What's an Arg Game?

An alternate reality game is an interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by players' ideas or actions.

What does ARG mean in gaming?

Alternate reality games (ARGs), also sometimes called pervasive games or transmedia storytelling, are designed to combine real life and digital game play elements. So that you are playing the game in the real world but doing behaviors that are linked to the game.

What is an example of an ARG?

Most ARGs include a combination of real-world activities in a physical location and digital media. ... There are many entertainment-based ARG examples, including Microsoft's I Love Bees (perhaps the most famous), ABC's Lost—The Lost Experience, and CBS's Numb3rs—Chain Factor.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy Researcher

Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.