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Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours
MJXG writes "Gamespot has posted an article related to the adver-teasement Microsoft has set up at Origenxbox360.com. It seems that the counter will be hitting zero in less than 12 hours. It is speculated that once the zero-hour is reached, the site will open up with puzzles and riddles which may give away information or even prizes pertaining to the 360. Also from an article on xbox.ign.com, "In a somewhat shocking discovery, there is a Latin message written into one of the tree's lower branches. To view the message, zoom in a few times on the furthest left root near the bottom of the tree. The message reads 'in hoc spatio arbor noster floruit, fecundus pomis Elysii ignoti, quo in loco ludent electi, ab Originis angelis circumdati'. We consulted the IGN annals of ultimate intelligence and wisdom and came up with the following rough translation: 'In this place may our fertile tree bloom with fruits in strange elysium, where in the place of the chosen, angels surround the origin'." Something big is about to happen."
Like Slashdot is about to be spammed?
"Something big is about to happen."
Since when is a MS media campaign something "big"?
I guess no one at Gamespot read that one Slashdot article on how Microsoft is going to spend 100 million on their ad campaign for the X-box 360.
Too bad. One would think that Gamespot would pay more attention to game related news.
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
In other news this morning, Slashdot has reportedly provided copious free traffic to three major web advertising presences in one fell swoop. Says one stunned Slashdot reader: "WTF??"
"Something Big is Going to Happen."
All we need is a hint of a mystery and the story-creating parts of our mind go into overdrive. What could they be about to announce? How amazing could it be? The answer is, of course, that it's going to be more details to do with the XBox 360. We all know that, and we all know that in the greater scheme of things a more powerful console is to be expected, not a shocking revelation.
But all it takes is a little bit of "What if?" sprinkled around the edges and suddenly people are drawn in, because maybe this time something groundbreaking will happen and they'll be there when it does.
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Disclaimer: I work for Sony, blah blah blah.
I find it very intriguing that recently console ads have gone so far off at a mad tangent that they rarely mention consoles at all. Things like the mentioned tree-ad, the older PS2 "Third Place" David Lynch stuff, even my own personal favourite I Am The Wolf Man. I know it's all about brand recognition, getting talked about etc. but it seems like all of this happens at the expense of any sort of substance - none of the ads mentioned above contain any information whatsoever about what the consoles are, what capabilites they claim to have, what kind of games they run, or even who might like them. Just snappy ad-agency ideas to try and get the name stuck in your head...
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It's an advertisement - just use Adblock in Firefox and it won't be there any more.
Then get on with life.
Nothing to see here.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Or maybe it's just PR-department leaving a trail of slime as usual and nothing even medium sized is going to happen.
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From the site: Entrants must register on www.origenxbox360.com anytime between 12pm (GMT) Tuesday 27 September 2005 until 12am (GMT) Monday 10 October 2005 and answer three true or false statements in order to be eligible to win one of two trips to an event celebrating the launch of the Xbox 360 games console. Hardly big news.
71.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.