Cathy’s book: it starts
Posted by: sharnajackson in Cathy's book, Educational ARGs, Techniques and ElementsI was supposed to wait for my week off, but I couldn’t help it, I’ve started Cathy’s book, and by start, I mean I’ve finshed the narrative, without partaking in any of the ARG as yet, but ready to go. Whoo. I don’t want to spoil the story, for anyone that plans to read it but it ROCKS. I was a bit WTF, but it was just so good. It’s a book for teen girls, but I guess that’s what I still am, at heart *cue violins*.
Initial points of note:
1. There is, now obvious, thinking about it, an English version of the game (which save us in the UK calling US phone numbers). To kick off, you had to email cathy@cathysbook.co.uk. Although I have the US version, I sent and email and I see I have an email already. Coolness. That’s something to thinking about – if you were doing and E-ARG, UK wide, you would need the numbers to be cheap so Eire and others could get involved with limited expense to the users. Local rate or freephone numbers it is then. Or Skype. Whoo. I nearly forgot about Skype.
2. There is definately some CoverGirl cosemetics product placement going on, and there is a business card from a company called BeingGirl.com, the ‘nice, caring face’ of P&G, who make and sell Tampax and Always Ultra Plus with Wings and a swimming float or whatever the latest super-asborbant add-on is. EdComs used to work with them, coincidentally.
3. There are forums.
4. 42 Enertainment are the writers. Note to self: Email Sean Stewart for dissertation.
**UPDATE**
Re 1: It’s not an English version per se – you just use the Double Talk Wireless site to listen to the voicemail, which is what the other users should do to save some cash.
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