December 1, 2000: Hide/Seek featured in the Silicon Alley Daily newsletter.
November 28, 2000: Hide/Seek featured as a lead segment on Marketplace on NPR, with Michelle Briar reporting from NYC. real audio
November 27, 2000: Hide/Seek featured in a segment on the CBS New York City Channel 2 evening news. Did you catch that exclusive Zoe interview?
November 26, 2000: Cyberlife: On the Lam [New York Daily News] "New York is about to become one big playground. A new game that takes place both online and on the streets is taking over the city..."
November 25, 2000: ...On Your Mark [BigBTV.com] "Welcome to a reality game show so wild there's only one company that can bring it to you: SiteSherpa!"
November 23, 2000: Escape from New Yorkers [Time Out New York] Find the current issue of TONY (Nov. 23-Nov. 30) to read the full article, p. 62. "Break out your bounty hunting gear. Three fugitives are on the loose and it's up to us to track them down. Really."
November 18, 2000: Hide/Seek goes international! The 'Running Person' Now They Trap/Catch in New York [Lenta.ru, from Moscow] "Company siteSyuerpa.chom begins preparation for the sequential game on the motives of Stephen King's novel 'running person' and similar/analogous film..." (Translation from Babelfish).
November 17, 2000 9:20pm: Hide/Seek Command Center goes live.
November 17, 2000: Web Game Puts New Yorkers on 'Fugitives' Trail [Fox News] "In an effort reminiscent of the Schwarzenegger thriller The Running Man, a Web site called SiteSherpa.com is planning to send three contest participants into the streets of New York as fugitives..."
November 16, 2000: Fugitives Chosen for Hide/Seek/NYC, Reality-Based Web Game [Internet Wire]
November 15, 2000 7pm: The Fugitives.
Zoë
Age: 29
Born: New York
Background: Writer, archaeologist, Central Park Ranger.
Qualifications: Zoe claims she is the perfect fugitive because she is a crafty, elfin crackerjack and she fits into small spaces.
Jason
Age: 28
Born: Brooklyn
Background: Award-winning filmmaker, comic book writer, substitute teacher.
Qualifications: Jason says he has seen a side of New York that the 9 to 5 crowd doesn’t get to experience. He plans to use that back-alley knowledge to stay one step ahead.
Chris
Age: 25
Born: Montana
Background: Record company representative, nomad, traveler.
Qualifications: Chris believes he has been a fugitive his whole life. He cites his escape from Montana as evidence.
November 15, 2000 3pm: Fugitives cast! More news later today.
November 10, 2000: Hide/Seek/NYC preview website launched.
November 8, 2000: Hide/Seek/NYC officially announced by SiteSherpa. The game will launch Wednesday, November 29 and run 17 days until December 15. Three fugitives will leave their lives for that time to compete against each other and evade capture by the entire population of New York City. If they outmaneuver the public and the other fugitives, they stand to win a grand prize of $10,000. But members of the public claim cash prizes for apprehending the fugitives, culminating in a $10,000 grand prize for getting the last fugitive off the streets.
[ complete press release | overview ]
October 23, 2000: Casting interviews begin narrowing the applicant field for the fugitive roles. Applicants have already completed a detailed questionnaire. Interviews with selected applicants seek to determine whether they hold the "fugitive quality" -- a mix of craftiness, personality and street smarts -- necessary to compete successfully and potentially win the game.
October 23, 2000: Hide/Seek/NYC-branded special event teased on SiteSherpa.com.
October 10, 2000: Fugitive casting commences. SiteSherpa staffers send an email about a reality-based game to be staged in New York City to several dozen friends within the Silicon Alley community. The email spreads virally, prompting hundreds of responses from people interested in the game.
September 23, 2000: Interoffice talk turns serious.
August 23, 2000: Survivor finale. Interoffice talk turns to staging a reality-based game in New York City.
