherlands, 15 Nov.

Substantial Blog posts

• Dena, C. (2005c) ' Bots Just Wanna Chat ', Writer Response Theory, 28th May [Online] Available at: http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/05/28/bots-just-wanna-chat/
• Dena, C. (2006c) ‘Top ARGs, with Stats’, Cross-Media Entertainment, 4 March [Online] Available at: http://www.cross-mediaentertainment.com/index.php/2006/03/04/top-args-with-stats/ Last modified: 4 June, 2006.
• Dena, C. (2006d) 'It’s Alive!: Lost ARG has begun', Cross-Media Entertainment, 4 May [Online] Available at: http://www.cross-mediaentertainment.com/index.php/2006/05/04/its-alive-lost-arg-has-begun/

Henry Jenkins

• Jenkins, H. (2004) ‘Chasing Bees, Without the Hive Mind’, Technology Review, 3 Dec [Online] Available at: http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=13561&ch=infotech
• Wallis, A. and H. Jenkins (2006) 'GameSetInterview: Henry Jenkins On The Responsibility Of Games', GameSetWatch, 5 June [Online] Available at: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/06/gamesetinterview_henry_jenkins.php
• Jenkins, H. (forthcoming) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, New York University Press, New York
• Jenkins, H., R. Purushotma, et al. (forthcoming) ‘Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century’, Project New Media Literacies. http://www.projectnml.org.

Steven E. Jones

• Jones, S. E. (2005) ‘This Medium will Metastasize: Videogames and Textual Studies’ presented at MLA, Washington, DC, 29 Dec.
• Book in progress: Textual Studies and Video Games.

Andrew Losowsky

Academic

• Losowsky, A. (2005a) 'Alternate Reality Games and a future of narrative' presented at Science Fiction(s): A Study Day on Science Fiction Film, Television, Literature and New Media, University of Nottingham, 19th August [Online] Available at: post Prandial http://www.losowsky.com/weblog/archives/009727.html.

Media Articles

• Losowsky, A. (2003) 'Puppet Masters', The Guardian, 11 Dec [Online] Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4815979-110837,00.html
• Losowsky, A. (2005b) 'BBC's Teen Dream a Risky Business', The Guardian, 23 June [Online] Available at: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,1511977,00.html

Substantial Blog Posts

• Losowsky, A. (2006) 'Separating Truth from Reality', post Prandial, 8 May [Online] Available at: http://www.losowsky.com/weblog/archives/2006/05/08/separating_trut.html

Jane McGonigal

Chapters & Journal Articles

• McGonigal, J. (2003a) This Is Not a Game': Immersive Aesthetics and Collective Play' presented at MelbourneDAC: the 5th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, May 19 -23, published at School of Applied Communication, RMIT [Online] Available at: http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/papers/McGonigal.pdf . PowerPoint available at: www.avantgame.com.
• McGonigal, J. (2003b) 'A Real Little Game: The Performance of Belief in Pervasive Play' presented at Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) "Level Up" Conference, November, published at www.avantgame.com.
• McGonigal, J. (2005a) 'Supergaming! Ubiquitous Play and Performance for Massively Scaled Community', W.B. Worthen (ed.) Modern Drama: Special Issue on Technology, 48(3): 471-491. Also published at www.avantgame.com.
• McGonigal, J. (2006a) ‘The Puppet Master Problem: Design for Real-World, Mission-Based Gaming’ in Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin (Eds) Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media, MIT Press. Also published at www.avantgame.com.

Presentations

• McGonigal, J. (2004a) ‘Alternate Reality Gaming: 'Life Imitates ARG”’ presented for the MacArthur Foundation Board of Directors, Nov. PowerPoint from available at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2004b) 'The Runaway Game: Spectacle and Performance in Public Play' presented at StoryEngines Conference, Stanford University, February, published at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2005b) ‘Experimental Gameplay: I Love Bees’ presented at Game Developers Conference, March. PowerPoint available at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2005c) 'I Love Bees: A Buzz Story' presented at Word of Mouth Marketing panel at AD:TECH, San Francisco, 25-27 April. Powerpoint available at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2005d) 'Alternate Reality Learning' presented at Creative Design panel at the E3 Education Arcade, Los Angeles, 15-17 May, published at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2005e) ‘Puppetmasters and Performance’ presented at HUMlab, May, Umea, Sweden. PowerPoint from available at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2005f) ‘Down the rabbit hole’ presented at 050505: Center for New Media Groundbreaking, May. PowerPoint from available at www.avantgame.com
• McGonigal, J. (2005g) ‘Alternate Reality Gaming: Experimental Social Structures for MMOs’ presented at Austin Game Conference, Oct. PowerPoint from available at www.avantgame.com

Blog post

• McGonigal, J. (2006b) ‘Abstract’ posted on The Best Sentence of the Day, 19 June [Online] Available at: http://bestsentence.blogspot.com/2006/06/abstract.html

Jason Mittell

• Mittell, J. (2006a) ‘Serial Narratives and Tie-In Games: Problems, Possibilities and Pleasures’ presented at Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Vancouver, Canada, 4 March. Also chaired of the session.
• Mittell, J. (2006b) 'Lost in an Alternate Reality', Flow, Vol 4, Issue 7 [Online] Available at: http://jot.communication.utexas.edu/flow/?jot=view&id=1927
• Mittell, J. (2006c) ‘The Lost Experience: Act II’, Convergence Culture Consortium Weblog, 20 July [Online] Available at: http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2006/07/the_lost_experience_act_ii.html
• Currently writing a book on contemporary TV narrative, in which TV-based ARGs will feature.

Eva Nieuwdorp

• Nieuwdorp, E. (2005) ‘The Pervasive Interface: Tracing the Magic Circle’ presented at Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views – Worlds in Play, published at DiGRA [Online] Available at: http://www.gamesconference.org/digra2005/viewabstract.php?id=233
• Forthcoming PhD thesis.

Henrik Örnebring

• Örnebring, H. (2006) ‘Extending the Narrative of Alias: the emerging cultural economy of Alternate Reality Gaming’ presented at the TV Fiction Exchange Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe, UK, Sep 5-8.

Ravi Purushotma

• Jenkins, H., R. Purushotma, et al. (forthcoming) ‘Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century’, Project New Media Literacies. See their website: http://www.projectnml.org.
• Forthcoming Masters thesis, Comparative Media Studies program, MIT. See his website: http://www.lingualgamers.com/thesis.

Jeremy Reynolds

• Reynolds, J. (2006) Formation of Shared Group Consciousness through Play: Alternate Reality Games, Masters Synthesis Paper, May, Department of Communication, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne.

Marc Ruppel

• Ruppel, M. (2004) ‘Hybrid Channels, Hybrid Stories, Hybrid Minds: Reconstituting Narrative Networks’ English seminar paper presented at University of Maryland College Park, 10 Dec.
• Ruppel, M. (2005a) ‘Triggers and Traces: Cross-Sited Narratives and Medial Materialities’ presented at the Society Literature and Science Conference, 10-13 Nov.
• Ruppel, M. (2005b) ‘Learning to Speak Braille: Convergence, Divergence and Cross-Sited Narratives’ PhD Qualifying Exam presentation, 22 Nov.
• Ruppel, M. (2006a) ‘Many Houses, Many Leaves: Cross-Sited Media Productions and the Problems of Convergent Narrative Networks’ presented at the Digital Humanities 2006 Conference, 4-9 July, Paris-Sorbonne.
• Ruppel, M. (2006b) ‘Not as LOST as One Might Think....’, blog post at Things as They Are?, 4 May [Online] Available at: http://things.wordherders.net/archives/005843.html
• Forthcoming PhD thesis.

Jane Turner and Ann Morrison

• Turner, J. and A. Morrison (2005) 'Suit Keen Renovator: Alternate Reality Design' presented at The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment Sydney, Nov, published in Y. Pisan (Ed.) Australasian conference on Interactive Entertainment, University of Technology, Sydney, 209-213.
• Jane Turner’s paper-in-progress: ‘Destination: Space!’.
• Ann Morrison’s forthcoming thesis.