This document is a best guess for all current news outlets related to Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) and some related industries. This list is maintained by Rainer Wren Dalton, and is updated regularly as they perceive new entities in the space / receive inquiries from creators asking to be added or taken off of the masterlist. This is not meant to be a document that will explain what ARGs are, and while folks here may offer beginner friendly resources, not everything here is for beginners. This list does not care if a creator has one subscriber or one million subscribers. This list does not care about whether a critic mainly covers ARGs as long as they do so often enough for someone to have requested they be placed on the list. Please use this as a tool to better signal boost smaller creators in the sphere and keep up with large scale makers.
If you would like something added to the masterlist, please email badalton@uwm.edu or message @deathsesspresso on twitter.
Legend: ⚇ Live: Currently Updated ⚉ Potential Hiatus: Maintained ⚈ Ephemera: Dormant, historically important
ARG Industry News Outlets
⚇ Alternate Reality News Network Est’d. 2002 by Micheal Anderson. ⚇ Everything Immersive Est’d. 2014 by Noah Nelson et al. ⚇ No Proscenium Est’d. 2014 by Noah Nelson et al. ⚇ The Escape Roomer Est’d. 2020 by Mairi Nolan et al.
ARG Archives
- ⚈ ARGonauts Wikia Est’d. 2015. by Balm0th
- ⚈Endgame ARG Wiki Est’d. 2014. by Balm0th
- ⚈The Jadusable Wiki Est’d. 2010 by CircleHunter
- ⚈ The Game Detectives Wiki Est’d. 2016. by The Game Detectives
- ⚈ WonderWeaselsEst’d. . by Rowan72
- ⚈Wikibruce Est’d. 2008. by The Bruce
ARG Directories
⚇ Night Mind IndexEst’d. 2020 by Nick Nocturne
ARG Critics
⚇ Alddy Est’d. 2021 by Alddy ⚇ Alex HeraEst’d. 2019 by Alex Hera ⚇ ARGonauts PodcastEst’d. 2019 by Andew Sherman and Marnie Silverman ⚇ Atrocity Guide Est’d. 2018 by Atrocity Guide ⚇ Ben Drowned: The Complete Story DubEst’d. 2021 by Circle Hunter ⚇ Callmephantom_Est’d. 2018 by Callmephantom_ ⚇ Debunk FileEst’d. 2017 by JIF ⚇ DisabledandfabEst’d. 2022 by Gem ⚉ Expedition FictionEst’d. 2014 by Richard Aspden ⚇ Game Theory LiveEst’d. 2015 by Mathew Patrick et al. ⚇ GPReedsEst’d. 2017 by Grant Reeds ⚇ Inside a Mind Est’d. 2016 by Jamie ⚇ Inside a Mind TwitchEst’d. by Jamie ⚇ Internet’s Unknown MysteriesEst’d. 2020 by Evan et al. ⚇ Jeffiot Est’d. 2021 by Jeff ⚇ LoeyLane Est’d. 2013 by Loey Lane ⚇ Ludic Reviews Est’d. 2022 by Rainer Dalton ⚇ nBURD Est’d. 2018 by Nathan Burden ⚇ Nightmare ExpoEst’d. 2017 by Nexpo ⚇ Nightmare MasterclassEst’d. 2016 by David Stockdale ⚇ Night MindEst’d. 2015 by Nick Nocturne ⚇ Red HerringEst’d. 2020 by Red Herring ⚇ ReignBotEst’d. 2015 by Reign ⚇ Ryan GeeverEst’d. 2012 by Ryan Geever ⚇ SinisterHeartEst’d. 2013 by Sinister ⚇ The Film TheoristsEst’d. 2014 by Mathew Patrick et al. ⚇ The Food TheoristsEst’d. 2020 by Mathew Patrick et al. ⚇ The Game TheoristsEst’d. 2009 by Mathew Patrick et al. ⚉ The Ludic SocietyEst’d. 2021 by Rainer Dalton ⚉ The Unfictional SoundscapeEst’d. 2021 by Authorman ⚇ WebSeeker Est’d. 2016 by WebSeeker ⚇ WendigoonEst’d. 2019 by Wendigoon ⚇ WheredidbirdiegoEst’d. 2020 by Wheredidbirdiego
Community Engaged ARG Scholars
Quinn Clark MA Unfiction & Digital folklore Twitter Personal Website
Rainer Dalton MA Historiography & Archival Twitter
Patrick Jagoda PhD. Media Theory & Game Studies/Design Personal Website