Unnatural Selection

Unnatural Selection (aka Monster Hunter Club) has been an Alternate Reality Game Immersive Marketing campaign by ARGStudios for Magnolia Pictures' and Bong Joon-Ho’s The Host.

Dave Szulborski – Producer, story, video production and editing, all puzzles, writer for the characters of Cryptid Truth, Painted Soul, Nate Shiffer, and Scott Johnston, miscellaneous graphics, web design and content Civilization Mutation, M-A-R-A, and Thing in the Water

Jim Gunshanan - Writer, Derek, Matt and John Wheeler

Dee Cook - Writer, Sun-Yi Park and Amie Adams

Michelle Senderhauf - Web Design and Maintenance, Monster Hunter Club, M-A-R-A, and Rainbow of Death

Haley Moore - Flinging paint at walls, Web Design, Enhance Yourself and KoreanFilmFan

Cem - Monster Hunter Club cryptid and research content, Creation of MHC members and forum backdated content, Promotion of various story assets at OOG forums, General vetting and proofreading.

Kassandra Standridge – Troll EnhanceYourself.org community creation and management

Nick Braccia - Story Development & Editing, Derek Songwriting (with Jan Owen), Media Consultant

Jonathan Waite – Consultant

Characters:

Sun-Yi Park – Caeli Kim
Derek Young – Kevin Spencer
Matt Wheeler – Paul Herbig
Amie Adams – Kate Freuler
Green coated man – Nick Braccia
Korean newscast girl – Gina Kim

Original songs – Cryptid Love, Yellow Eyes, and The Gorgon’s Head written by Jan Britten Owen and Nick Braccia, performed and recorded by Jan Owen
Terrorfish model and Bigfoot mask – John Healy, HealyFX
Immature Host creature model – Adam Brandejs
Adult monster hands and moveable small creature arm – courtesy of a private collector, these actual items appeared on film in the movie Feast.
Bigfoot toys, collectibles, books, and literature – courtesy of the private collection of Dave Szulborski.
Small creatures, biological specimens, and miscellaneous oddities – Sarina Brewer, Custom Creature Taxidermy
Pickled punks, large sea creature gaffs and monsters – the Great Orbax and Fiendish Curiosities
Jon Paine Implant videos by James Godwin, edited by Dave Szulborski.
John Wheeler Project Rainbow journal pages handwritten by Marianne Sands.
Home movies and photographs of Thailand and Vietnam in the late 1960’s and assorted military artifacts courtesy of Lt. Col. R.A. Szulborski, ret USAF.
All Bigfoot and monster images and videos created by Dave Szulborski.
Cryptid Love stop-motion animation by Dave Szulborski.
Sun-Yi’s videos recorded and edited by Caeli Kim.
Sun-Yi Park’s Twitchfilm.net review columns by Nick Braccia and Dave Szulborski.

Special thanks to Jamil Moledina and Megan Scavio at the Game Developers Conference (GDC); the Orphanage special FX team in San Francisco, CA; Bong Joon-Ho; Dee Snider and Debbie Rochon at Fangoria Radio; Todd Brown at Twitchfilm.net; Magno Review Center, NYC; Jan Libby for inspiration and moral support; and Jay Ku at Helio.

Unnatural Selection is dedicated to Lt. Col. R.A. Szulborski, retired USAF and all the other brave men and women in the U.S. military active or retired, wherever they may be. Thank you for your service.