Joseph Matheny

Joseph Matheny
Born	December 24, 1961 Chicago, Illinois
Citizenship	American
Occupation(s)	Writer, artist, inventor
Website	https://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 (ARG). ^{[1] [3]} Ong's Hat is often cited as the first ARG on many lists of alternate reality games.

He currently resides in Eugene, Oregon.

Early life

Joseph Matheny- 2018 Santa Cruz, CA

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

Books

• Ong’s Hat: Compleat, Wildcard Interactive, 2025. ISBN   979-8305379754
• 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   978-1726734691
• 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

• My Neighbors Daughter (1998): Art Director, Actor
• Amerikanskaya doch (1995): Art Director, Actor
• Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1997): Actor
• The "I" in the Triangle with Robert Anton Wilson (2010): Director
• TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (2010): Producer, Performer
• Inside A Mind (2021): Appears as self
• Visions Of Heaven and Hell (1994):ITV UK Appears as self

Discography

• Ong's Hat: COMPLEAT (2025) Wildcard Interactive
• 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. 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.

External links

• Official website
• Joseph Matheny at IMDb
• Joseph Matheny publications indexed by Google Scholar