{"id":1110,"date":"2015-12-20T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T21:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/numa.media\/en\/theblackwatchmen\/"},"modified":"2016-06-08T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T23:50:27","slug":"theblackwatchmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numa.media\/en\/theblackwatchmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Out the Detective in You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four-thirty in the afternoon, the phone shrieks. Catherine picks it up and recognizes the voice: her mission coordinator sending her on a new adventure. She has ten minutes to recover a mysterious package from the corner store. In the package she finds tarot cards and instructions on crumpled sheets of paper. Over the next two hours, Catherine must navigate through underground Montreal in search of clues and perform rituals in a fight against an occult power that threatens the public. But Catherine is not a detective: she\u2019s a \u201cBlack Watchmen\u201d player.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Black Watchmen<\/a>,\u201d the first permanent alternate-reality game (PARG), blurs the line that separates fact from fiction.<\/p>\n

The game takes place in the real world but is played on a computer. Using various current media such as social networks, web sites, and online videos, players must decode clues to achieve their missions and move the story forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a>

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