Metacortechs
Metacortechs, now concluded, was an Alternate Reality Game, set in The Matrix. The game was primarily focused on the misadventures of Beth McConnell, an employee at the titular company where a certain Mr. Anderson once worked. As players delved into the Wired Reality of Metacortechs, a web of crazy began to unfurl around them.
Tropes used in Metacortechs include:
- Alternate Reality Game
- Cosmic Horror Story - How the world of The Matrix expresses itself in the game.
- Doing It for the Art
- Hey, It's That Guy! - The photo selected for Beth is a stock photo, and thus she shows up every now and then in the strangest places.
- Karma Houdini - Wongmo
- Loads and Loads of Characters
- Mind Screw
- New Age Retro Hippie - Wongmo bills himself as such.
- Only Smart People May Pass - How the hackers communicated with one another.
- Paranormal Investigation
- Solve the Soup Cans - Consciously avoided
- Talking Through Technique - The desktop wallpapers made by the hacker group were coded references to document drops.
- Underwater Base - Aquapolis.
- Unperson
- Viral Marketing - Subverted, it was a Fan Work, though the timing was quite suspicious.