ARGs - I: What Are Alternate Reality Games? - Extra Credits

ARGs can refer to a couple of different unconventional game genres. Alternate reality games are one such example, blurring the lines between reality and fiction by weaving game mechanics and narrative into spaces that we don't expect to play games in.
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(Original air date: May 2, 2012)
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