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Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

Somewhat OT, sorry:

I never thought about this before, but now it's going to keep bothering me: what did Microsoft have to do with AI/Warner Bros., anyway? Is there some connection, or was it just hired to make the game?

(also, this is starting to look kind of insanely cool, so of course I'm going to be on vacation when the countdown gets done. Darn it.)

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:04 pm

krystyn

<really lame early spec, assuming this has anything to do with Halo 2 at all>

This thing, whatever has 'infected' the ilovebees website, is a precursor of the Flood and Covenant species. We're in the past, and Halo and Halo 2 are the future. It's possible this game is a historical perspective of how the humans end up needing to wipe out the very thing they created. Or something like that. I'm thinkin' since it might have something to do with bees, that there's some sort of cyborg element - the A.I. entity is picking up information, or is starting to resemble, a gigantor apiary, and ... yeah.

I dunno. It was just a thought I had earlier today.

</really lame early spec, assuming this has anything to do with Halo 2 at all>

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:53 pm

sauceykat

well, I tried to watch this darn trailer like 5 times but each time it crashed my browser (ie) while it was loading. Doh!

Can anyone get a good screen capture off it this time?

D-

EDIT: Make that 6 times!!! Anyone else having this problem?

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:49 pm

Wishi-san

My screen capture was taken directly from it and just filtered so it's readable.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:00 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:08 pm

aiesha_anonymous · Veteran Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 101 Location: Australia

Has anyone read any of the Halo tie-on novels? If so, any potential cross-overs?

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:42 am

Slyfox

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:17 am

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**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:48 am

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Caterpillar

Well I guess it wasn't TOBI.... Crying or Very sad

Would have been cool if it was tho........

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:12 pm

celina63

D'oh! Funny Krystyn... I had the exact same thought (or close to it) when I woke up this morning...

I think what tipped me off is the SERE stuff... even though it's kinda confused (reveal instead of resist, etc). Early spec also had the Mayday messages coming from a soldier of some sort (perhaps the Master Sergeant?).

BTW, I tried explaining this all to the (non-ARGing) spouse this morning, and stated that "this could be a good reason to get an XBox"... and it didn't fly Smile

C

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:21 pm

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The blue text in some of the clips:
You killed Truth
You killed Regret i
John killed pity

probably meaningless, but interesting.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:22 pm

vpisteve

Re: High-Res Trailer

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:40 pm

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Ditto.

Although, I still have no FREAKING clue what the freaking demographic is, or how it could possibly tie into Halo 2, despite my lame-o spec.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:09 pm

sauceykat

Maybe it's got nothing to do with Halo2 itself, but rather is an Xbox/Microsoft sponsored ARG and they are piggybacking of the big Halo2 previews to get people interested--the demographic probably being young gamers?

D-

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:12 pm

Wishi-san

Well if what the Halo-ers are saying in chat is true, it could definitely be connected. The prestory to some AI in one of Bungie's games.

Cortana is AI and someone called Durandal, who to quote someone from #beekeepers "his ultimate dream was to escape the closure of the universe and in trying to achieve that goal, he went rampant or the other way round" "and he had no qualms about squashing anything preventing him from doing such"

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:02 pm

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