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It ain't a rumor folks, it's fact! Exocog wrapped up today. Here's a snippet from the curtain call:

"As you no doubt have assumed all along, this excursion into the world of Exocog was indeed an experiment in interactive fiction and Internet gaming. It was done partly for fun and partly out of professional curiosity: I wanted to know what would it be like to run such a game, and, to be honest, what the commercial possibilities for creating these kinds of events might be. So I identified a few likely candidates for such an event, pitched the idea to them , and off we went. We approached the project from the perspective of 'Suppose we were asked to run a web event for an upcoming movie, say, Minority Report. What would we do, and how would we do it?'"

Check it out, then head over to the ARGN Forum to find details about a forthcoming chat with the puppetmasters.

Players, let us know what you thought of the game!

SlackerTodd clues us in:

Hello Ladies and Gents –

Found something that may be of interest to some of you. Maybe you've already heard about it. SDX.

Seems to be a new game that just went live a few days ago.

The Trailhead can be found at http://deaddrop.us/sdx

It's pretty easy moving from there, but there's not a lot to it yet. Like I said it just seems to have gone live recently.

Take a look, if you want to be Player, or pass if your a Pawn.

SlackerTodd

Check it out. Tell us how you feel!

So after a two-week run, this one-man operation has shut down. I saw mention of some seventy or so registered players; anyone have any comments on the game? Let us know!

Drop on by Clare's erstwhile blog for some details on the shutdown, as if you hadn't already. As always, check your sources. 😉

Received the following cryptic message today:

I was hesitant to do this until we knew it was officially a game but it looks like it surely is. Check this out: http://www.illusivetruth.com.

Some nifty shockwave at that site. Check it out. Let us know what you think!

This isn't exactly news but I just noticed I haven't mentioned it here yet. The man behind Vital Productions runs a slick gaming forum called the Alternate Reality Gaming Network. Head over to catch up on the latest spec while you wait for Yahoo! to come back up.