alternate reality game

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alternate reality game

noun alternate reality games

  1. An interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs various media to deliver a story that may be altered by players' ideas or actions. Which is what gave Hon the shock of recognition: QAnon was behaving precisely like an alternate-reality game, or ARG.

    Similar: ARG, unfiction

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@misc{alternate_reality_game_2026,
  title = {alternate reality game},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alternate%20reality%20game},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}