Lazy_Metaphors
11-04-2006, 09:44 PM
42 Entertainment, creators of web-wide stunners "The Beast" and "ilovebees" and inventors of the ARG concept, have just this past month released an interactive, ARG-style novel called "Cathy's Book."
http://www.42entertainment.com/cathy.html
http://www.cathysbook.com/
http://www.doubletalkwireless.com/
The book also comes with an “evidence pack” of clues Cathy has gathered during her investigations: old photographs, a diner placemat and a death certificate, hand-written letters, a page ripped from her boyfriend’s day-timer, and much more. The interactive element goes further when readers are given working cell phone numbers they can call—and even “hack into” to hear private messages left for characters in the story.
Well, that sure does sound kick-ass. But I visit the site for "Cathy's Book," and I see some familiar-styled art.
I mean, is it just me, or do the two pen and watercolor images shown in the "evidence" photo look an awful lot like Mr. David Mack's hand?
Not saying it was him, of course, or that the artist was a little too-heavily inspired... but damned if Mack fans shouldn't check out "Cathy's Book" - certainly its mix of multimedia and its scope and ambition should be right up their alley, nu?
http://www.42entertainment.com/cathy.html
http://www.cathysbook.com/
http://www.doubletalkwireless.com/
The book also comes with an “evidence pack” of clues Cathy has gathered during her investigations: old photographs, a diner placemat and a death certificate, hand-written letters, a page ripped from her boyfriend’s day-timer, and much more. The interactive element goes further when readers are given working cell phone numbers they can call—and even “hack into” to hear private messages left for characters in the story.
Well, that sure does sound kick-ass. But I visit the site for "Cathy's Book," and I see some familiar-styled art.
I mean, is it just me, or do the two pen and watercolor images shown in the "evidence" photo look an awful lot like Mr. David Mack's hand?
Not saying it was him, of course, or that the artist was a little too-heavily inspired... but damned if Mack fans shouldn't check out "Cathy's Book" - certainly its mix of multimedia and its scope and ambition should be right up their alley, nu?