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colin
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[GAME] Dead Man's Tale - MSN/Pirates of the Carribbean
yahoo news wrote:
The game called "Dead Man's Tale" blends audiovisual storytelling, chat, collaboration and gameplay to immerse participants in the world of the movie. Users are enticed to join the crew of the Black Pearl, first playing by themselves and then with a friend as they move through challenges that use many of Windows Live Messenger's unique communication, sharing and interactivity features. As users successfully complete each challenge, they unlock details about the "Dead Man's Chest" storyline from game narrator Billy Bones, the movie's skull-and-crossbones title icon who has come to life. Once they conquer the final challenge, players are rewarded with an exclusive film clip from "Dead Man's Chest" that is available only through Windows Live Messenger...
More information about "Dead Man's Tale" can be found by visiting http://www.deadmanstale.com
EDIT - clarified topic, changed topic tags. - SG
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:57 am
Hikari
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Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 147
Ooh, this looks pretty fun. I'll have to see if I can get any of my friends to play it.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:48 am
poozle
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Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 1090
I've done the single player part now but got no friend to help so if anyone would be willing to team up pm me
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:51 am
Hikari
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I've gotten most of the way through the 2 player (twice - the answers are the same every time ) but my friend keeps leaving.
I wouldn't mind doing it with you, but I know the early answers, which might take some of the fun from it for you.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:04 am
AngBa
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Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 532 Location: the pit of misery, KS
Talk about frustration - (or me doing something completely wrong), anything involving Johnny Depp and my love for the movie I'm on board with - signed up for messenger, and was set to play... Ol' boy BillyBones wasn't online and it wouldn't let me do anything. AAAARRRGGGHHH
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:25 pm
Phaedra
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AngBa wrote:
Talk about frustration - (or me doing something completely wrong), anything involving Johnny Depp and my love for the movie I'm on board with - signed up for messenger, and was set to play... Ol' boy BillyBones wasn't online and it wouldn't let me do anything. AAAARRRGGGHHH
Hmm, that's odd -- he shows up as online for me.
Also, if you can find a partner, you should be able to play the two-player game without contacting Billy.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:41 pm
Chewy
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Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 236 Location: In the ass-groove of the Couch
I've been through both single and multiplayer, both are little fun timewasters. My partner kept glitching during the maze portion so I did have to skip that, but the rest is pretty standard stuff that you would expect from a puzzly flash game. Everything else is easy when you cooperate.
The endgame is apparently supposed to be a grimacing shock, or so the annoying narrator made it seem. But really, I wasn't paying much attention to what little story it did have (seemed to me like it was made around the puzzles instead of evolving the story, then making puzzles around it).
Also, though its not on the games list, you can access the multiplayer portion right away without contacting Billy by going to the Mess.be Game Launcher.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:22 pm
poozle
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AngBa wrote:
Talk about frustration - (or me doing something completely wrong), anything involving Johnny Depp and my love for the movie I'm on board with - signed up for messenger, and was set to play... Ol' boy BillyBones wasn't online and it wouldn't let me do anything. AAAARRRGGGHHH
I had that at one point, I even had him showing as online and woulnd't do anything. If he's online it should automatically start talking when you open the window.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:55 am
krystyn
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Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 3651 Location: Is not Chicago
I dunno if this should really be tagged as a trailhead, as it appears to be a stand-alone promo for the movie, and nothing more, but:
there are some fun Easter Eggy things if yr a clever pirate and read carefully.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:02 pm
Moontan
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Johnny Depp FTW!
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:23 pm
amyjess2006
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Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 1
Help Heya, I've done the one player but when I try to do the two player with a friend it just says, 'waiting for shipmate' on both computers wtf? lol plz help!!! xxx
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:15 pm
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