Author: rapture

Just a quick note to everyone who is following our coverage of the Microsoft’s spiral marketing of HALO 3 – a.k.a. Iris. You haven’t missed much in the last couple of days besides a lot of speculation. However, with all of the revelations we were gi…

The Hushed Casket was featured on Attack of the Show on the G4 cable network on Wednesday the 20th. J-DOGG passed along these pictures today. Thanks for capturing these, J. I think we may have also been on there last week when we lead with the HALO…

Server #1 at HALO3.com has been unlocked. We have also been given a new IP address and Flash-based website. Are we being given clues as to the beginning of the Flood? Check out the image below that was hidden on the new Flash-based website. A lot is …

Major news in the HALO 3 alternate reality marketing game yesterday. Adjutant Reflex, the persona of some HALO-related character who has been posting messages and clues in the Bungie.net website, apparently has been terminated. Some old posts from A…

The first causality in the newly named "Iris" marketing campaign for Microsoft’s HALO 3 is a college student from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Michael VanderZand, a marketing and advertising major at Grand Rapids Community College, has recei…

Microsoft announced that the HALO 3 marketing event is to be called “Iris”. In mythology, Iris is the “messenger of the gods”. In the HALO3.com/comic/, we learn that “the gods” built a machine in Africa. We also know that the file name for Adjutant R…

SOTA at a Cubs game Some minor ARG developments yesterday. Things are definitely slower now than they were. I think this is because we discovered the Circuit City ad too early – which opened the door to finding other websites. The Society of the…

The following images were sent from “Keeper of Flame” to rapture via my person website this morning. It simply had a link to a Flickr account. The body of the email was: Quote: From: eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3…

It seems that HALO fans and ARG fans are ahead of the game. Literally. We discovered the totally cool HALO 3 comic via someone that got glimpse of a Circuit City ad that is supposed to run this weekend. That ad leads us to the comic that leads us to…

This episode is ten times better than the first episode. The first part is really funny. __________________________ currently playing: Shadowrun on the back burner: Catan, HALO 3 beta, Guitar Hero II, HALO 2 (PC) rest in peace: GoW, CoD3, Shadow…

Microsoft has started an Alternate Reality Game (ARG). They have done this with HALO 1 and HALO 2. The ARG for HALO 2 was commonly known as "I Love Bees" as ilovebees.com as discovered in the last frame of a HALO 2 marketing video. Adjutant R…

Just when someone finds one IP address (206.16.223.65), someone goes out an find another (206.16.223.63). The Society of the Ancients have a homepage. Who knew? Looks like 1996 was the last time that page was updated. There is relatively a lot of inf…

Whoa cool. We are finally lead to another website via clues on HALO3.com. And the new site (an IP address) looks like it IS owned by Microsoft. Going to http://halo3.com/comic reveals a Flash version of the comic below. The comic is actually interact…

A load of HALO 3 accessories and merchandise is headed our way. The controllers and headset are designed by Spawn and McFarlane Toys creator Todd McFarlane. Here’s a look at what is in store (geddit? “in store”?). * Xbox 360 Limited Edition “Ha…

Bungie likes to tease its fans. Remember the Cortana Letters that helped introduce the world to the HALO universe? Those were cryptic emails that originated from the Microsoft campus revealing clues about the HALO universe. Viral marketing from 19…

That game looks pretty sweet too! Anyone heard about it? Here is the homepage for this series from Rooster Teeth: http://magic.roosterteeth.com __________________________ currently playing: Shadowrun on the back burner: Catan, HALO 3 beta, Guita…

FASA says that the Shadowrun demo will hit the XBOX Live Marketplace this week. Wednesday June 6th is the target date although FASA says that it may wait until June 8th to release the demo. Perhaps it has got something with the soon-to-be-ending HA…

Some fresh Guitar Hero III news has hit the web. Gameplay footage made it’s way onto YouTube. See below. Also, IGN has an article about the upcoming game with some neat screenshots. What are you expecting in GH3. Better graphics? Would you settle …

Introduction:  I’m an engineer by day – hardcore gamer by night.  I’ve played games “professionally” and won thousands of dollars doing it.  I’ve beta tested for XBOX Live and Games for Windows – Li…

In the latest edition of Gamepro, you’ll find some juicy information about HALO 3. They reveal the never before seen vehicles, maps, weapons, and armor in HALO 3. Yes, armor. HALO 3 will now allow you to equip your characters will tricked out helmet…