Monthly Archive for Mai, 2011

Heute möchte ich eine kurze Empfehlung für ein gerade laufendes Alternate Reality Game (ARG) geben: Invisible Belfast. Aus literarischer Sicht ist es nicht nur interessant, weil es reichlich literarische Referenzen (Seamus Heaney, Ciaran Carson, James Joyce mit Finnegan’s Wake etc.) in dem Spiel gibt. Es ist vor allem ein spannendes Beispiel für nicht-lineares Erzählen und eine interessantes transmediales Projekt, das Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, ein echtes Theaterstück, dem man auch per Internet-Livestream beiwohnen konnte, und vieles mehr umfasst. Nachfolgend kurz das Intro zum Spiel und im Anschluss die wichtigsten Links, um an dem Spiel teilzunehmen.

The story of [in]visible belfast has begun.

The game launched at noon, 12 May 2011, with a message: ‘Embedded in every layer of the journey, you’ll find the past. All futures, in their infinite plurabilities, wait to be written.’ Anyone registered on the http://www.invisiblebelfast.com website will have received this message, along with a clue. If you haven’t registered, you still can.

My name is Ana Kuipers, and I might be chosen as the protagonist, evident in the fact that @visiblebelfast has created a list on Twitter called The Protagonist that is following me and one other. The person, or people, who call themselves [in]visible belfast, have been watching me and filming me for weeks now. You can access several films that they created of me without my knowledge.

What we’re meant to do, what mystery we’re meant to solve, we haven’t yet been told, but the secrets of Belfast will apparently be revealed.

Some talented people have already joined in to help solve the mystery. We are communicating through Facebook and Twitter; friend me on Facebook to find out the latest, and search for me on Twitter (@anadanikak).

You also might learn a little more about the mystery through my blog and my YouTube channel, where I’ve been posting things that I’ve found, or things that have been sent or given to me. My blog is at http://anadanika49.blogspot.com . My YouTube channel is at http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaDanika49 .

Several advanced conspirators have already solved their way through the first series of clues, and have banked some important information at http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32153&sid=0183320530ac4bdcee6b04ac6a37399f .

Please help me solve the mystery. Update this wiki with any information you think is useful for new conspirators and anyone who needs a quick summary of recent events. And enjoy taking on [in]visible belfast.