Joseph Matheny

Joseph Matheny
BornDecember 24, 1961
Chicago, Illinois
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupation(s)Writer, Artist, Inventor
Websitehttps://josephmatheny.com/

Joseph Wayne Matheny (born December 24, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer and transmedia artist who has created works using alternate reality gaming and transmedia storytelling methods.[1] He holds patents for prediction, recommendation and behavioral analysis algorithms and software design.[2] He is a published author of screenplays, white papers, technology, sci-fi, marketing and gaming books. He is probably best known for the avant-garde work Ong's Hat, which has been called the proto-Alternate Reality Game.[1][3] Ong's Hat is often cited as the first ARG on many lists of alternate reality games.

He currently resides in Eugene, OR.

Early life

Joseph Matheny
Joseph Matheny- 2018 Santa Cruz, CA

Matheny was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1961 and moved to California in 1989.

Books

  • Statio Numero: Part 3 of the Liminal Cycle, Wildcard Interactive, 2022. ISBN 979-8-89074-509-5
  • Xen: The Zen of the Other (as Ezra Buckley), Wildcard Interactive, 2020. ISBN 9798710187395
  • Liminal (as Cameron Whiteside), Wildcard Interactive, 2017. ISBN 9798602894813
  • Ong's Hat the Beginning, Wildcard Interactive, 2002. ISBN 0-9678162-2-X
  • Game over?, Immersion New Media, 2002. ISBN 0-9674890-0-8
  • Why DVD? A Meat and Potatoes Guide for the Uninitiated, Metalepsis, 1999. ISBN 0-9674890-0-8
  • The Incunabula Papers: Ong's Hat and Other Gateways to New Dimensions, eXe, 1999. ISBN 0-9674890-1-6

Contributions to other books and publications

  • Reality is What You Can Get Away With: Introduction
  • Conversations with Diane Di Prima: Contributor
  • The Big Black Book: Become Who You Are: Contributor
  • Beats In Time: A Literary Generation's Legacy: Contributor
  • Rebels and Devils: The Psychology of Liberation: Contributor
  • Black Book Omega: Cirque Apoklypsis: Contributor
  • YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts: Contributor
  • Black Book Volume 3, Part I: The Black Symphony, First Movement: Contributor
  • Black Book Volume 3, Part II: The Black Symphony, Second Movement: Contributor
  • What Would Bill Hicks Say: Forward- Contributor
  • Exquisite Language: Contributor
  • Poker Without Cards: Contributor-Forward, Afterward and Editor
  • This Is Not A Game: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming: Contributor and Editor
  • Covert Culture Sourcebook: Contributor
  • The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog: Contributor

Filmography

Feature films and documentaries

Discography

  • This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell (2024) Audible/BBC
  • The Incident at Ong's Hat- audio drama (2023) BBC
  • Xen: The Zen of the Other- audio drama (2021) Wildcard
  • Robert Anton Wilson Remembered (2011) Hukilau
  • Robert Anton Wilson: The Lost Studio Sessions (2010) Original Falcon
  • TAZ- The Temporary Autonomous Zone (2010) Original Falcon
  • The Banishing Ritual with Illusion of Safety (1991)

References

  1. ^ a b Kinsella,Michael. Legend-Tripping Online: Supernatural Folklore and the Search for Ong's Hat University Press of Mississippi, 2011
  2. ^ "Google Patents".
  3. ^ McMahon, Chris (May 2013). "The Rise Of The ARG: games™ investigates alternate reality games and what the future has in store for the curious experiment". GamesTM. 135: 88.