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This list is a short summary of different game resources used or suggested by some of the players for solving clues in an [[Alternate Reality Game|ARG]]. It is by no means exhaustive and undoubtedly many players have a number of other tools yet to be disclosed.  
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==Anagram Tools==
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* [http://www.freeanagramresearchtool.com/ Free Anagram Research Tool] -- Anagram elimination tool
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* [http://www.anagramsite.com/ Anagram Site]
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* [http://wordsmith.org/anagram/ WordSmith's Internet Anagram Server]
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* [http://www.anagrammy.com/resources/aa_download.html Anagram Artist]
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* [http://boulter.com/anagram/ Iterative Anagram Solver] -- Decode multi-word anagrams word by word
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==Cipher Tools==
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* [http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/index.php Rumkin's Ciphers & Codes Tools]
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==Translation Tools==
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* [http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/ All in one Text, Binary, Hex, Base64, DEC / CHAR Translator]
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* [http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html Morse Code Translation]
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* [http://www.adcott.net/binary/ Binary Translator]
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* [http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php InterTran Language Translator]
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** [http://www.tranexp.com/intertran/linking.cgi InterTran for your site]
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* [http://nickciske.com/binary Binary, Hex, and Octal translation]
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* [http://farhadi.ir/base64.html Base 64 translation]
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==Writing Systems/Identification==
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* [http://www.omniglot.com Omniglot] - Modern, arcane, and obscure writing systems
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==Sound Editing==
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* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] (note: you can select your source to be straight from the webpage stream)
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* [http://hem.passagen.se/rasmuse/Coagula.htm Coagula] --- Image synthesizer, can be used to reconstruct sound from spectral analysis graphs
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==Graphics Manipulation==
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* [http://www.irfanview.com/ irfanview]
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* Photoshop
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* [http://www.gimp.org/ The GIMP] (free, *nix version can load directly from URLs)
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==Video Manipulation==
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* [http://keepvid.com/ Keepvid] -- Easily extract the flv files at youtube and other sites.
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* [http://videodownloader.net VideoDownloader]
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** [http://www.rivavx.com/?encoder Riva FLV Encoder] (note: can extract video to stills or other video formats)
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* [http://vixy.net/flv_converter FLV Online Converter at Vixy.net] -- Convert flv files online (supported file types: avi, mov, mp4, 3gp, or mp3 for audio only)
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==Textual Deciphering==
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* [http://www.writely.com/ Writely]
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==Posting==
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===Web Addresses===
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* [http://www.tinyurl.com/ TinyURL] --- Purpose & Result: Create shorter URL links by generating a random combination of letters and/or numbers based on the url submitted <br /> i.e., a given URL will generate the same Tinyurl link each time.
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* [http://www.urlx.org/ url(x)] --- Like TinyURL, but shortened URL retains the original domain name.  Bookmarklet available for more convenient shortening.
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===Images===
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* [http://www.photobucket.com/ PhotoBucket]
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* [http://www.imageshack.us/ ImageShack] --- Upon submission, a filename is given 2-4 random letters/numbers to the end in an attempt to avoid creating duplicate links. ImageShack has ~100 different servers, so trying to purposely create a link to generate a given string in a URL is practically  impossible, as each server number would offer a different generation of a url.
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===Videos===
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* [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]
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* [http://www.revver.com/ Revver]
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===Audio===
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* [http://www.savefile.com/ SaveFile]
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===Text===
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* [http://www.writely.com/ Writely]
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===Chat===
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* [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html IRC Tutorial]
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* [http://www.freenode.net Freenode]
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* [http://ircatwork.com/ Web based IRC ]
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* irc.freenode.net
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==Religious Textual References==
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* [http://www.gideon.org/ Gideon Bible (Christian)](chosen due to its use in a CiW clue)
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* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm Internet Sacred Text Archive] - Holy books/texts from numerous religions/sects available online.
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* Thelemic
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* H.P. Lovecraft
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==Mapping Tools==
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* [http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps]
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[[Category:ARG]]

Latest revision as of 21:20, 3 January 2008

This list is a short summary of different game resources used or suggested by some of the players for solving clues in an ARG. It is by no means exhaustive and undoubtedly many players have a number of other tools yet to be disclosed.

Anagram Tools

Cipher Tools

Translation Tools

Writing Systems/Identification

  • Omniglot - Modern, arcane, and obscure writing systems

Sound Editing

  • Audacity (note: you can select your source to be straight from the webpage stream)
  • Coagula --- Image synthesizer, can be used to reconstruct sound from spectral analysis graphs

Graphics Manipulation

Video Manipulation

Textual Deciphering

Posting

Web Addresses

  • TinyURL --- Purpose & Result: Create shorter URL links by generating a random combination of letters and/or numbers based on the url submitted
    i.e., a given URL will generate the same Tinyurl link each time.
  • url(x) --- Like TinyURL, but shortened URL retains the original domain name. Bookmarklet available for more convenient shortening.

Images

  • PhotoBucket
  • ImageShack --- Upon submission, a filename is given 2-4 random letters/numbers to the end in an attempt to avoid creating duplicate links. ImageShack has ~100 different servers, so trying to purposely create a link to generate a given string in a URL is practically impossible, as each server number would offer a different generation of a url.

Videos

Audio

Text

Chat

Religious Textual References


  • Thelemic
  • H.P. Lovecraft

Mapping Tools

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