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Conspiracy For Good - London finale report

Yesterday we infiltrated Blackwell Briggs's career expo in Bloomsbury Square Gardens. We had to pose as possible recruits, armed with fake names and roles. I became Henry Gittins, a corporate lawyer for Brockman & Brockman. I talk about everyone but myself, and I like to introduce people to each other.

My fellow team mates for the day were Rafe of AAS, Abul, Julien, Jennifer and Natalie, our embedded reporter who was twitting from the @conspiracy4good account. Before we registered with Blackwell Briggs, we spent the time searching for drops around the Square gathering clues of what would be in store for us.

We joined the corporate track and had to undergo a series of assessment which includes word forming using cards, response control and engineering aptitude - where we had to build the tallest structure using straws and post it notes. We aced it obviously.

There was an interview I was supposed to attend but Blackwell Briggs goons suddenly came to us and ushered us to the 'dungeon'. One of the guards mentioned that he may have recognised me and started patting my back suspiciously. Downstairs we met a haggard looking Brian who was chained to the wall.

Jane Sakamoto (Jennifer) aced the interview and was 'hired' and had the chance to meet Sir Ian Briggs, but alas time was not on our side... But we did find Nigel, the mole inside Blackwell Briggs, and provided him with discs containing video evidence of David's murder.

All was revealed at the press conference where the video evidence and documents stolen from offices were used against Sir Ian. Then it was party time with the Mystery Jets, Ann Marie Calhoun, Nadirah X and David A. Stewart of Eurythmic.



Thanks to Nokia, Tim Kring the creator of CFG and Heroes, Christopher Sandberg, Petter Karlsson and the rest of TheCompanyP, the CFG and Nokia technical crew and artists (Ann Marie, Nadirah, Jim Martin aka Brian Crexley etc.) and the participants. Last but not least my fellow team members Julien, Abul, Rafe, Natalie and Jenni, all who made the event so much fun.

Also met many great... participants from past and present games and at the after event as well. Even managed to get one guy to join twitter. :D Got mistaken a couple of times again for some other guy, but I am not complaining... :)

Special hi to the three 1000heads ladies - it was so great to see them!

And thanks to Nokia for the free Nokia X6 (unboxing video)! We now have three X6 in this tiny flat. Woo for burgeoning N8 funds! :D

It was a wonderful experience. The fact that Conspiracy For Good is merely a pilot project meant that Nokia would be taking this game globally. ARG is about to hit mainstream - and about time too because it is fun. Mark Ollila of Nokia asked me to describe my experience in just one word. My response - unforgettable.

This is not over yet. It is only the beginning.

More pictures at my Facebook page.

Conspiracy For Good - London Action 3 recap

Can you spot yours truly?

Conspiracy For Good - Action 3 video recap

With only days to go before I don my best suit and attend Blackwell Brigg's career expo in Bloomsbury Square Gardens, here is video recap from last weekend as a fresh reminder why you should come and do your bit in bringing Sir Ian Briggs down.

Conspiracy For Good - Action 3 report

Yesterday we played in the third action of Conspiracy For Good, an alternate reality game (ARG), created by Tim Kring. I've read about ARG since the early 00s, but this is the first I've ever participated in one - and I am hooked!

Before you continue, if you do not know about the story so far, please watch the recap videos here.

The day started with a Skype session between the boss of evil multinational corporation Blackwell Briggs, Sir Ian Briggs and the conspiracy for good movement Spira. Ian revealed that Blackwell Briggs has kidnapped Ann Marie (Pegbox) and demanded we return the documents that exposed their evil dealings.

After much deliberation, where some voiced that Pegbox should be sacrificed for the common good, it was decided that the contracts should be exchanged for Ann Marie but a piece of contract paper was kept hidden as collateral. The intense exchange was done at a car park. Our friend Julien was tasked with handing the briefcase that contains the contract.

Back at the safe house, it was revealed that Blackwell Briggs CCTV camera system is susceptible to hacking and may contain clues to David's whereabouts. The conspirators were split into groups where we were sent to infiltrate their wireless system using Nokia X6 smartphones and hacked QR codes.

Our team were sent to six Blackwell Briggs CCTV locations. Most of the CCTV system did not contain any footages, but we did manage to acquire a footage of David being chased by Blackwell Briggs security thugs around St Mary's Axe.

It was here outside the Gherkin that a black landrover pulled up beside us, revealing a couple of grinning Blackwell Briggs security goons. A quick thinking Jennifer shouted 'run run run' and we legged it as fast as possible, without thinking. Another co-conspirator from another team as well as two civilians with kids were caught up in the action and ran with us!

Once we obtained all the video clues that we could get our hands on, we headed back to the hideout where it was revealed that a deleted encrypted archive may contain video footages that we suspected would lead to clues on David's whereabouts.

It wasn't. In fact it was a video footage that implicating Sir Ian Briggs for the murder of David.

We ended the day with a party in the HQ in memory of David.

Some of my favourite moments from the day (outside the game):

Hanging out and chatting with Tim Kring, creator of Heroes and Conspiracy For Good. Okay, it was only for a few minutes, but still.

Running away from Blackwell Briggs security goons in the City of London, causing panic among civilians (none-participants). Even the cameraman ran with us, rather than filming it!

Being mistaken a couple of times for Hiro from Heroes at the after party. Even got my picture taken with a gal who insisted I was Hiro!

Having the best team mates of the day:

Go team! @jfourgeaud @rafeblandford @adonisdemon @jonchoo @hardij

Conspiracy For Good

At around 2pm today I received a hand delivered manila envelope. Inside was a Nokia X6 smartphone, and it rang the moment I removed it. Answering it, a female voice said hello Jon, warning me that the call may be monitored and asked me to watch a pre-recorded message on the phone. It was eerily like that scene in The Matrix when Neo was delivered his Nokia 8110 except no agents in black suits and sunglasses started chasing me out the window.

On the phone was a video message by Tim Kring, who urged me to join a resistance movement against the multinational corporation Blackwell Briggs by infiltrating their CCTV system on Saturday. Confused? Check out their website here and maybe even join me and others on Saturday.

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