Category: Unusual Experiences

Presenting at Narrascope!

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by PatientRock

I’m presenting at a new games conference for interactive narrative, adventure games, and interaction fiction.

Collecting the Canon

Posted on February 17, 2019February 18, 2019 by PatientRock

For your sins, I played Follow JC Go, a location based game where you walk around collecting Catholic saints and biblical figures.

Traveling Time with the Peale Family

Posted on February 4, 2019February 5, 2019 by PatientRock

I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions but a resolution I quietly made for myself this year was to get out and participate in more unusual experiences. To start, I booked a ticket for a Time Travel Tour at the Peale Center which from a quick read, seemed to be an escape room-esque experience.

Run Away

Posted on November 28, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

Ever on the hunt for interesting location-based gaming I came across a new game called Run an Empire. The screenshots of the game struck my fancy, seemingly hinting at a sort of hex-based strategy game, but with a fitness aspect to it. Cool! I was ready to run.

Zombies alone don’t make for a good apocalypse

Posted on September 24, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I survived The Walking Dead: Our World, a location based game with augmented reality elements.

Pokémon Go: a near-perfect slot machine

Posted on September 18, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I hadn’t played Pokemon Go since it was all the rage that 2016 summer season. Checking it out again I found myself re-addicted in a surprising way.

Opening up rifts in my house

Posted on July 25, 2018September 5, 2018 by PatientRock

I can’t get enough of augmented reality portal experiences. It’s that dream of stepping into your wardrobe and walking into Narnia almost realized.

Augmented Reality Geocaching

Posted on July 3, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

New guidelines for augmented reality geocaching were quietly released and the geocaching community is abuzz. I, for one, couldn’t resist.

Acting strangely in the alleys of Silent Streets

Posted on June 22, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

Completed the second episode of Silent Streets, a game with geolocative storytelling and augmented reality elements that mostly clash with each other.

Narrative-driven walking tours

Posted on June 19, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I’ve been experimenting with the format of traditional walking tours, wrapping them up in the telling of fictional tales. Blasphemy, surely.