ARG
Exasperated pirate sound
ARG stands for alternate reality game—an interactive narrative that unfolds across multiple platforms and media, blurring the line between fiction and reality.
Players piece together clues from websites, phone calls, emails, and real-world locations: The ARG had us decoding messages hidden in YouTube videos.
ARGs often promote films, games, or albums through immersive viral marketing.
Boundary-setting factor
- variableProne to fluctuation
- functionPurpose or duty
- command-lineText-based computer interface
- inputData received for processing
output · placeholder · syntax · positional · optional · flag · passing · return
Exchange of ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
polemic · dialectic · exchange · forum · panel · rebuttal · motion · proposition
Angry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- rowLinear arrangement across
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- spatPetty verbal dispute
altercation · clash · fight · feud · bickering · falling-out · tiff · shouting
Art of persuasive language
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- convinceCause to believe
- influencePower to affect others
- appealFormal review request
persuasive · credibility · ethos · pathos · logos · compelling · case · position
parameter
Boundary-setting factor
- variableProne to fluctuation
- functionPurpose or duty
- command-lineText-based computer interface
input · output · placeholder · syntax · positional · optional · flag · passing · return · value
discussion
Exchange of ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
discourse · polemic · dialectic · exchange · forum · panel · rebuttal · motion · proposition · opposition
quarrel
Angry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- rowLinear arrangement across
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
spat · altercation · clash · fight · feud · bickering · falling-out · tiff · shouting · heated
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
appeal · persuasive · credibility · ethos · pathos · logos · compelling · case · position · stance
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
validity · soundness · fallacy · induction · deduction · proposition · logic · reasoning · cogency · coherence
- Country CodesUSA, UK, UAE, IND, ESP
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
- Franchise Mediacinematic universe, expanded universe, extended universe, shared universe, franchise
- narrative mediainteractive fiction, visual novels, graphic novels, web series, audio dramas
ARGtelevision
Broadcast viewing device
movie · broadcast media · spectator sport · film · network television
Story following chronological order
stage play · sitcom · traditional storytelling · theatrical performance · theme park ride
- circular argumentsProofs requiring their conclusions
- oral argumentSpoken case presentation
- heated argumentIntense verbal conflict
- closing argumentsAttorney's final jury address
- opening argumentsInitial courtroom persuasion
- valid argumentReasoning where conclusion follows necessarily
argent, arginine, argue, argued, argues, arguing, argument, arguments, arguable