http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ChasingTheWish Posts tagged with 'ChasingTheWish' at MetaFilter. Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:55:37 -0800 Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:55:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/24344/Geeks%2Dwithout%2DBorders <a href="http://www.chasingthewish.com">Chasing the Wish</a> was one of those websites that people suspected of being everything from another <a href="http://www.8march2003.com">8march2003</a> to another <a href="http://www.push-nevada.net/">Push Nevada</a> or <a href="http://www.cloudmakers.org/">Cloud Makers</a>. What it turned out to be however was a announcement for a free <a href="http://www.unfiction.com/history/">ARG or Alternate Reality Game</a> as hosted by such groups as the <a href="http://www.argn.com/">ARGN</a>, <a href="http://www.unfiction.com/">Unfiction</a>, <a href="http://www.collectivedetective.org">Collective Detective</a>, to name a few. Mentioned in this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2735905.stm ">BBC article</a> and this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/technology/circuits/06game.html ">NYT article</a>, as potential ways to study collective problem solving dynamics, it would seem that this type of crossover treasure hunting could yield some very real world knowledge. I bet <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~ariel/99/gt100.html">the folks at Princeton</a> will have an eye on this one. It's already spawned a <a href="http://www.chasingthefish.com">funny parody site</a> too. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24344 Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:55:37 -0800 AlternateRealityGame AlternateRealityGames ARG BBC ChasingTheWish game games gaming NYTimes metameme