Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:38 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
[Trailhead?] Giants in our midst
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 14 [209 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, ..., 12, 13, 14  Next
Author Message
addlepated
Unfictologist


Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Posts: 1885
Location: Austin, Texas

[Trailhead?] Giants in our midst

I found this from Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/colossus.asp

http://giantology.typepad.com/

And intriguing video:

http://giantology.net.nyud.net:8090/videos/tsunami_giant.mov

ARG? Viral marketing?
_________________
Give a man a match, and he is warm for a night. Light a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:52 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
Atrophied
Entrenched


Joined: 29 Aug 2004
Posts: 1133
Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00

looks like the original post was made on the 6th...

here

some people are thinking it may be VR for the NBC show 'Surface' due to similarities between the skeleton and something on the show. Not having seen the show myself I can't comment on that.
_________________
"It will be happened; it shall be going to happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future." -- Time travel, as explained by Arnold J. Rimmer

"The Future's bright, the Future's Cuboid" - Juxta


PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:03 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Wiser
Decorated


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 251
Location: 127.0.0.1

Having seen the show... it's possible that it could be like the one from Surface. Also, the domain for the site from which the pictures came from shows a "Last Modified" date of September 26th.

P.S. Another interesting thing is that the email used for registration seems to be a Hushmail account, namely deepdivescubaSPLAThush.com
_________________
Steam ID / Quake Live ID / Xbox Live gamertag: Tenosis

PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:02 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Huginn
Veteran


Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 89

Its been posted on various giant fandom boards over the last few days. (they beat you to it) But given how it was marketed (reportedly on Yahoo first), I'm not shocked.


With Surface, Shadow of the colossus, and even Black and White 2 coming out, there is a considerible amount of giant parafanilia in Q4.

So far, it looks like a blog with some potential.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:10 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
halfbakedbliss
Veteran


Joined: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 138
Location: St. Louis, MO (Well, small town just outside of)

I've started reading it from the beginning, just out of no recent developments in the other ARGs I'm in.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:04 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
CoffeeJedi
Unfictologist


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 1327
Location: Charlotte NC, USA

just saw this on snopes was hoping i'd be the first to post the trailhead Sad
ah well... seems intriguing, i'll be checking this one out

(if it is for surface, i haven't actually watched the show yet, is it any good? i heard its rather a slow-moving plot)
_________________
seeker > !seek canoe
!splotch


PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:46 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
j5
Guest


Love me some Snopes. (Except for those infernal popups)

If this is a game (as opposed to viral marketing), then it's a damned cool way to launch.

Damned cool.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:51 am
 Back to top 
Varin
I Have No Life


Joined: 02 Dec 2002
Posts: 2456
Location: South of where I used to be

CoffeeJedi wrote:
(if it is for surface, i haven't actually watched the show yet, is it any good? i heard its rather a slow-moving plot)


It sucked me in against my will. During the second episode my husband walked in the room and asked why I was watching it because it looked lame. He's now also sucked in Wink I would say it isn't as good as Lost, but not as bad as Invasion.
_________________
"I still miss him to this day and probably always will." - Todd Keeler, Chasing the Wish

"meta meta meta, I made you out of play..." ~ j5


PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:44 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
CoffeeJedi
Unfictologist


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 1327
Location: Charlotte NC, USA

i put up a link to this thread on the typepad site

Varin wrote:

It sucked me in against my will. During the second episode my husband walked in the room and asked why I was watching it because it looked lame. He's now also sucked in Wink I would say it isn't as good as Lost, but not as bad as Invasion.


If Surface's storyline takes place currently (fall 2005), then shouldn't the characters on the show see this news report at some point themselves? (unless its an "expanded universe" type storyline)
_________________
seeker > !seek canoe
!splotch


PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:49 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
CoffeeJedi
Unfictologist


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 1327
Location: Charlotte NC, USA

Wiser87 wrote:
Having seen the show... it's possible that it could be like the one from Surface. Also, the domain for the site from which the pictures came from shows a "Last Modified" date of September 26th.

P.S. Another interesting thing is that the email used for registration seems to be a Hushmail account, namely deepdivescubaSPLAThush.com

which pics? you mean these:
http://www.divethedeepscuba.com.au/giant.html

that looks related to me; however i think the giantology typepad site is legit as it has entries dating back to January
_________________
seeker > !seek canoe
!splotch


PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:59 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Dorkmaster
Unfictologist


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 1328
Location: The People's Republic of Dork

CoffeeJedi wrote:
-snip- i heard its rather a slow-moving plot


Well, given the size of the thing, you don't expect it to move FAST? do you? And don't you mean PLOD?

HAHAHA!!!

I KILL ME! I'm SOOOOO funny and- (gunshot) ugghqhhqhhblbbaallllbbbbbbpththshhhssh.h.......
_________________
"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." - PJ O'Rourke
"ACADEMY, n. A modern school where football is taught." - Ambrose Bierce


PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:35 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
addlepated
Unfictologist


Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Posts: 1885
Location: Austin, Texas

CoffeeJedi wrote:
that looks related to me; however i think the giantology typepad site is legit as it has entries dating back to January

Easy enough to backdate entries.
_________________
Give a man a match, and he is warm for a night. Light a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:23 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
Max Steele
Unfettered


Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 456

addlepated wrote:
CoffeeJedi wrote:
that looks related to me; however i think the giantology typepad site is legit as it has entries dating back to January

Easy enough to backdate entries.


I'm calling the blog site real. Just a blog from someone who likes things "giant".

As for the video, it's totally fake. You can really tell it's digitally altered when it shows the helicopter view.

Viral for Surface? It's possible. Maybe we'll find out next week. I've been watching this since episode two.

Now, as far as http://www.divethedeepscuba.com.au is concerned:

- No address
- They put the fish fin pic in the "Photo Gallery" section along with what look like professional diver photos. The fish fin / head photos are very muddy and dark.
- Only contact is via email

This has more of "ARG" or something out of the ordinary written on it to me.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:31 pm
Last edited by Max Steele on Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:46 pm; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Max Steele
Unfettered


Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 456

Dorkmaster wrote:
CoffeeJedi wrote:
-snip- i heard its rather a slow-moving plot


Well, given the size of the thing, you don't expect it to move FAST? do you? And don't you mean PLOD?

HAHAHA!!!

I KILL ME! I'm SOOOOO funny and- (gunshot) ugghqhhqhhblbbaallllbbbbbbpththshhhssh.h.......


Just to stay factual with the TV show, the 'creature' on Surface was clocked at 160 mph in last week's episode. Smile

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:38 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
halfbakedbliss
Veteran


Joined: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 138
Location: St. Louis, MO (Well, small town just outside of)

Like all things, you know its good if it's been Kotaku'd.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:59 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 14 [209 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, ..., 12, 13, 14  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group