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[TRAILHEAD] This is Living - new Sony ARG?
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atheling
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 		[TRAILHEAD] This is Living - new Sony ARG?
Some mysterious commercials have been running on TV in the UK for a few weeks.

You can see the advert here

www.thisisliving.tv

The website is registered to Sony Computer Entertainment and the date at the end, 23/3/07, is the release date for the PS3 in the UK.

It might just be a teaser ad for the PS3 but it seems a little risky for the commercial to be so relatively cryptic when Sony are banking on consoles flying off the shelves. Surely, Sony would be desperate to ensure everyone knew exactly when the PS3 was being released rather than tip-toeing around with ads like this.

What does everyone think?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:59 am
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konamouse
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 		The end of the movie specifically says:

Quote:
A PLAYSTATION 3 production
23.03.07


Maybe more weird movies?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:28 am
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puma88
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 		You say mysterious i say pretentious. Nevertheless i was intrigued enough to sign up for updates and got this email


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Welcome, friend





Thanks for signing in.

You can call me Bubba. I pretty much see and sometimes hear everything that goes on around here.

You're probably a bit curious about this place. What goes on. Who goes on. There aren't any guidebooks and we don't keep any literature at the desk...

But you seem like someone Bubba can trust, I'll cut you a key.

But not just yet...




Lordy, you do meet some colourful characters around here. Take this fellow Bruce Leghorn - he used to present that TV game show 'You Bet Your Wife', remember?

> Visit the "You Bet Your Wife" site http://uk.playstationmail.com/Key=1838.Gj.D.C.rCyyL

Still looking for something? Well, you need to know that rhythm is Bubba's middle name. I always win the dance off. You don't think you can do better, now do you?

> Watch Bubba dance http://uk.playstationmail.com/Key=1838.Gj.F.C.kWw7S


Keep 'em peeled over the next few weeks. You never know what surprises might arrive for you

See you 'round


PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:33 am
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Jediwannabe
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 		Heh! I saw that advert and instantly dismissed it as an advert for LivingTV, the sky channel.

Guess I was dead wrong about that.

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Falafel
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 		It seems very strange. When I was watching the trailer, I thought it was an ad for a movie produced by Sony. But based on the ending, I don't know. Maybe a downloadable series over the PS3 online service?

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Zazaban
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 		Sadly, it's only a new ad campaign. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=this+is+living&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Ah well. Sad
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puma88
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Zazaban wrote:
Sadly, it's only a new ad campaign. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=this+is+living&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Ah well. Sad


Well yeah but the characters are interacting through emails...surely that constitutes an interactive experience at least?

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Zazaban
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puma88 wrote:
Zazaban wrote:
Sadly, it's only a new ad campaign. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=this+is+living&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Ah well. Sad


Well yeah but the characters are interacting through emails...surely that constitutes an interactive experience at least?
I signed up and am yet to get an email Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:46 pm
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puma88
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 		Got a new email

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Hello, I'm Bubba.

I was the first to reach this place.
I know not how.

Its myths, like strange-headed creatures, are seldom encountered. Its location has evaded guidebooks for years...

But the distant stars have aligned. And I'm here to show you the way. Mad. Bad. Good. Lucid. Dangerous. Yes, that's how it is here.

Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday.

And these are the strangers you have known all your life.

This is Living


Enter http://uk.playstationmail.com/Key=2111.9c.G.C.HWf47v


P.S Want to explore this place as easily as I do?
'3' is the secret key...


PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:02 pm
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plugs
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 		Random. Signed up the other day myself.

Looked through everywhere I could find, clicked on all I could in everyone's room...am none the wiser for it Laughing

Then I got bored.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:50 pm
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Nola
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 		This ad ran in movie theaters last week here in Amsterdam... it ended with the Playstation logo and the url so there was nothing cryptic about it where it was coming from. When I saw it, I cringed and said WTF out loud. 300, on the other hand, was great.

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