To provide a little context, Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) are fiction that happens in the real world, generally without rules or guidelines on how to participate. Because it’s in the real world, people can interact with it in the same way they interact with anything else. Phones, websites, emails, regular mail, and anything else the designers want to use. The defining aspect is that you don’t need special hardware or software to join in the fun.

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