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Halo 2 Trailer Gets Subliminal, Halo Done Quick

Posted by simoniker on from the cloud-construction-reconstruction dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Halo 2 movie trailer hit theaters last week and rabid fans have been passing around 'cam' versions since then. A lower quality streaming version went up on MSN and Xbox.com yesterday, but today GamePro.com premiered a high definition 1920x1080 5.1 surround sound version of the trailer for the home theater purists. More interestingly, a Halo.bungie.org newspost reports on subliminal messages within the ad, when 'the Xbox logo changes, for a frame or two, from www.xbox.com to www.ilovebees.com', an apparently legit website where 'some very, very strange stuff is going on' - there's already speculation and a little evidence this could be from the same Microsoft group who stealthily made the AI web game?" Elsewhere, an anonymous reader writes "Remember Quake Done Quick, the effort to complete Quake as fast as possible? Well, halo.bungie.org recently wrapped up its Going Nowhere Fast contest, which was an effort to do much the same thing for Halo. You can view the results and download the videos, though some are still being posted, at the Going Nowhere Fast contest page."

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  1. That's a LOT of bees by Satan's_Tool · · Score: 3, Informative

    > DiG 9.2.1 > ilovebees.net
    ilovebees.net. 66.150.161.136
    ilovebees.net. 66.150.161.140
    ilovebees.net. 66.150.161.141
    ilovebees.net. 69.25.27.172
    ilovebees.net. 66.150.161.135
    ilovebees.net. 69.25.27.171
    ilovebees.net. 66.150.161.134
    ilovebees.net. 66.150.161.133
    and
    ilovebees.com. 69.20.126.147

    For a little ol' lady that doesn't have the computer skills....that's a lot of servers to be running your little website and NOT have an actual ad in the local Yellow Pages.

    --
    Yes, I'm an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
  2. Re:ilovebees.com by Pluvius · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also it appears that for some reason, people have set up a whole forum dedicated to the event.

    That's probably because the chances of this being the sequel to the AI game (aka "The Beast") are pretty high. The Beast is still the most well-known alternate-reality game (ARG) in history, so the possibility that this Halo game could be "The Hive" (the long-rumored sequel to The Beast) is creating quite a stir in the ARG fandom.

    Rob