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[BeachBoy]

Posted today at BoardGameGeek, seems like someone recieved an email from FFG, probably from a mailing list.

[Kirian]

Yep, I got one of those. Not sure what the code is... it's not a steg PW for the files above though.

[Scott]

Over on boardgamegeek, they're really on top of the thing. Though, a bit lacking in some areas. So I'm gonna keep doing stuff over here.

Ok, so, here's something.

It was observed that the code is a youtube address.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bo73ahuPgU

The cards are called Zener cards developed to test ESP in the seventies, as seen here. Notice the barcode on the woman's neck (which someone at BGG thinks is digitally added to the video fFor some reason, but I tend to disagree).

Also, the text on the opening black screen simply says "This video and any subjects within are the property of Jinteki corporation, and not for public or private distribution. violators will be subject to legal actions including fines and incarceration." I'm not sure how a private company can put people in jail, but alright.

The second text screen reads:

[Scott]

The girl's record of correctness throughout the videos:

October 12: 2 out of 10 correct
October 15: 2 out of 10 correct
October 19: 1 out of 10 correct
October 21: 2 out of 10 correct
October 25: 2 out of 10 correct

An altogether average rating. Also, she has very pretty eyes.

Here's the text description on each video:

[Scott]

Ah, video 6 is up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX0kj4Ttkr0

Description:

[Kirian]

[Scott]

[Scott]

BIG update!

As per FFG has a new webpage layout. It's quite pretty, but mostly has little to do with jinteki.

Secondly, there's a banner ad on BGG, which fFor some reason I can never seem to see, but others swear it's there all the time (It's probably my browser blocking the ads). Here are static images of the animated ad:
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Thirdly -- and this is the important part -- We fFinally have hard data about the new game product!!!

There's a news item on the FFG webpage, which links to a video (I haven't had a chance to download the vid myself):
http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=223

And, lastly, a new product home page!
http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=68&enmi=Android

[Scott]

It would appear the ARG is over, the story having shifted to the more traditional media of board game, named Android. Much info is available on BGG ( http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39339 ). I think I'm gonna call this ARG kaput.

Android seems like a pretty interesting game.

Things we now know:

* Rules have been posted as a 48 page PDF.

*If you are bored by mechanisms of boardgames, you might just skip to page 40, where Kevin Wilson gives some designer notes. A nice little read.

* The weird brown swoopy thing we saw in an image somewhere is a vehicle ruler, used to measure how fFar a car can drive on the board (or, likewise with other vehicles).

* Robert Walton (humansfirst) on the BGG thread is an in-game character. Everyone else is not.

* Jinteki and Haas Bioroid are staunch competitors, both building their own androids.

* The videos on youtube are (I believe) of Caprice Nisei, the "psychic clone."

* "Heinlein was originally established as a starport and mining facility. The moon's soil proved to contain Helium–3, an isotope particularly suited as fuel for modern fusion reactors. Competition for this mineral was one of the major contributing factors that led to the War." Just a little backstory, there.

* "As the terraforming of Mars has progressed, the settlers have split into different clans, each laying claim to one of the major habitation domes on the planet. The clans identify their members by means of small tattoos near the eyes, and are currently locked in a civil war for control of the planet."

* The guy who we saw in the fFuzzy blue and white image was ... this guy. Apparently a suspect. I've attached his image, as seen on page 9 of the rulebook. But I don't see his name given anywhere in the book. fFriendly looking sort, isn't he?