What is Ong’s Hat?

A collection of text, audio, and video pieces about the Ong’s Hat ARG project

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VIDEO

The mystery of Ong’s Hat and what it revealed!

The First Internet Hoax: Inside a Mind

Why Did This Entire Village of Scientists Disappear One Day?

Joseph Matheny Appears on How Conspiracy Theories Become Violent | Truth Hurts | VICE

Did An Alternate Reality Game Gone Wrong Predict The Rise of QAnon?

Où sont passés ces gens disparus à Ong’s Hat ? – Le mystère d’internet qui est allé trop loin

Tales of Weird NJ: Bovine, Bigfoot & Frogs

Hi, Strangeness

AUDIO

This Is Not a Game is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat.

This Is Not a Game is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat.

vayse podcast — Infinite Game – Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries — Ong’s Hat: How did the First ARG Spiral out of Control?

That Would Be Rad: S3 E15: Ong's Hat - A Gateway to New Dimensions — That Would Be Rad: S3 E15: Ong’s Hat – A Gateway to New Dimensions

Ong's Hat: Alternative Reality Games Are Not Games — Ong’s Hat: Alternative Reality Games Are Not Games

Information Golem: New Mini-Series from TOOWi Arts — Information Golem: New Mini-Series from TOOWi Arts
The Origin Story of Joseph Matheny and the Ong’s Hat ARG

Multipart audio series

Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know: The Strange Story of Ong’s Hat — Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know

Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know: The Strange Story of Ong’s Hat

Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know: The Strange Story of Ong’s Hat

The Red Pages Podcast: Episode 154: Chatting with Joseph Matheny — http://redpagespodcast.com/listen/chatting-with-joseph-matheny

The Red Pages Podcast: Episode 154: Chatting with Joseph Matheny

ARG Pioneer Joseph Matheny on the Counterculture’s Hijacking from Corporatization to QAnon

ARG Pioneer Joseph Matheny on the Counterculture’s Hijacking from Corporatization to QAnon

Slate-Decoder Ring: The Incunabula Papers

Slate-Decoder Ring: The Incunabula Papers

WEB/PRINT

Ong's Hat: The Beginning Authorized Version — Ong’s Hat: The Beginning Authorized Version

Ong’s Hat: The Beginning Authorized Version (Book)

Ong's Hat on TVTropes — Ong’s Hat on TVTropes

Ong’s Hat on TVTropes

Der vielleicht älteste Internet-Mythos überhaupt: Das Mysterium von Ong’s Hat

Der vielleicht älteste Internet-Mythos überhaupt: Das Mysterium von Ong’s Hat

Technikart 273 Digital Version — Technikart 273 Digital Version French>English Translation + French Original

Technikart 273 Digital Version

Gizmodo-Ong’s Hat: The Early Internet Conspiracy Game That Got Too Real

Gizmodo-Ong’s Hat: The Early Internet Conspiracy Game That Got Too Real

Alternate Reality Games | Ong’s Hat | Know Your Meme

Alternate Reality Games | Ong’s Hat | Know Your Meme

The Rise Of The ARG: Games™ investigates alternate reality games and what the future has in store for the curious experiment

The Rise Of The ARG: Games™ investigates alternate reality games and what the future has in store for the curious experiment

This is Not a Game: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming

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Ong's Hat on Wikipedia — Ong’s Hat on Wikipedia

Ong’s Hat on Wikipedia

ONG’S HAT and the construction of a suspicious model reader
Jorge Flores

ONG’S HAT and the construction of a suspicious model reader
Jorge Flores

Ong’s Hat: The Beginning: CERN, Many Worlds, MMORPGs (QAnon), ARGs “The Beast”, HALO and Artificial Intelligence

Ong’s Hat: The Beginning: CERN, Many Worlds, MMORPGs (QAnon), ARGs “The Beast”, HALO and Artificial Intelligence

Legend Tripping Online

The Surprising Online Life of Legends – Legend-Tripping Online: Supernatural Folklore and the Search for Ong’s Hat