IGDA NYC Presents: "Alternate Reality Games: Is This a Game?"

Date: Wednesday, May 14th , 6:30 - 9:00

Venue: Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)

Alternate Reality Games blend the real world with the online world and fuse the players' creativity with that of the designers as the story unfolds. A genre that began just a few years ago, ARGs have been used for marketing, for independent and self-funded storytelling, for serious games, and for no other purpose than to have fun.

This panel will address the genre's roots in games and with gamers, explore what ARGs and traditional video games have to learn from one another, and even speculate on how the ARG is changing the face of 21st Century entertainment. Join us for a discussion with these New York based ARG designers:
Frank Lantz of area/code;
Catherine Herdlick of GameLab; and
Andrea Phillips of Perplex City, a leadership council member of the IGDA ARG SIG

Special Thanks to our IGDA NYC Sponsors: