Pokémon Go: a near-perfect slot machine
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.
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I’ve fallen in love with a dead game.
I’ve discovered and fallen in love with the card game, Android: Netrunner. Too bad the game has been officially declared dead.
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Opening up rifts in my house
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.
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Chess you can be bad at
A well-made chess set will always turn my head, even though I’m not actually any good at the game. I found a couple games where that doesn’t matter so much.
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Augmented Reality Geocaching
New guidelines for augmented reality geocaching were quietly released and the geocaching community is abuzz. I, for one, couldn’t resist.
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Acting strangely in the alleys of Silent Streets
Completed the second episode of Silent Streets, a game with geolocative storytelling and augmented reality elements that mostly clash with each other.
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Narrative-driven walking tours
I’ve been experimenting with the format of traditional walking tours, wrapping them up in the telling of fictional tales. Blasphemy, surely.
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The Gray Matter Sodality
Today I’ve launched the biggest project of my life/career: a monthly puzzle subscription with a narrative arc. Announcing The Gray Matter Sodality.
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Retreating to primal wilderness.
Armed with a new, gaming-ready laptop, I could finally play the gorgeous interactive narrative game, Firewatch.
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IKEA lured me back.
Well, they did it. They got me to reinstall the IKEA Place, augmented reality app. It turns out that the app has a hidden, secret portal to another dimension. Seriously.
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