Traces of Hope

Neatly following in the footsteps of virtue is hope and who couldn’t use a bit of that these days, what with the crushing problems with the markets and economy (to which we understand the president recently referred in a mumbled attempt to cast the blame on one Tyler Durden having mucked things up)? Virtue…help…hope…it all makes sense now, except whether by “traces” these guys mean tiny amounts or they mean, like, outlines on a piece of paper. We’re so confused! Maybe we’d better fall back on the tip we received for some answers:

“Traces of Hope” is being launched as the first ever charity online ARG and is being built by the British Red Cross to coincide with its Civilians and Conflict month. The game features Joseph a sixteen-years-old caught up in the Ugandan civil war, separated from his family, hungry and alone in a camp overflowing with thousands forced to flee, Joseph is desperately seeking his mother. But he needs your help…

So there you have it, a respectable cause and the first-ever charity ARG, if you don’t count that whole Operation Sleeper Cell thing for the benefit of Cancer Research UK. Hey, maybe Traces of Hope will donate some traces of cash money to the Sleeper Cell guys; I’ll bet a couple thousand quid could go a long way toward their efforts. Oops, sidetracked.

Anyway, registration is open at the website. Teaser video below the fold, discussion at Unfiction.

[trailhead???] Who’s Joseph from Alan Hackston on Vimeo.