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DP ServBot
06-13-2007, 06:20 AM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360 (http://www.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox-360/), First Person Shooters (http://www.joystiq.com/category/firstpersonshooters/)

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At 10:26AM Monday morning, someone -- or more accurately, something by the name of Adjutant Reflex, compromised Bungie.net (http://bungie.net), the website of the acclaimed Halo (http://joystiq.com/tag/halo) developers. Classifying itself as an administrator and compound intelligence (we smell an acronym), it created, stickied and released the first (http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11263399&postRepeater1-p=1) of what would be a confusing two days worth of messages.

"This will be a good place to begin."

The being then touched down on the HBO forums, declaring it another (http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=808840) good place to begin. Begin what, exactly? While plenty of folks have tried, it has proven difficult to gather much information from Adjutant Reflex as, once it achieves its goals (which are vague to begin with), it tends to go into hibernation.

Though, the most recent incident, has been given a time table.

In one of its final transmissions on Bungie.net, Adjutant Reflex states (http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11278044) that in 38 hours, "Archives/Resources will be compiled." With a completion time set for 1AM (PST) Thursday morning, the community is buzzing over Adjutant Reflex's origin and perhaps, more importantly, its intent. If it truly is an A.I. slipping through time to warn us of something, it most certainly wouldn't be the first (http://ilovebees.com) time. Until then, only believe half of what you see as there are more than a few time burglars (http://halowiki.net/p/User_talk:Simon78) lurking about.

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smork
06-13-2007, 06:35 AM
Let me be the first to say I don't get this ARG shit. I've got enough actual games to keep me busy w/o running around the interweb all willy-nilly chasing obscure clues.

Bring on the Halo 3, tho.

ubersaurus
06-13-2007, 12:17 PM
Let me be the first to say I don't get this ARG shit. I've got enough actual games to keep me busy w/o running around the interweb all willy-nilly chasing obscure clues.

Bring on the Halo 3, tho.

It goes beyond the internet. The idea of the ARG is that you use numerous sources for storytelling. Historically there's been playing cards, phone calls, clothing, mysterious packages, hell, even a book. It's fun, it's interactive, and the teamwork and knowledge involved give it a distinct feel over any other genre. Each game even has it's own distinct feel compared to other ones, so...

I'm down with this, wherever it leads.

PapaStu
06-13-2007, 06:50 PM
I'm down with this, wherever it leads.

Has the I <3 Bees crew started to get into this yet?

ubersaurus
06-14-2007, 01:55 AM
Has the I <3 Bees crew started to get into this yet?

Oh yes. The band is getting back together. Shit, they practically spent 10 pages of that unfiction thread declaring "I'm back!"