Issue 51 - Breaking the Fourth Wall

[The Escapist Staff]

Shannon Drake"The line between gaming and the real world continues to blur every day, and ARGs are taking the lead in pushing the boundaries to the breaking point." In "Breaking the Fourth Wall," Shannon Drake explores the weird world of Alternate Reality gaming with the people who make it their purpose to make your reality a bit more threatening.

 

[The Escapist Staff]

Original Comment by: Dranioth

I'm actually a rabid PXC (Perplex City) player, and got a kick out of the article. I actually posted on the forum about it, so I hope you don't mind. Well, Now I have to rack up kiddnaping on top of my daily fears.

 

[The Escapist Staff]

Original Comment by: IQpierce
http://iqpierce.livejournal.com
I've never played one of these games, but maybe the article's tone of intrusiveness and paranoia wore off on me... I can't help but notice a misspelling in the first paragraph: "Watch Psycho a thousand times, and you probably won't get sbuildtabbed."

Why was the word "build" inserted in there? I'm scared that it's an infringement of Perplex City on the world of Earth... or something.

 

[Russ Pitts]

"Why was the word 'build' inserted in there?"

I blame aliens.

 

[Vandemar]

The calls are coming from inside the article.

 

[The Escapist Staff]

Original Comment by: xenocidic

great article, i really enjoyed it. one thing to mention 'favourite' is only [sic] (spelling incorrect) if you live in the united states. =)

 

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Original Comment by: skenmy

I am very deeply involved with Perplex City - I am the one referred to as "Paul" in the killers recording. That spooked me to no end - we did in effect "compose" the murder. But not everything is quite what it seems in Perplex City - music files can have hidden tracks, documents have hidden messages, images have hidden data, and we never know what to expect next. It really is quite an experience.