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| Jeff Fink 2004-11-21, 12:48 am |
| Rumors on the net seem to indicate that the ilovebees campaign included a
message about an alien artifact being discovered in Africa. Something about
it being precise down to an atomic level.
Also - it doesn't seem to make much sense to have the ark as a ship since
the design behind the ark was that it would be a remote device that could
safely destroy the Halos. If the ark is a ship, then it would be possible
to fly the ship into the range of the Halos and destroy the ark during the
remote detonating sequence. Not very smart, IMO.
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| Chris H. 2004-11-21, 12:48 am |
| From a New York Times article, Wednesday, November 3:
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I Love Bees is the latest in a series of so-called alternate reality games -
immersive, endlessly intricate hybrids of scavenger hunts and role-playing
adventures. The genre began with The Beast, an online mystery loosely
connected to the 2001 Steven Spielberg film "A.I."
Similarly, I Love Bees is set on the margins of the world surrounding Halo,
the biggest-selling game for Microsoft's Xbox. Microsoft hired the brains
behind The Beast, 4orty2wo Entertainment, to create the Bees game to stir
interest in Halo's sequel, Halo 2, to be released on Tuesday.
But I Love Bees, which comes to an end today, has become far more popular
than any of its predecessors, with Internet traffic 10 times that of The
Beast. More than a quarter-million visitors went to ilovebees .com on the
day it opened in August. As many as 500,000 gamers returned to the site
every time the game was updated, according to Jim Stewartson, 4orty2wo
Entertainment's chief technology officer.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Jeff Fink" <jfinkjfink@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> Rumors on the net seem to indicate that the ilovebees campaign included a
> message about an alien artifact being discovered in Africa. Something
> about
> it being precise down to an atomic level.
>
> Also - it doesn't seem to make much sense to have the ark as a ship since
> the design behind the ark was that it would be a remote device that could
> safely destroy the Halos. If the ark is a ship, then it would be possible
> to fly the ship into the range of the Halos and destroy the ark during the
> remote detonating sequence. Not very smart, IMO.
>
>
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