Jamie Kane is an alternative reality game created by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), aimed primarily at teens and mixes mystery and drama.
The aim of the game was for players to unravel the mystery of that death, solving online puzzles and following clues that were available from a variety of sources.
[1] Sophie Walpole, head of interactive drama and entertainment at the BBC, however, was publicly confident about the game's prospects at its launch, expressing her hope that the game would "go viral", adding that "More than 1 million teenagers visit BBC Online a month, and I'm aiming for in excess of 100,000 players in the first year.
[5][6] According to a Preloaded spokesman, this call for testers engendered a response and the game was "tested on hundreds of teenagers".
[7] The launch incurred some teething troubles, with reports from players that they could not sign into the web site.
The "Jamie Kane" character within the various video clips and stills is played by Simon Bailey, an actor who has also worked in productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and We Will Rock You in the West End of London and is currently appearing in the West End production of Les Misérables.
Real-life Top of the Pops presenter Fearne Cotton also features in the video clips.
Jamie's ex-band members Fran and Jedd are played by Chris Grierson and Justin McDonald.
[15] The game involves both web content and interaction via text messaging, phone calls (accessible within the United Kingdom only), electronic mail, and with a chatbot on a proprietary Macromedia Flash interface designed to resemble an instant messaging system.
Rob Cooper, producer with the BBC's interactive drama and entertainment department, stated, "You play for around 20 minutes a day and it makes use of AI chats to feed you info.
The other members of the band were songwriter Fran Barker (Chris Grierson) and model turned dancer Jedd Nicholson (Justin McDonald).
Cochrane likes his voice to be heard and does not mind giving people an unwanted opinion on any topic.
Shaz Brahmachari (Imogen Ware) is 13 years old, making her the youngest member of the board.
Fay Urban (Tabitha Fielding) is Jamie's Manager and founder of Rock Trust, an indie record label.
click on the data window and press 'p' on your keyboard to paste the code in automatically, then type '8672' to unlock the phone.