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bamnet_
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xbox360.com flash, interesting things If anyone has viewed the flash at xbox360.com you know it's a little bit wierd for a microsoft, or even xbox related site. My main logic revolves around the images in which you have to drag the dots to the corners. One of them contains french text "choisissez votre chemin" which translates to "choose your way". I'm wondering why french and how does this relate to xbox 360.
While searching around in the flash file, I found several references to akqa, that turns out to be a flash design company partnered with xbox. http://akqa.com/ . The flash source continues on with a reference to com.akqa.sf.xenon, I reversed it to get http://xenon.sf.akqa.com , oddly, a password protected site.
None of this really makes any sense to me yet, but I figure maybe one of you professionals can help.
http://xbox360.com/puzzle_wallpapers/sm_puzzle_800x600/sm_poster_800x600_4.jpg
Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 8:52 pm
Kagerou
Greenhorn
Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 8
I don't work with flash, but I'm guessing the reversal of the url is standard practice when naming flash objects. That's how it's done for java code as well. It does look puzzly, but I'm pretty sure it isn't actually part of a puzzle. Maybe someone who works with flash can confirm.
Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 11:53 am
NovacaineX
Decorated
Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Ohio - New York, USA
xbox360.akqa.com is also password protected.
Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:01 pm
THX8612
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 356 Location: Richmond, VA
this also might need a little looking into.
http://www.ilovelive.com/
another site from the people at AKQA for M$
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:52 pm
bamnet_
Guest
THX8612 wrote:
this also might need a little looking into.
http://www.ilovelive.com/
another site from the people at AKQA for M$
Do you know when that site originated? I've never seen it before
Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 11:08 pm
Svengoolie
Decorated
Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago
It says 2003.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:25 am
bamnet_
Guest
Svengoolie wrote:
It says 2003.
I picked up on that but it looks like a fairly complex marketing site for something that *I've* never seen a reference to...
I found it, one link off of Xbox-live's about page, small in the right column. hmmm
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:27 am
NovacaineX
Decorated
Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Ohio - New York, USA
Good old Troy D. Chinula
That's been around for awhile, wouldn't surprise me if they re-launched it for the xbox360 Live though.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:14 am
Apex
Boot
Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 57
Looks like they have passwords set up for lots of different clients, probably for the purpose of portfolios and design concepts for ads & websites.
http://nike.akqa.com/
http://microsoft.akqa.com/
http://eu.dockers.akqa.com/
More can be found with http://www.google.com/search?q=+site:akqa.com
Also, completely off topic, but the pic and the talk of flash instantly reminded me of one of my favorite flash games: http://www.deviantart.com/view/8666529/
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:07 pm
Atomicbomb22
Boot
Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 51
dunno about u but its seems to me like a puzzle because "choiserez votre chemin" means choose your way (living in france does pay off a bit). Get your scizzors out and START CUTTING!!! and i think the final answer will give us a clue or password.
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:46 am
Svengoolie
Decorated
Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago
That site is so strange. I really like it, but it's weird that they would do things like this -- especially since they're trying to get non-gamers to become Xbox users.
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:46 pm
harrisonh1
Boot
Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 56
I just noticed this, at the very beginning of the flash, right after it finishes loading and all of the rings are appearing, I see an "8" flash on the screen quickly. Any thoughts?
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:38 am
phoenix9
Veteran
Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 141 Location: Virginia Beach, VA
i dont see it, can u point it out? also this site reminds me alot of the odd halo 2 one with all the covenant writing.
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:55 pm
bamnet_
Guest
Flash I'm working to dig through all the flash related to the colony/xbox 360. Does anyone have the olf .swf files anywhere?
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:01 pm
bamnet_
Greenhorn
Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 5
Choisi Votre Chemin I've been confused by this pic for way to long now...
I used to know some French and that phrase "choose your way" is fairly simple to translate. (I didn't even know M$ could speak french) The way it's presented isn't, Why did they choose to place those background images in a random order... I wonder if they can be moved around or rotated to change the letters. Or could they be assigned values like the dots to translate??
Another interesting picture has been while that is more straight forward than the other one, it still just doesn't seem to fit in with the rest.
I've been through the fla files several times and nothing is popping out at me as hidden.
On the note about the flash, they choose odd "placeholders" (ie. O & X) to go in empty spaces.... why not leave then trasparent?
If anyone can get me an old version of the Colony's flash I'd like to sift through it for similiarities with the xbox360 flash...[/url]
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:26 am
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