ARGs

I really don't understand how the whole concept of ARGs (in relating to class), though I came up with questions and opinions/thoughts.

Are ARGs related to the writing class?

I think our writing class can be related to ARGs. Craig might be the puppetmaster because he designs the assignments and he is there to help us if we happen to be confused with an assignment. For example, he placed an example of a contract in Student's Work so we can think of more ideas with our wiki group. If Creig is the "puppetmaster", we, the students, are considered as the game players. Our role, relating to ARGs, is to cooperate with group members and classmates (helping each other out to get the assinment completed and meet the requirements), and communicating with each other through phone calls, via email, etc. Also, we have to research from different resources which will put the researched pieces together of the "story" or assignment. For example, right now we are going to research about human rights of a specified country and put all the research together to make a wiki.

Are we making a video game project?

I think our class might make a video project for this quarter. I searched for clues in Craig's website and found a link of students' projects, which lead me to a youtube video, "The Lottery". Also, I found out that Craig's teaching/interests were graphic novels and video games. I think that we would be involved in writing stories as a "puppetmaster." Puppetmasters creates/design the ARGs. This might impact us by using our creativity and experiences, through game-playing, in writing stories.