NEWS
Gemini Division Files administrators TimTodd and RangerSergeant [Doug Heidland] would like to thank and give a lot of love back to little love to the folks over at ARGNet, Despoiler, and UnFiction for including us in their interview of Gemini Division executive producer and series creator Brent Friedman. Instead of transcripting we’d like to strongly invite everyone to hope over to ARGnet and listen to the entire interview.

On a side note, hearing Mr. Friedman say, “Speaking as objectively as possible, the Gemini Division Files site is probably your best first place to go because the fans on that site have gone in to in depth examination of details “  We are honored to have the creator of Gemini Division pass on that type of praise and thank you, the other fans, for helping our site receive such favorable feedback.  We wouldn’t be here without all of you.

Both Tim and I will be posting new articles on Prime Time for Change this week with mine focusing on Part II, The Successes of Gemini Division.

Only fourteen more episodes in the series for the NBC US release and we are looking forward to the SPTI international release so that you international fans can join in on the fun.

NEWS

We are excited to announce that Gemini Division executive producer and series greator Brent Friedman will be a guest on the October 20th ARGNet podcast. We are even more excited to announce that our very own RangerSergeant and TimTodd will also be guests on the podcast to participate in interviewing Mr. Friedman on the Enhanced Experience for Gemini Division and the growth from the ARG of Afterworld through the EE for Gemini and moving forward.

A little love to the folks over at ARGNet, Despoiler, and UnFiction for including us; To listen live or participate in the chat (and maybe have your question answered by Mr. Friedman) visit the link posted below:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/arg-netcast

NEWS

This weeks Prime Time For Change article focuses on Gemini 360 enhance experience game and potential lessons learned on the Gemini Division project.

This weeks PTFC article outlines the differences between Alternate Reality Gaming and the Gemini 360 Enhanced Experience; a matter of some consternation for fans. The article does and excellent job of outlining the differences between ARG and EE and provides an explanation for the “non-ARG” ARG that has been driving Gemini fans crazy.

To expand on the article: Gemini 360 is an enhanced experience game. EE media, unlike traditional ARG games, is known to be ancillary content and doesn’t fall under the same guiding rules that ARG does. The first and most important difference being that EE tells players that they are participating in an enhanced experience. There are varying levels to how EE’s remove the curtain between players and game creators and Gemini 360 falls squarely in to the “no curtain” zone.

All of Gemini Division’s EE content is linked directly from the main NBC Gemini Division production website; a first in EE gaming. The best known EE experience from NBC and managed by the same team that developed and deployed Gemini 360, Heroes Evolutions doesn’t have EE content on the main production page but rather a link in the nav bar. Including EE content on the main episode page, while unprecedented, does allow fans direct interaction between the episodes and ancillary content.

As discussed in the Lessons Learned portion of the PTFC article, Gemini 360 does have it’s growing pains; this should be expected as the Gemini project truly is a first of it’s kind. As for the remainder of the Lessons Learned, I’ll leave that for PTFC, though we are looking forward to next weeks article on Gemini Division Successes.

END-WEEK UPDATES

episodes

Thanks to everyone for their feedback on embedding the episodes in the forums; to recap: last week we changed the episode forums will lead off with the embedded episode, then the epi-info with cast links to IMDB. There is also added a sticky for the weekly recaps, so you have a single place to view them in order. We’re glad that you’re enjoying the ability to watch the episodes, link directly to IMDB, and be able to comment on them all in one place.

the gemini division enhanced experience game

Week four of Gemini Division saw an unprecedented amount of EE content released though this may be accounted for by the lack of game info released in week three. Participants of the EE are now able to login to the “Gemini Division” server and explore Anna Diaz’s apartment and Dr. Elizabeth Gavallin’s [Dr. Jill Sinclair’s] Office. This week also saw an increase in both text messages and emails to players.

We have added two new sticky’s to the Gemini 360 Enhanced Experience forum where you can find the items seen in Anna’s Apartment and Gavallin’s Office.

You can participate in our Gemini 360 Enhanced Experience forum as well as the UnFiction boards for “Gemini 260“.

fan questions

Apologies to both Afterworld and Gemini Division fan’s who submitted questions for the show’s producers last Friday the 19th: I didn’t email the questions to them so no answers will be posted this week. Please look for those answers to be posted on the site mid-to-end of next week and my most sincere apologies. I was swamped with work this week and haven’t been able to devote as much time to GDF as I had hoped. My failure to submit your questions shouldn’t be taken as a negative on Electric Farm Entertainment as they can’t answer what I don’t send them.