http://www.despoiler.org Taking the "spoiler" out of, um, "spoilers" Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:39:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.     [What do you do?] Next year, Smoking Gun Interactive, an independent video game studio which was founded in 2007 by the creators of the award-winning Company of Heroes, will release the first ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/11/04/x-marks-the-spot/ Have you seen the recent videos "leaked" to the web featuring Seth Green and his temper? Apparently, he was mugged outside of a video production studio. We saw some discussion of this after a tape of the parking log "security footage" also surfaced, and while we thought the comments about ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/10/13/dude-wheres-my-arg/ We recently received this really quick query from Kristen: do you know about the 2012 ARG? Why, yes! We have indeed heard of such a thing! In fact, the inimitable Institute for Human Continuity was generous enough to help sponsor this year's ARGFest-o-Con, and even provided attendees with nifty swag in the ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/10/01/institutionalized-for-incontinence/ If there's anything that will bring us out of a blue monkey funk months-long bender, it's an invitation to a party! At least, we assume the following mail drop is for a party because we Googled "Hermaeus" and found out it has something to do with celebrations in honor of ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/09/23/blue-mercury-rising/ If you follow the LG15Today Blog, you're probably already aware that the Maddison Atkins ARG restarted the other day but rather than just a new chapter added to the story, this time around marks a reboot of the entire plot. Maddison Atkins was an interactive, episodic video series along the ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/06/10/must-love-reboots/ Brace yourselves, for we are about to concoct a post without the use of our customary snark. In truth, we're completely enamored of this new App for the iPhone (2G or later, App priced at $6.99) called "The Hidden Park" which combines elements of location-based gaming, augmented reality, and alternate ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/06/02/the-hidden-park/ What do 33 keys, La Société de la Croix Verte, and a girl from the future named Xira have in common? A brand new car! Well, if you live in or around Québec anyway, which we don't, but we didn't have anything better to do today. As far as we could ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/05/12/mazda-goes-all-vinz-clortho-with-33-keys/ Are you a werewolf? Hey, thanks for asking! Nope. Oh, was there more? You thought we wouldn't be insulted and hurt and crying a little on the inside when you sent us a dog biscuit in the mail? What do you take us for: cold, heartless, automatons? Jiminy Christmas, that was ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/05/11/do-werewolves-love-robots/ If we learned anything from The Beast, it was that Mechas are people too, they're just better than us. Except for when they're lonely and pathetic like our new friend 011iver (pronounced, "Oliver"). 011iver sent us a postcard because he's looking for a date! Unfortunately, while we like robots just ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/05/11/lets-do-the-robo-boogie/ As reported on this week's ARG Netcast (Episode 88), we received the following tip from the Pleasant Valley High School Drama Department, which appears to be putting on an interactive murder mystery play on May 16th. Anybody live in or near Iowa? Someone has been messing with our poster and created ... http://www.despoiler.org/2009/05/06/dial-a-for-arg/