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[Trailhead?] Giants in our midst
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EmmanuelGoldstein
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Therum wrote:
I'm wondering if it's REALLY down because of bandwith. I know little of HTML, but it wouldn't be too hard to whip up a fake Bandwith Exceeded page, would it? Polerneft, anyone?

Anyway, if this IS an ARG, it looks like the characters are about to start interacting to each other, and if this is the case, something big is going to happen soon, which works well with what Giantology says; that today, something is going to happen soon.


site's back up now if you're referring to http://arkadysimkin.pl/

PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:30 pm
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enerbrat
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 		Alright, I'll try to keep this updated. Here is the pages for arkady, divedeep, and taurusajor. This includes pictures, audio, and video. I have Max's email and the name of all the game Colossi, I will update this as needed. http://www.kniptoh.com/other/Giants.zip Please download it so it doesn't waste my bandwidth.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:56 pm
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Max Steele
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 		Aaaand we're off!

Giantology has been updated:

Quote:


October 28, 2005

Where's Arkady?

It seems as if we have leapt from Forteana/Cryptozoology/Giantology into the realm of conspiracies.

I mentioned last night dropping an unexpected bombshell. Well it's stranger than I originally thought. But is it real?

So here's the story. I've gotten all kinds of emails and comments on the Siberian Ice Giant video (.mov / .wmv), as well as Arkady Simkin's site.

Ice Giant FullSome of you are saying it's another hoax, and connected to the Tsunami video, and possibly even connected to a videogame campaign. I'm looking into whether or not that really is the case, and will post my thoughts probably next week.

The latest twist is that I've received a couple of emails suggesting that Arkady Simkin has gone missing, his apartment ransacked, his website hacked by Polarneft, etc. Tres shadowy, no? The email address listed on his site has in fact been changed, and to top it all off, the Arkady Simkin site was down for several hours today due to "bandwidth limitations," which may either be proof of a conspiracy or perhaps, simply, bandwidth problems.

The site is back up, and all the content seems to be intact. But I've pulled the video and audio files and will be hosting them on Giantology.net just in case they get taken down again.

Mind you, I'm watching all of this with a bit of a jaded eye... certainly anyone can say or do anything on the net, and even I've been accused of being part of the supposed marketing campaign.

However, if this IS a hoax, it's pretty elaborate, and at the very least I'm enjoying the ride, along with quite a few of you out there as well, it seems.

So much so, that I've even received email from a couple of key players in this Siberian Ice Giant saga.

The first one I got was from Arkady Simkin himself, about a day after I posted his remarkable video to Giantology. It was short and to the point, simply thanking me for posting it. Then I recently got a second email from someone claiming to be a friend of Arkady's, stating that he is in hiding, in a "safe place," and so on.

It all sounds very spy thriller, though if there's any shred of truth to any of this, it's certainly possible that Arkady has gone into hiding to avoid the oil company Polarneft, the existence of which hasn't yet been conclusively proven or disproven, IMHO.

And the only reason I give any of this any credence at all is that I got yet a third email just yesterday, which is what prompted me saying I had a bombshell.

Man Named BorisIf you go to the "For Fun" page on Arkady's site, there's a photo of a guy named Boris about a third of the way down. And someone claiming to be "Boris" is the one who emailed me:

Dear Mr. Belson,

You do not know my, but I am a coleag of Arkady Simkin. I was on Franz Josef Land expedition. I have 3D seismic video but I am traveling now. I will send when I reach safe place. I can not get in hold of Arkady and I want peoples to see this.

Boris

Trust me when I say I will definitely post the 3D video if and when I get it.

Regardless of what's really going on, I fully intend to keep following this story, and posting anything I learn. Hoax or not, it's exciting stuff.

Now, the OTHER thing I wanted to talk about... well, I'll save that for Monday. Lauren and I are taking a much-deserved celebratory weekend off in Wisconsin before the weather goes south for the winter. Celebratory, you ask? You'll have to wait to find out why!


So now this guy on the Giantology web site is getting contacted. And not only did he deny this has anything to do with Shadow of the Colossus, he even linked to several other places that are calling it viral marketing for the game.

We're seriously in the realm of TINAG now. Let's see what happens....

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tik
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 		the video is real-keep that in mind

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ProfMoriarty
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 		I would just like to point out real quick that he actually linked to my post concerning the game in his attempt to state that he is not a game character.

That's pretty much the most interaction I've gotten out of a game, and it's the first link to my blog. Thrilling.

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kyameel
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JohnLynch wrote:
Good to know it definitely isn't a Philippine number. And yes, it is a valid number (mobile phone) in theory anyway. I haven't called it Wink I believe the 61 is an area code? Although it's odd that he has both an Australian web address, and an Australian mobile phone number. If someone moved to the Philippines, surely they'd change their mobile number?


Yeah, that would be most logical since if he keeps his Autralian number, imagine the long distance rates he'll have.

And this whole thing is getting more interesting. Interesting indeed.
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Ehsan
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 		I can't wait for proof that this actually is a full fledged ARG because I really want to say:

BEST TINAG EVAR!

I don't need to know who's making the game or what it's promoting.. I don't want press releases from the PMs or the sponsors... just give us a game and let us forget about everything else for a while... when it's over, I'm buying 10 copies of whatever this is promoting!

Well, there, I said it. Now please give us confirmation that this is an ARG... you have a huge audience already!

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John Doe
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 		setup in
http://divethedeepscuba.com.au/images/dnatest.jpg

if you look at the company address thats crossed out you will see at the end its in australia might be setup in Philippines but base in australia

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Puppy_Zwolle
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Ehsan wrote:
when it's over, I'm buying 10 copies of whatever this is promoting!
Giant Ferrari Twisted Evil
btw: Whats a TINAG?
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TJ229ER
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 		This Is Not A Game.

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Puppy_Zwolle
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 		Thats meant to confuse me? Its about a game then?
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Puppy_Zwolle wrote:
Thats meant to confuse me? Its about a game then?


No, that's the "Alternate Reality" bit of ARG (It's a 'different reality' Not A Game)
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Ehsan
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Puppy_Zwolle wrote:
Thats meant to confuse me? Its about a game then?


Read this for some insight on what TINAG means.

Newer games have tried to reinvent the TINAG concept, with revealing press releases (Art of The Heist), in-game Pupper Masters (Perplex City), and "this is a game" mechanics (Last Call Poker). I'm personally a fan of games with very strong dissociation from reality so I wanted to give a shout out to this game, and hope it turns out to be a pure traditional ARG. </meta>

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chippy
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 		OK I rang the number got an answer machine,
australian male:
Quote:
This is Dive the Deep Scuba, we cant to the phone right now.. if we dont get back to you in the next few days, weve probably been eaten by sharks!
Laughing
then the standard sounding australian female saying "leave your message, then hang up, or press 1 for more options" and the beep.

i left message saying i was interested in the giant, and left my number...
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theronin23
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Puppy_Zwolle wrote:
Giant Ferrari Twisted Evil


Whassamatta? Couldn't Find a real ferarri pic so you had to substitute with a vette?

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