Mela Kocher aka PinkCloud is playing games of all kinds. To find the balance between immersion and aesthetic distance can be challenging sometimes, but there is no such thing as games research without first hand games & media experience.
ARG stations:
- Co-Puppet-Mastering and working as Non Player Character for the academic conference alternate reality game “kroblerfon” / „Storytellers, Storymakers and Learning by ARG“, for the First Annual Digital Media and Learning Conference, „Diversifying Participation“, 18.-20.2., 2010, CalIT2, University of California, San Diego, CA, together with Ken Eklund and PJ Rusnak. Coverage here and here.
- Mela Kocher aka Rosa Wells posting on her blog “It is time” to help the Grotian Underground fight against the oppression by the Proscript People’s Party. The unfiction forum thread of the ARG “Purity Towers” by Funnel Productions is here.
- “Android” PinkCloud taking part in the robot speed dating for “Must Love Robots”, Portland July 09
- Berlin, April09. Together with German thriller author & ARG afficionado Sebastian Fitzek and ARG player Rowan. Rowan and me got flown to Berlin to join the German ARGers for the finale of the “Charlotte is becoming real”-ARG. The viral marketing campaign for the English edition of “Therapy” took place in March/April09 and was created by vm-people.