Last Call Poker is an alternate reality game, which is built around a free online poker site.At first glance, this appears to just be another poker site, and not a very good one at that . . . but if you dig a little bit deeper, you'll find a ton of spooky and interesting things. A boingboing reader says, "After filling out a profile and playing poker for a few minutes, you start getting phone calls, emails and [have] strange images show up on you screen. There seems to be quite a bit of story hidden within the site including movies (with ex-child star Todd Bridges--better known as Willis from 'Diff'rent Strokes'), audio segments, and live poker games played at cemeteries around the country (using the tombstones as cards)."
It will be interesting to see if Last Call Poker captures the imagination and attention of the existing online poker community — that may not even be their intention. I've created a profile there, so I'll give it a try, and if there's anything worth reporting, I'll follow up in a future post.
(Link via boingboing)
1. I played for a little while on Last Call Poker tonight. It was OK, nothing special. I did quit ahead, after winning a sizeable pot when I flopped an Ace-high straight and had a guy chase me to the river with a pair of queens. I haven't received any spooky phone calls or e-mails yet. I may play again sometime to see what happens. My ID there is the same as on PokerStars (yestbay1) if anyone happens to see me there.
Posted at 10:07PM on Oct 6th 2005 by Dave Westbay