Yay! I got a reply from Ken Bautista from Hotrocket. I’m hoping to study their E-ARG, CIE. Trouble is, it’s in Canada, and I’m poor. Might need to get some funding.
Anyway, here’s what he says:
My apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this. Thanks for
your interest in our project – we’re excited about it as well!
I can’t say much more than what’s already on the site, but we are on
track to launch in October 2007. It’ll be open to kids across North
America, but we’re starting it out fairly grassroots initially and
expect the audience to build over the first 8-10 months (as they’re
given missions/tasks by the Agency). My degree is in elementary
education and instructional technology… but never did go into the
classroom. I started the company to address the need for more
compelling interactive content for kids that was both highly
entertaining and educational. With the C.I.E. we’re attempting to
create an experience that actively implicates kids to foster critical
thinking, problem solving, etc. and set the experience against a
backdrop of natural and human history. Adding to the mix is the
notion of mixed media storytelling, using web, mobile, and real
locations, to immerse kids in the experience. My fingers are crossed
that it’ll be successful!
So, as soon I as we have more information that we can distribute, I
will be sure to forward those on to you. We’ll also be putting up
more on our site as we get closer to our launch date. Until then!
Ken
Whoop! Some inside knowledge coming my way.
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