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[djrazz]

[buff]

I still vote for Apple - in conjunction with MindCandy and probably someone else...

[NovacaineX]

I doubt it's apple, as they have already released the new cube. Albeit with a new name and a heck of a lot smaller (and cheaper).

http://www.apple.com/macmini/

[buff]

I know. I am an Apple-fan.

But on the other hand, there has been some rumours flying around the Internet that Apple has designed the new G6 under the working-name "Cube" and that it is supposed to be scheduled sometime during late 2005/early 2006. Probably just a rumour though...but you never know!!!

[KSG]

I still fail to see anything "unusual" about Sony or Apple. I mean, wow, imagine video games or a computer company being behind an ARG. Can't think when that's happened before. Besides, the timing is wrong on both of those.

My bet is still on the Bedlam Cube guy, via vague Firebox connections. That, or someone with Firebox is an "angel investor," as suggested earlier in this thread.

The only other thing that really makes sense to me is that Firebox and Mind Candy are doing this to establish an ARG-making advertising business, such as MC itself, and so they are their own unusual sponsor. The Firebox guy seems to be really enthusiastic about the future of ARGs, so it's possible that he's putting money into MC with no payback beyond using his catalogue to sell those cards.

[Rob_Riv]

[KSG]

The timing would be wrong because, as was stated earlier, they already released their new cube stuff. If they have yet another cube product which will be comming out sometime this year, then their timing would work, and it would only be the fact that there is absolutely nothing unusual about them that would rule them out.

[RI_Barnica]

I think Adrian has made it pretty clear who his unusual backer is: Sente (using funds from the Perplex City Council). With Sente's backing, Mind Candy was set up to run the game. Money from sale of card packs (and who knows what else) will be used to leverage the money from the council in order to keep things running until the cube is located.

Now, from an OOG standpoint, (Is anything OOG at this point?) there's no reason to assume that the backer is at all unusual. I'd guess its a group of investors, and a bunch of bank loans - much like any other startup.

[Rob_Riv]

[RI_Barnica]

[pneumatik]

[KSG]

RI_Barnica is right. I apologise for my earlier stupidity. It is much more likely that the "unusual" sponsor was Sente. So, which game do you think this one's for?

[spugmesitress at work]

i had kinda subscribed to the 'the puzzle cards are the hook' theory but this comment from thrush makes a good point...

[youcantseeme]

[spugmeistress]

um, i assume thats an autoresponder email from Project Syzygy and hence the PS. whether you were trying to make a point about PS having similar initials to something else or you simply didnt know it was about Project Syzygy i dont know because your post didnt exactly give us many more clues as to why you posted that. so a little confused...

rach =)