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Dollhouse
Topic Started: Nov 20 2009, 07:32 AM (105 Views)
lgm
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Demogorgon
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Dollhouse has been canned but if you're still interested in it, Whedon has started giving hints out on his website of the beginning of a Dollhouse ARG. I've never participated in an Alternate Reality Game but have followed a couple. When done well, they're quite interesting. Done poorly and you'll forget you were following one.
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Never heard of an ARG. What's the concept?
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Alternate Reality Game. Basically, they set up websites and the like for fictional companies, people, etc. It's like an online puzzle game that's slowly updating, and people work together to figure it out.

I've been sort of following it- it's interesting, if somewhat confusing, but I'm not particularly great at things like this. I feel like they got suckerpunched by Fox- they started putting up the ARG and then Fox announced the cancellation the next day.
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I don't think the cancellation can really come as much of a surprise, given the mediocre ratings the series was getting. As Scott Kurtz put it: Firefly ya ain't!
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It wasn't really a surprise that they canceled it, it was a surprise they announced it really early but are still going to show the rest of the series.
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That is surprising. It's a kinder, gentler Fox.
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Kishi
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That's true, I still never got to see the last episodes of Drive.
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Someone's compiled all the info from the current game here. Interesting stuff. I've talked to the Twitter accounts a couple of times, but I'm really not terribly good at these things, so I appreciate getting an update from the people who are making progress.
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Wow. There is already a bunch of stuff being done just at the beginning. I don't think any single person could figure out a well done ARG by themselves.
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According to io9, the ARG isn't anything officially tied to Dollhouse, it's a fan effort. Which, while it's unfortunate that it will probably never tie in to the show, it still impresses me- besides, I wouldn't have expected this sort of marketing from Fox anyway.
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