I like the RL game crossover thingy, just gotta find a way to make it work. I think the skype call with video could work, but we still need a reason as to why... Something really serious that none of our characters are allowed to be camera-shy. 

I was going to suggest that there needs to be some kind of questioning and investigation about the game so we'd all be gathered, but as User said, we all live in different areas of the world, so that doesn't seem likely...