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konamouse
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[PRESS/META] What's in the News? Out of Game stuff - Behind the Curtain Stuff Phaedra found this. Year Zero, the Movie?
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Trent Reznor is in talks to develop a feature-length film based on the new Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero, an ambitious and mysterious concept album that hits stores April 17th. A second film is reportedly also being planned for release next year, to coincide with a follow-up to Year Zero.
More info when you follow the link.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:11 pm
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Jabba
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wow, this is huge!
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:46 pm
ariock
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Spiral Forum Post By Trent I am copying the important bits regarding the ARG. This WILL tell you who the PMs are.
TR wrote:
BathedInBlood wrote:
Year Zero and it's entire concept, including the websites involved, the distribution of "leaked" material, the storyline, the code-breaking, and the use of many facets of technology in it's delivery are absolutely brilliant - where did you come up with the idea for such a project?
I came up with the concept, then Rob Sheridan and I sat and brainstormed fleshing it out for a few weeks into a detailed document. We then searched out and met with a company
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(42 Entertainment)
that could help us execute our vision of how it would be presented to you. They are the smartest most creative group of people I've ever worked with and embellished our ideas in ways we couldn't have done on our own.
j_kad wrote:
Have you been surprised with how fast/slow "we" (as in not really me, but those other crazy fans out there) have been figuring out this Year Zero stuff?? do you increase/decrease the difficulty of the clues based on how quickly "we" figure each one out?? is it fun to read "our" ridiculous theories on the whole concept??
Yes, you are clever little buggers out there. It's been great fun watching this all unfold and we're all quite impressed. The funny thing is, we'll watch you collectively instantly solve puzzles we thought were hard while the "easy" ones get you tripped up.
A couple of answers to questions not asked:
How record can labels fuck things up, part 776:
The "thermo-chrome" details being discussed a month before the record comes out. If you know what I'm talking about, great - if not, I'm not going to call more attention to it.
We came up with that idea as something that would be cool to experience as the consumer. The label blabs about it way ahead of it coming out as a marketing gimmick. "Put a big sticker on the front advertising it!" No. This was meant to be experienced and discovered - not announced ahead of time and ruined. This is the reason nobody at the label knew anything about the ARG (for lack of a better word) before it started - and they still don't know anything about the contents or what's coming. We would have had people discussing "make sure to go see the mural in London coming next week" type shit.
They just don't get it. They sell plastic discs.
Becizzle wrote:
Now after getting a taste of Year_Zero the art form, and part of the album, I can't help but wonder how and when the inspiration struck you to create this future world? I'm sure you probably want everyone to take whatever they want from the Year_Zero experience but if you could maybe shed some light on what you would "like" people to feel or think after hearing the record and experiencing everything you have to offer from your Year_Zero project? Is it a call for more activism to keep humanity (America) from ever reaching that reality?
One of the things that's most exciting to me about this project is the idea that entertainment can be used proactively to create awareness. Awareness is my pretentious moral agenda aside from making the best music I can. If a handful of people get into this project and come out the other side paying a little more attention to what is happening all around them right now - mission accomplished.
fakeplastic_love wrote:
I'm sure this is not the top of your concerns, but how is Interscope reacting to all of the tracks being "leaked"? What was their reaction to the idea of setting up the whole Year Zero experience? As an avid fan of "Lost", I've noticed that the Year Zero experience is very similar to The Lost Experience. Did you get the idea from that?
I am a big fan of Lost, although I think this season has really sucked. I am aware of the Lost Experience but only in passing. My main inspiration is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_%28game%29
This is also where Lost got the idea.
ETA: original post that made me look this up is here .
which links to a members-only forum.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:12 pm
konamouse
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Yes, you are clever little buggers out there. It's been great fun watching this all unfold and we're all quite impressed. The funny thing is, we'll watch you collectively instantly solve puzzles we thought were hard while the "easy" ones get you tripped up.
Isn't that always the case?
I love this interview (how he answers the questions and his perspective on how the record label would muck things up about the ARG).
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:08 pm
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Greetings... found this on Reuters, linked from Fark. Assuming it's accurate, this ARG is supposed to go on for another 18 months. We've only seen the tip of the iceberg.
(First post!)
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:30 am
ariock
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groverXIII wrote:
Greetings... found this on Reuters, linked from Fark. Assuming it's accurate, this ARG is supposed to go on for another 18 months. We've only seen the tip of the iceberg.
(First post!)
WELCOME, groverXIII!
And what great news you bring to us. A very auspicious beginning.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:22 am
Cooldrew
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groverXIII wrote:
Greetings... found this on Reuters, linked from Fark. Assuming it's accurate, this ARG is supposed to go on for another 18 months. We've only seen the tip of the iceberg.
(First post!)
I just hope I can go without drinking the water for that long. I'm thirsty
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:01 pm
ZeikHunter
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Cooldrew wrote:
I just hope I can go without drinking the water for that long. I'm thirsty
go ahead, drink the water. its perfectly safe.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:45 pm
Phaedra
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This isn't really press, but I thought maybe people here would enjoy it...
http://community.livejournal.com/valis_graphics/1705.html
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:12 am
groverXIII
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ariock wrote:
WELCOME, groverXIII!
And what great news you bring to us. A very auspicious beginning.
Thanks... aside from hearing about Unfiction from ETS, I work with a dude known as vidstudent, who told me about this site back when he was following ilovebees. Perhaps some of you know him...
Anyway, for those who enjoy this sort of music, the entire album can be streamed here in near-CD quality. It's quite excellent. Don't know if anyone else linked this anywhere.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:23 pm
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RIAA Anybody heard about this ?
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:39 pm
ariock
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Re: RIAA
aninterloper wrote:
Anybody heard about this ?
Yeah, it's the same article as the one groverXIII posted, but via billboard instead of reuters. Thanks for the heads up on the alternate source.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:43 pm
aninterloper
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Re: RIAA
ariock wrote:
Yeah, it's the same article as the one groverXIII posted, but via billboard instead of reuters. Thanks for the heads up on the alternate source.
Lol, might as well whip it out.
I didn't even notice his link.
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:48 am
konamouse
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NiN Year Zero in Entertainment Weekly
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:26 am
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NYTimes review;NY post: NY Daily News April 17th: NYTime review of the album and the game
NY post
NY Daily News
I think all of the reviews of Year Zero will mention the game, so this might get tedious. I like reading them all to get the different views.
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