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THIS IS NOT A GAME is a novel built around the coolest phenomenon in the world. That phenomenon is known as the Alternate Reality Game, or ARG. It's big, and it's getting bigger. It's immersive and massively interactive, and it's spreading through the Internet at the speed of light. To the player, the Alternate Reality Game has no boundaries. You can be standing in a parking lot, or a shopping center. A pay phone near you will ring, and on the other end will be someone demanding information. You'd better have the information handy. ARGs combine video, text adventure, radio plays, audio, animation, improvisational theater, graphics, and story into an immersive experience. Now, one of science fiction's most acclaimed writers, Walter Jon Williams, brings this extraordinary phenomenon to life in a pulse-pounding thriller. This is not a game. This is a novel that will blow your mind.

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4 1 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 10:12:27 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 10:16:46 -0700 2009 Walter Jon Williams involving four role-playing game players who meet in college. One goes on to be a successful entrepreneur, one becomes a venture capitalist, one a game designer, and one a bitter burnout. The story revolves around the games they create for a living and what h...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 06:55:35 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 14:50:13 -0700 2009
Walter Jon Williams is know for his high-tech "cyberpunk" novels. This is not one of those novels. Which I found very nice. Call i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:19:25 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:20:29 -0800 2009
These are the questions t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:42:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:51:26 -0700 2009
But I've liked Williams' other books, particularly Metropolitan, so I gave it a shot. C read it before I did, and was quite enthusiastic...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:14:10 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 00:00:41 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:18:21 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 13:26:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 06:17:12 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 06:21:36 -0700 2009
The description of this book looks like a different take on the same or eerily familiar universe as Stross's Halting State.

Likewise, Implied Spaces grappled ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 09:49:52 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:19:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 05:56:37 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 06:02:57 -0700 2009
I fast plowed through it to see if it has anything of interest to me; it ...more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 11:02:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 21:19:22 -0700 2009
What happens when you let a community of gamers l...more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 23:47:08 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 22:57:00 -0700 2009 1
Dagmar is the producer of Alternate Reality Games that span months in time and touch nearly every continent in the world. She's high off the successful conclusion of her latest project when she lands in India. Unfortunately, she lands just before the currency...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 06:58:14 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 05:43:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:08:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:24:01 -0700 2009 1
The basic premise of comp...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 19:34:40 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 19:39:25 -0700 2009
I think having participated in a few ARGs there were some things that just seemed forced to me regarding the player posts. I like the inclusion of the posts but given that the g...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:48:21 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 06:07:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 11:46:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 10:44:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 22:52:27 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:22:12 -0800 2009
A nice contemporary delve into the world of ARGs. Reminded me a lot of a more adult Little Brother.

Hard to say much about this without spoilers, but the story blurs the lines between real events, alternative reality games and true gamer geekdom. Works quite well...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 20:41:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 20:43:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 12:36:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:53:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:52:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:54:43 -0700 2009
It made me think of Zoe from the Wild Cards series; it was entertaining to see Sage Walker and a ton of other Wild Cards authors thanked in the acknowledgments.

The ending is a little weak, and this might be closer to 2.5 tha...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3535568