State of Play

Episode 5 of the The Down to Mars Podcast podcast, hosted by The Ledge Media, titled "State of Play" was published on August 22, 2018 and runs 45 minutes.

August 22, 2018 ·45m · The Down to Mars Podcast

Summary

In this week's episode, we discuss the documentary "The Institute", about an Alternate Reality Game...nay, an *experience* that concluded in 2011, which had participants questioning the lines between reality and fiction. ARG's are games that take place in real life, using a combination of media forms to immerse players in an "alternate" fictional reality. But where these games are usually created as viral marketing tools, The Jejune Institute was meant to bring its players a meaningful sense of adventure and creativity. And, just as with any game, some players got way deeper and more invested than others. Can fiction and gaming give us something that we are missing in the "real world"? Listen, subscribe & let us know your thoughts! Find us on Twitter @DownToMarsPod Dive Deeper: "Gaming Can Make a Better World": Jane McGonigal TED Talk http://bit.ly/2OWWd4B "Game or Cult? The Alternate Reality of the Jejune Institute" http://bit.ly/2wgbIN7

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