Hot on the heels of the launch of the novel series The 39 Clues and its significant online experience aimed at young readers, Scholastic is working together with author M.G. Harris to create an extended experience for the second book in her series "The Joshua Files", named ICE SHOCK. "The Joshua Files" is a book series aimed at young readers...
Scholastic set to Shock its readers
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 by Geoff May
Putting a Halt to a Vast International Conspiracy
Monday, November 17, 2008 by Marie Lamb
It's not every day I get sent blood money, but today's FedEx delivery contained that and a whole lot more. Included in the packet marked "evidence" was a USB drive with files of bank transfers and a recorded message, along with a map to "evidence drops" and some photos (pictures after the break). The evidence comes from an informant in...
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PICNIC '08, part six: From Crowdsourcing to Collaborative Creation
Sunday, November 16, 2008 by Daniël van Gool
Editor's Note: Daniël van Gool, an administrator at the Unfiction forums, was on the scene at PICNIC '08 on behalf of ARGNet. We were impressed with Daniël's work covering PICNIC '07 and, as media partners of the annual cross-media festival, were invited to a number of special events in addition to the speaker sessions. This is the sixth and final...
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PICNIC '08, part five: Virtual things in a virtual world are so passé!
Friday, November 14, 2008 by Daniël van Gool
Editor's Note: Daniël van Gool, an administrator at the Unfiction forums, was on the scene at PICNIC '08 on behalf of ARGNet. We were impressed with Daniël's work covering PICNIC '07 and, as media partners of the annual cross-media festival, were invited to a number of special events in addition to the speaker sessions. This is the fifth part of...
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Dr. Jane McGonigal Featured in BusinessWeek's "Innovation" Section
Thursday, November 13, 2008 by Brandie Minchew
BusinessWeek's November 10th "Innovation" special report features none other than Dr. Jane McGonigal, the Institute for the Future's Director of Games Research and Development. Dr. McGonigal is known for her work on Microsoft's Halo promotion, "I Love Bees", the award-winning "World Without Oil" game, "Find the Lost Ring" and her current project, "Superstruct". In her article, "Jane McGonigal's Brave New...
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An Interview with JC Hutchins: Personal Effects
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 by Michael Andersen
Editor's note: this is a companion interview for the article we ran yesterday on Personal Effects: Dark Art, the new transmedia novel written by JC Hutchins and produced by Smith and Tinker. Mr. Hutchins was kind enough to answer a few questions posed by Michael Andersen, and the responses are below. Picture courtesy of CC Chapman on Flickr. MA: You've...
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I Swear, I'm Not Claiming All Girl Gamers are Fake: Personal Effects Goes Live
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 by Michael Andersen
Back in September, podcast novelist JC Hutchins tweeted about a friend's new gaming blog. A little over a week ago, he did it again. And I'm glad he did -- since January 2008, Rachael Webster has posted some rather insightful and snark-filled articles critiquing recent game releases under the moniker "PixelVixen707". The blog has attracted some attention, and Pixelvixen707 even...
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