ARG’s are a form of immersive internet-based mystery that invite online research, narrative speculation, community building, and collective problem-solving.[^21] Originating in early online culture at the turn of the millennium, and utilisi…[^20]: KNIGHT, P.: Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to the X-Files. New York, NY : Routledge, 2000, p. 204.
[^21]: ÖRNEBRING, H.: Alternate Reality Gaming and Convergence Culture: The Case of Alias. In International Journal of Cultural Stu…
Dave Szulborski
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Dave Szulborski is a pioneering designer of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), the immersive internet-based mystery genre that emerged in early 2000s online culture and blurs boundaries between fiction and reality across digital and physical spaces. His work appears in the course readings as foundational to understanding how ARGs function as collective problem-solving platforms and community-building mechanisms, making him essential for examining how networked technologies enable participatory narrative forms that anticipate contemporary AI-driven interactive systems. The readings position ARGs as a precursor to understanding convergence culture and the ways distributed intelligence—both human and computational—shapes contemporary art and social engagement.
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