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Star Spider · Veteran Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 148

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**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:12 am

thebruce

looking forward to find out what the songs are.
is the cd one of MP3's or an audio cd? If they're MP3's, check for additional data - ID3 tags, possible sound modification, etc...
'grats Smile

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:22 am

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Talaisan

I can offer some free hosting space for audio files? Also, may I quote sections of you blog, Star Spider?

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:54 am

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Star Spider · Veteran Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 148

Yeah - quote away! Go wild! Smile

Sure, if you have a space I could stick the files, I would totally be cool with posting them!

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:55 am

Talaisan

You'll have to create an account to put up files, but mypawpads.com If it doesn't immediately okay them, let me know, so I can do my admin clearance thing.

And thanks. The whole reason I came back to unfiction was for a research paper on ARGs. Now I'm hooked again, but I should probably find a few good tidbits while I'm wracking my mind against horrific puzzles.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:01 am

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snorkle256

You've been sucking away my time since you posted as I try to figure out what those sashes are for in order to pinpoint who these people are.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:21 am

Star Spider · Veteran Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 148

Hey, Currently uploading them! It says pending... I am not sure what that means, might be time for your authority Wink

BTW out of curiosity, what are you quoting my blog for/what bits did you want to quote?

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:35 am

Star Spider · Veteran Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 148

sorry snorkle Wink

You can all see the pencil circle around the guy right? I have a close up shot on the blog...

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:42 am

redct · Entrenched Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233

If the audio hosting doesn't work out too well, I can highly recommend http://www.drop.io

And I agree; having something physical - tangible - is always a great way to start an ARG.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:48 am

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Looks interesting. Can't wait for updates Smile

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:35 am

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Talaisan

Music files are now live and available. I'm not sure what the bandwith is for this sucker, but it should be able to handle a few dozen ARG junkies.

And as for quotage: "We live in a complex universe, everyday stories are being woven into the fabric of the world, told through the lives that unfold. ARG's always appealed to my love of the mystery that underlies everything. That feeling of a story we can just barely see lingering in the crevices of the everyday world. A secret being told that only we are allowed access to, a secret that has the power to unite people from across the world to work together for a common goal. The idea that we could save a life, or the world and no one would ever even know. The idea of a game that interacts with our reality and alters it indelibly. The mystery is what draws us in and the adventure is what keeps us there."

I may not use the full block, I may wind up paraphrasing, but I can't think of a better way to say 'this is why these games are awesome'.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:31 am

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snorkle256

03 hero by The Verve Pipe
04 Splendid Isolation by Pete Yorn
05 Make Yourself by Incubus
06 Walking Contradiction by Green Day
07 (Dont know, its a jazzy song with technoish drumbeat)
08 Fiction by Orgy
09 The Start of Something by Voxtrot
10 Motherfucker by Primitive Radio Gods
11 White, Discussion by Live
13 The game is not over by T. Raumschmiere

eta: ok now that I have all I can get in here can anybody get 07 and are we missing 1, 2, 12 or any others or was this how they were listed on the cd?

eta: re-read spider's blog, 10 tracks, we have them all but what is with the odd numbering?

eta: oh yeah, I suppose other people dont want to have to dig to find the files http://www.mypawpads.com/music/gallery/all/StarSpider

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:50 am

thegreatpablo · Boot Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 62

Woot Spider! Huzzah for physical trailheads. Smile

So, looking at the songs, I'm having a hard time finding any correlation between the tracks.

Worth noting that White Discussion is a remix, not the original.

In Walking Contradiction, around the 0:35 second mark or so, it misses a beat, not sure if that's an artifact or a clue.

It's possible that these are clues that will be revealed later in the game?

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:28 pm

snorkle256

or perhaps if there were just mp3 files on the cd that some of them might be have attributes we could look at or stego in the file? its hard to tell because the paw site plays them instead of letting you dl them

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:44 pm

thegreatpablo · Boot Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 62

When looking for info on that picture, the only thing I've come across is a passing similarity to the Russian Royal Family...but I can't find any exact matches:

http://users.sisqtel.net/williams/Biglast-web.jpg

**Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:04 pm