Also, for the record, I brought this up both because it was interesting, and because I played the role of Inspector Chelmey.

Back when I thought it was an advertising campaign, I figured I’d have a bit of fun by being another character from it and seeing how they would react. I was pleasantly surprised when the person orchestrating the events welcomed me into the fold. So, I just started playing the character throughout a series of events planned by the guy running it.

I was very disappointed that he revealed himself. I think he handled the situation poorly, and I’m beginning to agree with some that say he used it as a publicity stunt to get more popular on Twitter/his news network.

It made me sad. I did it because - as I said - I have thought about how to best execute a Twitter narrative, but it would be really tough. Frequent tweets constitute spam and annoy people, plus, how can you engage with your audience in less than 160 characters. Professor Layton was the perfect way to execute a story through Twitter. The Professor interacted through brief riddles, and people could submit responses. Solving riddles grew to greater importance when Layton was kidnapped by Don Paolo, and people got to follow along with our adventures, and many enjoyed it. We have been called the most successful ARG/viral marketing campaign in recent memory, and people cannot believe it was all unofficial. Credit obviously goes mostly to the head honcho, but the guy playing Don Paolo really went above and beyond in his portrayal. It was awesome.

Anyway, I figured I’d come clean about that. Don’t want to do it publicly, lest I have all the haters jumping down my through.

I merely did it as a creative outlet, to entertain, and to experiment with the medium. It was fun while it lasted, and I’m glad people had fun with us.

Also, it is kind of sad that I got up to 540 followers at its peak as a fictional character, whereas I will never achieve that on my actual Twitter.

Oh well.

Cheers all.