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 Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:12 am
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?] More X360 Puzzles? | hex168.com
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 12 [173 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, ..., 10, 11, 12  Next
Author Message
water10
Unfettered


Joined: 31 Aug 2004
Posts: 712
Location: EvadeEvadeEvade

 		[TRAILHEAD?] More X360 Puzzles? | hex168.com
I don't know if you guys saw this, but somebody posted some strange pictures on several xbox forums. It seems to be some kind of puzzle.

Now, I haven't been around much (which is something I'm trying to correct), so I don't know if this has been discussed before.

The pictures have been posted by a user named Lutz. I didn't dig into it much, so I'm just passing a link so those that might be interested can go take a look. It might be MS related, it might be just a fan-made thing. Either way, I thought it would be worth to post here.

http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuLuHrHGP10132136

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=379700&page=1&pp=15

I'd try to avoid teamxbox. That place used to be better. It's becoming a clone of gamefaqs, with all the immature posters ...
_________________
You’d better not mess with Major Tom!

Gamertag: Waters100

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:15 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
thunderclap8
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 1139
Location: Chapel Hill, NC

 		Hey Waters! Long time no see.

Interesting images... I wonder if they're photoshopped or actually appeared.
_________________
Gamertag: thunderclap 8 (note the space)
www.HiddenPeanuts.com

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:33 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Nola
Unfettered


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 675

 		Interesting to say the least... some are calling them crop circles but they're not really crops. Doing them in the sand with no footsteps seems odd as well, so I'm going to say photoshop for now. The one on the grass is also not a crop circle... looks more like a manicured lawn. The oddball picture with the military dudes is also enigmatic.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:35 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Nola
Unfettered


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 675

 		The original postings were titled "the beginning is nigh"...

looky here

http://www.thebeginningisnigh.com/

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:03 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Speaker
Veteran

Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Posts: 108
Location: Mississippi

 		As pointed out elsewhere - hex 168 = dec 360

some suggestions it might be related to Xbox Arcade (since Hexic HD comes on the HD with X360)
_________________
Speaker
LCP Profile

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:14 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Speaker
Veteran

Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Posts: 108
Location: Mississippi

 		4orty2wo Entertainment
Quote:
But for all the mysterious portends in the body of the "tip" e-mail, there's no question about its humble origins in Microsoft's hype machine. Bearing the subject line "TIP: the beginning is nigh for 360 fans," the e-mail was sent by none other than 4orty2wo Entertainment, the marketing firm which originated Ilovebees.com.


From Gamespot's Rumor Control:
Rumor Control link

Apparently an email from 4orty2wo entertainment was sent to gaming press tipping them off to hex168.com.
_________________
Speaker
LCP Profile

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:06 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Fardo.NL
Boot


Joined: 15 Apr 2005
Posts: 63

 		Kewl this is the site= http://www.hex168.com/

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:35 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Stolen Placenta
Guest


 		Trailhead? The beginning is nigh...
Noob here... I tired searching this but I didn't find anything... Or I'm idiot with search function...

anyway i came across this over at ign.com. users there believe this to be an xbox360 viral cmapaign/arg

http://hex168.com/

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:58 am
 Back to top 
Stolen Placenta
Guest


 		Related pix
Team Xbox ran this story on it:

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9521/Pictures-of-Mysterious-Crop-Circles-Surface/

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:03 am
 Back to top 
Speaker
Veteran

Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Posts: 108
Location: Mississippi

 		It is being discussed in Console/Video Game Discussion at More X360 Puzzles?

Interestingly, Gamespot Rumor Control says 4orty2wo sent out an email tipping press to hex168.com (hex 168 = decimal 360 btw)...
_________________
Speaker
LCP Profile

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:08 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
JoeOE18
Unfettered


Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 301
Location: UK

 		I just read this at gamespot, surprised it hadn't popped up here. If this is 4orty 2wo it could be interesting, and they seem to have half decent evidence.
_________________
Hello_!wiiiiz

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:32 am
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
ItWasntMeISwear
Unfettered

Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 503
Location: Illannoys, USA

 		End time
From viewing the source, it appears to me that the countdown is supposed to end on EDT=2005,10,18,12,00,00 (October 18th, 2005 @ 12:00 EDT). However, my clock currently says 3:47am and the countdown is at 3 days, 10 hours, 12 minutes, blah, blah... which would make it 4am at 3 days, 10 hours. 10 hours plus 4 hours makes it 14 hours or 2pm. So the clock is off by one hour since that would mean that the countdown would end at 1pm EDT, not noon.
_________________
I no longer exist... have a nice day.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:41 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
DeathDefi
Boot

Joined: 04 Aug 2004
Posts: 18

 		Yep, seems this is 4orty2wo's new game. We need to make a forum for this one I think.

Also, this may be a rumor, but didn't incitatus say that 4orty2wo was hiring Kristen Rutherford again? I did remember incit said that they were going to have a ARG again around this time. Seems he was right Very Happy . Maybe incit will chime in here.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:46 am
Last edited by DeathDefi on Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:49 am; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
N00B_ie
Guest


 		Hex 168 = Dec 360

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:47 am
 Back to top 
MrBabyMan
Boot

Joined: 07 Nov 2003
Posts: 12
Location: Los Angeles

 		E-seer prefers yetis!
Note the headline in the page, "HEX ALERT: E-SEER PREFERS YETIS!". This is just a hunch, but that oddly constructed phrase sure smacks of an anagram, doesn't it?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:48 am
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 12 [173 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, ..., 10, 11, 12  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