I saw the Big Game mentioned on ARGN and simultaneously thought that its awesome and also wished it existed before we set out to make TorGame. The Big Game is a potential funding source for people who want to make ARGs, here are the requirements:

1) the game must be fun
2) the game must be playable by pretty much anyone: young, old, straight, gay, transgendered, street-engaged, married, people living with disabilities, people living in yaletown, people who play World of Warcraft, etc.
3) the gameplay requires real-world interaction between people (such as online interaction, personal ads, phone-tag, postcards, flashmobs, etc.)
4) Players’ social networks are expanded to include people who are “different” from themselves

These are the exact requirements we set for ourselves when we made TorGame.

When I’m in Vancouver I’m going to hunt someone down and tell them to make VanGame.

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