Author of the original Guide during the Beast.

A cross-media genre of interactive fiction using multiple delivery and communications media, including television, radio, newpapers, Internet, email, SMS, telephone, voicemail, and postal service. Gam [..]

When the player community relies on automated scripts to discover page updates.

Arguably the granddaddy of the genre. Although it was preceded by the "Publius Enigma," a promotion for the Division Bell album by Pink Floyd, the Beast was more successful in attrac [..]

See Alternate Reality Gaming.

Name given to the players of LockJaw by the LockJaw puppetmasters, after the first player to find a LockJaw site, Y2KBozo.

Using a program to bombard a site with scripted input or page requests in order to 'solve' a form-based puzzle or discover hidden directories or pages.

The original collective detective. The group of players that formed to solve the Beast. Official site located at cloudmakers.org.

A team of players that works together to attempt to solve puzzles and find the hidden bits, thereby winning the furtherance of the story. Term coined by Cloudmaker Alex in post number eight to the Clo [..]

The line separating players from puppetmasters. As in, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."