SF Reality Hacks

Winding through the hills of the East Bay from San Jose to Berkeley are several sections of crudely constructed rock walls whose origins and purpose remain unknown.

Spanning 50 miles in total, the segments themselves vary in length from a few meters to a half mile. They head inland towards Mt. Diablo leading to several large, stone circles and a mysterious 200 foot wide spiral that encircles a large boulder. 

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Drawbridge, CA

The only path leading into this formerly lawless town is the Union Pacific Railroad track. The abandoned train station is one of several dilapidated buildings, many of which are slowly sinking into the marshland.

LAT3 SHIFT "Watch and play the world’s first cinematic interactive movie on your tablet or smartphone...It’s like ‘Choose-you-own-adventure’ gone cinematic... You decide on the hero’s journey to one of seven different endings, while the film always flows on absolutely seamlessly.

THE LAST HOURS OF LAURA K | Online “It’s an immersive online murder mystery and ground-breaking digital experience placing you, the audience, at the heart of the story.

Using 24 hours of footage from the fictional surveillance programme SATURNEYE,..The 24-hour video file is only half of the story.

~ Want to do something different this Valentine’s Day? ~

A Lovers Line: Audio Art Experience is a free downloadable audio tour (of sorts) down Lovers Lane in the SF Presidio that was created by the SF Bureau of Urban Secrets.

According to the Bureau, the tour includes “documentation related to an experiment in alternative time-based approaches to landscape exploration…” 

The audio tracks and corresponding maps tell the stories of encounters that took place at a different point in time on Lovers Lane. Each message “is perhaps best understood as a brief clue about the motivations of the callers who traveled the Lane,”

The materials are normally available on the SF Presidio’s website. However, the site is either undergoing renovation or they removed it so I have uploaded everything to a public Google Drive file. Click on the photo above or

                 * *  Access the Tour Materials Here * *  

These Pages Fall Like Ash | 2013

“..one story told across two books. One is a beautiful, crafted physical artefact the other a digital text on hard drives hidden across a real city and read on your mobile device. The two books come together and provide a singular reading experience.

This is about a moment when two cities overlap. They exist in the same space and time, but they aren’t aware of each other. It’s a tale about two people who have become separated, one in each world, about their fading memory of each other and their struggle to reconnect.

"The Ice-Bound Concordance is an award-winning interactive narrative game where story pieces are as fluid as building blocks, and where endings are discovered with the help of a physical printed art book."

"80-page full color book of strange transmissions, unsettling lacuna and mystifying desideratum. You’ll need it to unravel the story of KRIS’s past, revealed through augmented reality."

"While you play, chat with your virtual collaborator, the "digital ghost" of the book's original author. These stories mean something to him. Will you respect his intuitions, or follow your own instincts?"

City of Conspiracy | $13.50 

** Breaking News **

Sinister Looking Baseball Bats Found Chained to Poles Around SF

November 26, 2015

Yesterday police began receiving reports from people that were finding baseball bats, some with “spikes” protruding from them, chained to telephone poles and parking meters all around the city. As many as 27 have now been reported and police are still trying to figure out the possible motivation behind these strange sightings.

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