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<div>This list is a short summary of different game resources used or suggested by some of the players for solving clues in an [[Alternate Reality Game|ARG]]. It is by no means exhaustive and undoubtedly many players have a number of other tools yet to be disclosed. <br />
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==Anagram Tools==<br />
* [http://www.freeanagramresearchtool.com/ Free Anagram Research Tool] -- Anagram elimination tool<br />
* [http://www.anagramsite.com/ Anagram Site]<br />
* [http://wordsmith.org/anagram/ WordSmith's Internet Anagram Server]<br />
* [http://www.anagrammy.com/resources/aa_download.html Anagram Artist]<br />
* [http://boulter.com/anagram/ Iterative Anagram Solver] -- Decode multi-word anagrams word by word<br />
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==Cipher Tools==<br />
* [http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/index.php Rumkin's Ciphers & Codes Tools]<br />
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==Translation Tools==<br />
* [http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/ All in one Text, Binary, Hex, Base64, DEC / CHAR Translator]<br />
* [http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html Morse Code Translation]<br />
* [http://www.adcott.net/binary/ Binary Translator]<br />
* [http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php InterTran Language Translator]<br />
** [http://www.tranexp.com/intertran/linking.cgi InterTran for your site]<br />
* [http://nickciske.com/binary Binary, Hex, and Octal translation]<br />
* [http://farhadi.ir/base64.html Base 64 translation]<br />
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==Writing Systems/Identification==<br />
* [http://www.omniglot.com Omniglot] - Modern, arcane, and obscure writing systems<br />
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==Sound Editing==<br />
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] (note: you can select your source to be straight from the webpage stream)<br />
* [http://hem.passagen.se/rasmuse/Coagula.htm Coagula] --- Image synthesizer, can be used to reconstruct sound from spectral analysis graphs<br />
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==Graphics Manipulation==<br />
* [http://www.irfanview.com/ irfanview]<br />
* Photoshop<br />
* [http://www.gimp.org/ The GIMP] (free, *nix version can load directly from URLs)<br />
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==Video Manipulation==<br />
* [http://keepvid.com/ Keepvid] -- Easily extract the flv files at youtube and other sites.<br />
* [http://videodownloader.net VideoDownloader]<br />
** [http://www.rivavx.com/?encoder Riva FLV Encoder] (note: can extract video to stills or other video formats)<br />
* [http://vixy.net/flv_converter FLV Online Converter at Vixy.net] -- Convert flv files online (supported file types: avi, mov, mp4, 3gp, or mp3 for audio only)<br />
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==Textual Deciphering==<br />
* [http://www.writely.com/ Writely]<br />
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==Posting==<br />
===Web Addresses===<br />
* [http://www.tinyurl.com/ TinyURL] --- Purpose & Result: Create shorter URL links by generating a random combination of letters and/or numbers based on the url submitted <br /> i.e., a given URL will generate the same Tinyurl link each time.<br />
* [http://www.urlx.org/ url(x)] --- Like TinyURL, but shortened URL retains the original domain name. Bookmarklet available for more convenient shortening.<br />
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===Images===<br />
* [http://www.photobucket.com/ PhotoBucket]<br />
* [http://www.imageshack.us/ ImageShack] --- Upon submission, a filename is given 2-4 random letters/numbers to the end in an attempt to avoid creating duplicate links. ImageShack has ~100 different servers, so trying to purposely create a link to generate a given string in a URL is practicly impossible, as each server number would offer a different generation of a url.<br />
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===Videos===<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]<br />
* [http://www.revver.com/ Revver]<br />
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===Audio===<br />
* [http://www.savefile.com/ SaveFile]<br />
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===Text===<br />
* [http://www.writely.com/ Writely]<br />
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===Chat===<br />
* [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html IRC Tutorial]<br />
* [http://www.freenode.net Freenode]<br />
* [http://ircatwork.com/ Web based IRC ]<br />
* irc.freenode.net<br />
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==Religious Textual References==<br />
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* [http://www.gideon.org/ Gideon Bible (Christian)](chosen due to its use in a CiW clue)<br />
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm Internet Sacred Text Archive] - Holy books/texts from numerous religions/sects available online.<br />
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* Thelemic<br />
* H.P. Lovecraft<br />
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==Mapping Tools==<br />
* [http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps]<br />
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