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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    AaronKI wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    The ARG is just going to be advertising for the motion controller.

    Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?

    I hate orphan Annie!!!

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Jragghen wrote: »
    The ARG is just going to be advertising for the motion controller.
    That or a new TF2 hat.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    forty wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    The ARG is just going to be advertising for the motion controller.
    That or a new TF2 hat.

    Wait, so they released a TF2 hat that's part of an ARG that's going to reveal a TF2 hat?

    TIME LOOP!

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ... Woah.

    Um... So. The surveillance video?

    That's The Ladder, by Yes. Written for the game Homeworld.

    Are we sure this is...

    Are we -SURE- this is a valve game they are promoting? I'm off in wild speculation mode, honestly, but this is something I've been waiting half a decade for.

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  • cyphrcyphr Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Holy fuck, I can't believe that when the guy was getting the clue from the Toki Tori office, they were filming him from across the street.

    This is getting big.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Athenor wrote: »
    ... Woah.

    Um... So. The surveillance video?

    That's The Ladder, by Yes. Written for the game Homeworld.

    Are we sure this is...

    Are we -SURE- this is a valve game they are promoting? I'm off in wild speculation mode, honestly, but this is something I've been waiting half a decade for.

    What video?

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Athenor wrote: »
    ... Woah.

    Um... So. The surveillance video?

    That's The Ladder, by Yes. Written for the game Homeworld.

    Are we sure this is...

    Are we -SURE- this is a valve game they are promoting? I'm off in wild speculation mode, honestly, but this is something I've been waiting half a decade for.

    Link please.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Give me the lowdown on the ARG. I have no idea what's going on.

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  • cyphrcyphr Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    All the ARG info we have so far: http://valvearg.com/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Jintor wrote: »
    Give me the lowdown on the ARG. I have no idea what's going on.

    http://oxcgn.com/2011/04/07/the-valve-arg-a-detailed-analysis-and-more-as-we-find-it/

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    Athenor wrote: »
    ... Woah.

    Um... So. The surveillance video?

    That's The Ladder, by Yes. Written for the game Homeworld.

    Are we sure this is...

    Are we -SURE- this is a valve game they are promoting? I'm off in wild speculation mode, honestly, but this is something I've been waiting half a decade for.

    Link please.

    14:26: As part of the Defense Grid update, a video is linked to which reveals that Jake_R was filmed from across the street when he discovered the Toki Tori Glyph.

    http://vimeo.com/22063401


    Now keep in mind: Despite my rabid fanboyism for Homeworld (and consequently Relic Entertainment - I need to talk with ya again, Erin Daly, if you are out there!), I highly doubt Valve is in any way related to Relic/THQ on this one. But hearing that song tied into this ARG just makes my heart soar.


    Also: Hey, Relic? You managed to get the Homeworld IP back from Sierra, and consequently Activision/Blizzard's grubby hands. MAKE SOMETHING WITH IT ALREADY!

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    God I want Homeworld 3 so bad. So sad it will never happen.

    As for the song, they probably just searched for something involving climbing.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    God I want Homeworld 3 so bad. So sad it will never happen.

    As for the song, they probably just searched for something involving climbing.

    Not to go completely off the rails, but why wouldn't it happen? 2 may not have had the greatest story, but it was at least decent. And again, Relic wholly owns the IP now. And Valve/Relic were both under Sierra back in 1998...

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Are you sure Relic fully owns the IP? I always thought they weren't the actual holders and that's why we can't get a sequel.

    The things I would give for a Homeworld sequel....

    Every once in awhile I hear about Relic working on some "secret" game and then it always ends up being a DoW sequel/xpack and bleh.

    I think the only games they're working on right now is Space Marine and likely CoH2. They haven't officially announced CoH2 but I think that's what the general understanding is their current unnamed project.

    EDIT: Oh I see now. I just looked it up; yep they bought the IP back but never made any announcements that they were working on a sequel.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So... science and potatos.

    Science and potatos.

    Science... and potatos...

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Athenor wrote: »
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    God I want Homeworld 3 so bad. So sad it will never happen.

    As for the song, they probably just searched for something involving climbing.

    Not to go completely off the rails, but why wouldn't it happen? 2 may not have had the greatest story, but it was at least decent. And again, Relic wholly owns the IP now. And Valve/Relic were both under Sierra back in 1998...

    *shrug*

    I've just grown to accept it as fact. I didn't know they'd gotten the rights back until now.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The Dude With Herpes wrote: »
    Are you sure Relic fully owns the IP? I always thought they weren't the actual holders and that's why we can't get a sequel.

    The things I would give for a Homeworld sequel....

    Every once in awhile I hear about Relic working on some "secret" game and then it always ends up being a DoW sequel/xpack and bleh.

    I think the only games they're working on right now is Space Marine and likely CoH2. They haven't officially announced CoH2 but I think that's what the general understanding is their current unnamed project.

    EDIT: Oh I see now. I just looked it up; yep they bought the IP back but never made any announcements that they were working on a sequel.

    Grrr.. so many spirits dashed today.

    I'm checking my old haunt, Relicnews (Holy hell Uberjumper is still running that place?!) and I can't find any news posts about the acquisition. I must've been in a fevered dream or something.

    Edit: FOUND IT!
    Homeworld IP is owned by THQ!

    Posted in General, Homeworld by Someguy on November 3rd, 2007

    edit: 11/6/07, Elukka on IRC pointed out a link on Ars Technica where a THQ official confirms this. Check it out “here!”:http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/11/06/thq-confirms-ownership-of-the-homeworld-brand

    A look at the US Patent Office reveals that Homeworld IP was transferred from Sierra to THQ a while ago. There was a change of attorneys as shown on the documents list found “here”:http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?SRCH=Y&isSubmitted=true&details=&SELECT=US+Serial+No&TEXT=74499006# . Click on “TEAS Revoke Appointed Attorney” to look the document.

    A thread can be found “here”:http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=169611 regarding this news.

    Certainly a long time coming. Though it was “unofficially hinted”:http://forums.relicnews.com/showpost.php?p=2184963&postcount=12, we’re glad to see THQ officially acknowledges this.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Shit, they deliberately paused the ARG while the wiki was down, and when it came back up it was discovered that more parts of the ARG were on the vehicles in the video!

    Good lord the Toki Tori people are in deep. I want to buy the game now just to see what these guys are like.

    Edit:

    Portal Two
    Po ta T o

    :D (It's in TF2 first! )

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Folks who have played everything in the Potato Sack are getting this and this.

    So yeah, it's a Portal 2 ARG.

    august on
  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Your this link links to... this

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Jintor wrote: »
    Your this link links to... this

    Fixed the second this is as_potatobadge.png

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  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Argh! Why is the TM not fully brushed out? It drives me crazy when I look at that thing!

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    This is pretty good:
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  • kuhlmeyekuhlmeye Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Sigh, I pre-ordered this for 55 at Amazon, and got a 20 dollar credit. Damn you amazon, for making me spend my money.

    Also, so excited.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm totally e-mailing Marc.

    ....Aw, that's a bad e-mail address.

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  • MarioGMarioG Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Undead Scottsman wrote: »
    I'm totally e-mailing Marc.

    ....Aw, that's a bad e-mail address.

    My e-mail too him went out.

    edit: never mind...

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Wouldn't it be marcl?

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Part 1 of the comic is out.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Undead Scottsman wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    The ARG is just going to be advertising for the motion controller.
    That or a new TF2 hat.

    Wait, so they released a TF2 hat that's part of an ARG that's going to reveal a TF2 hat?

    TIME LOOP!
    Well, duh! How is this not obvious to you people!?

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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Peewi wrote: »
    Part 1 of the comic is out.

    Poor guy, he's gonna get it :(.

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  • cyphrcyphr Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    There are a couple interesting things around the lab room on page 13. :winky:

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    cyphr wrote: »
    There are a couple interesting things around the lab room on page 13. :winky:

    Oh I didn't see those at first. And the other thing.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Oh shit, I missed those before.
    Aperture is Black Mesa all along? Or maybe the HEV suits are common technology and it's never explained in HL2 where the gravity gun is from. It could potentially come from Aperture.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    That was pretty good. Actually a lot better than I thought it would be, definitely looking forward to the rest now.

    Was listening to this whilst reading it, seemed fitting:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9nocjg2OLI

    At least we finally get to find out who the "Rat Man" is now too. That one's been bugging me since Portal ended and we never found out.

    Also, in case anyone's wondering about the binary on page 8, it just spells out "The cake is a lie."

    EDIT: @ Peewi:
    I don't think Aperture is Black Mesa, they're pretty clearly delineated in HL2. It's probably just common technology. Also, Aperture were competing with Black Mesa, so it would make sense that they were grabbing equipment from each other and reverse engineering it to see how it worked and to make use of.

    I suspect that the Gravity Gun, or at least its principles, were a Black Mesa thing that Aperture got hold of and reverse engineered. Which then got included in the Portal gun as well (you can see that's what he's working on whilst the GG is on the table and off to the side. It might just be me but it also looks like a more well made device than the slightly junky one that was put together by Black Mesa East for use in HL2. Understandable considering what they had to work with "in the field").

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    At some point, Valve should release a trade paperback of all these TF2, L4D and Portal comics.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Funny. I knew exactly what track that was by the title, which surprised me, as I somewhat expected to be wrong.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    In regards to the stuff found in the comic
    The chargers are probably just shared technology. Maybe Gina Cross worked at Aperture prior to Black Mesa, so they use HEV suits too.

    As for the gravity gun.. well, it had to come from somewhere. Not surprising considering the portal gun has minor gravity gun features

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Is it bad that when watching those videos, I pictured Cave Johnson flying around in his Autoboathome and trying to teach me about insurance as well as sell me an investment opportunity?

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  • exmelloexmello Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Okay so I just got a flyer in my email from gamestop canada that says GET IT TODAY, and I started getting excited. Then I realized they just want me to pre-order and now I'm sad.

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    subedii wrote: »
    At least we finally get to find out who the "Rat Man" is now too. That one's been bugging me since Portal ended and we never found out.

    Also, in case anyone's wondering about the binary on page 8, it just spells out "The cake is a lie."

    I really wish I would have read that before I spent 10 minutes plugging all of that into a binary translator.

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