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[wintermute740]

[audioslave]

figured you cats might like this link

Link to CNN article

[missphinx]

[colin]

i'll continue the link fest with her MySpace page

[GuyIncognito]

Heh...according to her MySpace, she hates "fake people". Go figure...

[addlepated]

And more pics...

http://www.neopets.com/~ziegs_baby

[Ehsan]

And another article on nytimes.

[kmduke]

Well now that the cat is out of the bag I've lost all interest, is that bad?

Was reading the latimes article on this and found it funny how in all of our speculating we were way off the mark. Especially those saying it was professional lighting and cameras, the article states

[Cu Roi]

Professional lighting doesn't really imply expensive equipment, just the knowledge of how to accomplish the effect. You'd be surprised how low tech the movie industry gets.

It's truely sad it appears that the deepest level of "interaction" was being able to sublety influence the storyline, there's not really any overt reciprocation on their part. Poorly done. It's still strange that even though it's all out in the open, now that the curtain has been ripped down, that they haven't addressed the subject through a channel indisputably their own. Like putting out an apology through the actress. That would kill so much of the negative backlash.

The only thing that ever annoyed me about this whole thing, aside from so much potential yet no real ARG materializing, is their claims that what they're doing is a "new" art form. The declaration makes it sound as if they were the originators. It's been done before and excecuted better.

Of course all the strange tags and allusions that seem like real rabbit-holes will keep me looking til this thing reaches the end.

[boredfairy]

Is it bad that I'm still hoping for some crazy twist to make it more ARGy?

[aliendial]

CNBC just aired a piece on this, including brief interviews with the 3 creators. They, of course, are looking for a movie deal. They didn't manage to track down Jessica. Yet.

[oxdeltaxo]

[Cu Roi]

I agree that there was far too much noise for them to do anything more at this point. I can't imagine trying to filter through a thousand email a day. They should have intituted a proper rabbit-hole, one that would weed out all but the dedicated ARGers and allowed the public a subtle yet firm nudge. One that said plainly "This is not a game."

Of course that would have had to be thier intention at the outset, and it doesn't appear that was the case. Makes me pout.

It would need to have the same kind of personal touch as Last Call or ILB. All of my emails for LCP where answered by a real person posing as the Dealer. Look at how involved Kristen was with the community! Even though only a lucky handful were able to speak directly to her, we all got to share in it. It doesn't take much, just the knowledge that there's some interaction going on. A little reciprocation is all that's needed.

It's been fun, though, and I hope it continues. I want to see what they had planned for Bree. This is the seed for a really cool ARG. Mix in some vids with all the traditional ARG aspects and you've got a shiny new facet to communicate the story to the players. I like the field ops myself. I like to go out and do things hands on.

[Cu Roi]

Hrmmm...in the new video she's taking an iron supplement, presumably as part of her diet for the "ritual".

Wonder what for. Time to google.

[addlepated]