Alternate Reality Games
Jane McGonigal has redefined ARGs “to mean games that are explicitly designed to improve our real lives (including games like Nike+ and Foursquare).”
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http://www.igda.org/newsletter/?page_id=421
Research credit: Cyngs
I feel like that quote almost has to be taken out of context: I can picture her saying that those games can/should be added to the definition, but not that the definition should be limited to that.
ReplyDeleteThat does make more sense.
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