...extensive, growing archive of information about [[Wiki_FAQ#ARGs|ARGs]] and other enigmatic mysteries.
...eate an account]], get familiar with our [[Meta:Style Guide|style guide]], and start editing!</big>
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On 11 December, 2019, an admin on the Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 discord server posted a community update with a P.S
...tps://d3of5gsrbb7n06.cloudfront.net/KBKCKRKCUB9Y.mp3 an audio file]. Below the play button is an RSVP link linking to [https://bloodfortrade.app.rsvpify.c
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...ues have been used to hide this content, and this page attempts to catalog that in a hopefully useful manner.
...ublicly visible Signal and Noise YouTube video and the 'solves' blog where the solution is described. Enjoy!
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...s all the people and entities connected to this seemingly fictitious town, and will be continuously updated as its mysteries are uncovered.
...eam Takedown supposedly hacked their account, although it was reclaimed by the next day.
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{{ambox|type=notice|text=<center>'''''This page contains spoilers! Proceed at your own caution.'''''</center>}}
* Update with the site's return on October 21st.
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...ense has declassified access via uplink to the DSCS 3 satellite. Good Luck and Godspeed.
| creator = [http://www.aliceandsmith.com/ Alice & Smith] and [https://www.twitch.tv Twitch, Inc.]
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...ctive and are not expected to return. '''Completed ARGs''' been completed and officially ended.</big>
...world situations, characters, plot-lines, and challenges which engage with the community to create unique, authentic puzzle-solving experiences.
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...ity primarily dedicated to solving and documenting gaming-related [[ARG]]s and similar puzzles.
...he mysteries surrounding the [[Steam Winter 2015|Steam Winter Sale 2015]]. The subreddit proved very popular so a [[Discord]] chat server was created for
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This list of frequently-asked questions is a compilation of the most useful knowledge for new ARG players.
...ng the [[Steam Winter 2015]] Sale. This investigation proved very popular, and a [https://discord.gamedetectives.net Discord] chat server was created for
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...on. People soon started to notice there was more to the promotion than met the eye.
===More Than Meets the Eye===
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== December 22nd, 2015 - The Sale Begins ==
...of the sale, the [https://i.imgur.com/9H0C40D.jpg cover] and first page of the [[Steam_Winter_2015/Comic Book|comic book]] were revealed.
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This page documents rules, styles, and conventions for the Game Detectives wiki. Please try your best to adhere to them when creating
...edia Manual of Style]. This is the definitive style guide for wiki content and should be followed unless otherwise noted.
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...ye ARG, also known as the Sigil or Eye Sigil ARG, lasted for nearly a year and spanned more than 25 seemingly unrelated indie games.
== The Sigil ==
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...he world against a nefarious group of terrorists. Teragon was followed by the [[EFS]] ARG.
=== The 4chan Post ===
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Several archives of tweets and other links & files associated with the Black Mesa ARG.
...nts related to the Black Mesa ARG, listed with descriptions, date-of-post, and decoded versions of any encoded messages.''
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[[Main Page]] > [[List of Investigations]] > '''Mystery of the Emblem'''
...page is about the alternate reality game. For other uses, see [[Mystery of the Emblem (disambiguation)]].''
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...r>''This page is about the alternate reality game. For the puppetmaster of the same name, see [[Project 11 (puppetmaster)]].''</center>
...is [https://www.000webhost.com/ free domain website]. The website featured the title '''Project 11''' in very bold print with a body of text just below re
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...//projecteleven.comuf.com/ https://projecteleven.comuf.com], the center of this ARG (since it often goes down, an archive is available [https://web.archive
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| description = The Electronic Freedom Society ARG
''Please excuse how blatantly empty this page and its subpages are. This page is being built, but it will take time- EFS is a large ARG.''
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Below is our effort to figure out the meaning behind the list of connections.
...ost. Also, messages in bold represent important messages to the solving of the list.)
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...gular member of GameDetectives, only appearing during Teragon as [[NinaM]] and following EFS to do an Ask Me Anything, but he has an unknown connection to
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| description= Kill Your Internet - an ARG that took place in the world of République.
...ing games. The ARG concluded with an IRC chat session between the players and KatherineTheGreat, as well as KtG's artificial intelligence Shahrazad.
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...that appeared in [[EFS]]. For the part of the ARG also known as Codi, see the [[EFS:Timeline#Part 0: Codi|EFS timeline]].''</center>
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Order of the Crimson Temple]]
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:''This page is horribly out of date''
...ils and tweets were exchanged with developers of different games, in hopes that they might reveal a clue or provide a hint. An archive of these exchanges
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==The Black Mesa Twitter Account==
...om/BlackMesaRF/status/718479160696438784 prepareforunforseenconsequences]. This continued until...
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...5], and Discord user Q101 for their fantastic documents covering the tweet and message translations!''
=The Organisations Atwitter=
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mystery of the Emblem]]
== Mystery of the Emblem ==
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mystery of the Emblem]]
...m unit to appear in Mystery of the Emblem and took player input to explore the world of [[Archanea]].
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mystery of the Emblem]], [[In Reality]]
= Mystery of the Emblem =
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|style="text-align:center;"|Mystery of the Emblem
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mystery of the Emblem]], [[In Reality]]
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.../wiki/Resistance the Resistance] of the Half-Life universe, the setting of the [[Black Mesa]] ARG.''
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mystery of the Emblem]], [[In Reality]]
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'''Mystery of the Emblem''' may refer to:
* [[Mystery of the Emblem]], the [[ARG]] by [[whizzer0]]
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...racter from the [[Human Souls]] ARG who works for [[Pangent Technologies]] and is also known as E
...ciety]] ARG who works for the [[Electronic Freedom Society|organisation of the same name]]
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...e contains detailed information on the various clues discovered throughout the ARG.
1. The Northpole Noir comic cover resembles Hitman, with the suit and tie.
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...s. The contents of this file can be found in [http://pastebin.com/YY9hi4n8 this Pastebin].
...box and submit it, which has different effects based on what was entered, and which store page it was submitted from.
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[[File:RedHerringBadge.png|right|128px|thumb|The Red Herring Badge]]
==Obtaining the Red Herring Badge==
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[[File:comic_cover_english.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover page of the North Pole Noir comic]]
...it the [http://store.steampowered.com/wintercomic/ original comic pages on the Steam site].
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All the regular and foil cards from the '''Steam Winter Sale 2015'''
...ce list”, I’m glad Mrs. Claus called - I’m going to find whoever did this.”
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mystery of the Emblem]], [[In Reality]]
...[[Mystery of the Emblem]] as a revolutionary group attempting to take over the world of Archanea.
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...[[Kill_Your_Internet:CypherPunk|CypherPunk]]. She is a main character in the [[Kill Your Internet]] ARG.
...Katherine found herself at the mercy of the U.S. government, who demanded that Katherine hand Shahrazad over to them. Rather than risk her life's work be
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...atherineTheGreat]]. Shahrazad identifies as female, and sometimes goes by the nickname "Zad".
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...amejam (AdventureJam at ''Game Jolt Jams'') game created by ''Neotenomie'' and ''Porpentine'' on 18 Apr 2015. It was later released as a full game on itch
The sigil was added on the itch.io release.
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== Trailhead the First ==
...ives saying that [[Teragon Group]]'s website had changed. Six hours later, The page was found to be hacked by an entity named [[Codi]].
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...ame Detectives [[Meta:Staff|moderators]] on 2016-04-01 that appeared to be the much-promised "inhouse" ARG. It wasn't.
== A Tale of the Events Upon the First of April, Sixteen Years Upon Two Thousand ==
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''To aid in the search for sigils, members of the community have made various resources, which are as follows:''
An on-going, up-to-date catalog of games that have been checked, games that haven't been checked, as well as information about each game. A form for s
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...appears on a website, in a game or within a community that piques interest and causes an investigation to begin.
...gation starts, as it is generally reliant on someone noticing its presence and digging a little deeper.
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...iscord server and some more on the Discord than the subreddit. It's mostly the Discord, though.
!class="unsortable"|Other notes
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..., 2016. Users were unable to find any ARG or hidden puzzles of any kind in the Steam Summer Sale 2016, which made them ''unspeakably'' sad...
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...e same name]]. Little is known about them but they claimed to be accessing the release date of an upcoming game through astral projection.
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...' is a game developed by wife-and-husband developer ''Robot Loves Kitty''. The game was released on Steam 13 Sep 2013.
The sigil was added in an update 08 Dec 2015.
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[[File:Slidetheshakes.jpg|thumb|alt=Slide The Shakes]]
...unes on 24 Feb 2016. It's a puzzle game where the player slides milkshakes and try to hit a target area.
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[[File:Kolsigil.png|thumb|This was probably the first time public has seen the sigil]]
...It exists since 02 Nov 2003 and has a long history of weird secret in-game and partially out-of-game puzzles.
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...ription = Messages, websites and tests from other times start appearing in the present, all very different yet somehow connected.
| creator2 = Team Look In The Bushes
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= The quest =
On 2016-06-27, [https://www.reddit.com/r/arg/comments/4q3e3l/_/ this reddit post] appeared on [https://www.reddit.com/r/arg /r/ARG] from a user
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...s known about her, but she is researching a mysterious object and enlisted the Game Detectives' help in retrieving it, after first putting them through a
...hallucination after touching it. She stopped tweeting following this event and her status is unknown.
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''For the ARG of the same name, see [[EFS]].''
...non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and fostering freedom over the Internet."
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| description= The High Quality SiIvaGunner ARG
The SiIvaGunner ARG was part of [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ecwl3FTG66j
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...hat appeared in [[EFS]]. For the part of the ARG also known as Malena, see the [[EFS:Timeline#Part 1: Malena|EFS timeline]].''</center>
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Order of the Crimson Temple]]
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!colspan="2"|Order of the Crimson Temple
...te as trials to recruit new members; these, however, ultimately sided with the rival [[Electronic Freedom Society]].
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[[File:Watchingyou_1.png|thumbnail|200px|right|The image found once the morse code was solved]]
...comments/4qxhzq/we_have_been_watching_you/ We have been watching you.]''' The posts read as follows:
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| description = A rabbit hole of puzzles across the GameDetectives community.
...to /r/gamedetectives and continued through a chain of puzzles. Its creator and purpose are unknown.
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[email protected] account
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the initial puzzles. According to
the others, she is quite strict.
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...ching You]]. He seems to be responsible for testing puzzles and is usually the one to give hints. He is more casual than [[Grace Pond|Grace]].
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...u]]. He usually acts as a backup when someone else can't be there and runs the email account.
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* User /u/ARG76543 posted to reddit with the title
* The message read:
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| description = FRTS spanned several websites, a dead drop, and used the Game Detectives Discord server.
...Clues were hidden in image files, audio files, on youcraftnetwork.co.vu, and on Pastebin.
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...a J''' is a character from [[Watching You]]. She is the main puzzle-setter and is more relaxed, if stubborn.
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...e people. We are conscious human souls. We are the signal that rises above the noise.
...om/channel/UCkncSeDWBDhoHEUp2ivstzg/ Signal and Noise Youtube Channel] and the [http://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/tagged/PT/chrono/ Pangent Technologi
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= Whatever happened to Mystery of the Emblem? =
...t?". It linked [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9Melq-4Fw this video] on the previously-used In Reality channel.
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| description= The Sombra ARG - an ARG involving an unreleased Overwatch hero.
...ciphers referencing Sombra, which were found in various developer updates and short animations.
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| description= GD barges into headlines often, it's users dazzling the media and public with impressive displays of logic.
...verage involving Game Detectives; if you find an article (in any language) that mentions us or our users, please feel free to contact us!
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...p promo illustration small.jpg|thumb|The terrible secret of whatever is on that table]]
...for September 2015, version 43 of the game, dubbed ''The Terrible Truth''. The update blogpost was posted 16 Sep 2015.
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== A Code In the Sky ==
...August 3rd, Jeff Kaplan and other members of the dev team were asked about the compass ([https://www.twitch.tv/fairlight_excalibur/v/81627432?t=00h23m46s
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This page serves as a comprehensive guide for use in providing knowledge in orde
...igated before opening a conversation about it on the Discord or posting on the subreddit.
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...chase on Steam and GOG. The game contains an eye sigil, making it part of the [[Eye Sigil ARG]].
The sigil was added in the update on 29 May 2015.
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[[Image:MiniMetro solution.jpg|thumb|Solution to the Canberra level]]
...fully released 06 Nov 2015, but was available in early access long before that.
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...existence on 02 Jan 2016. It's available as a physical book, a digital PDF and an audio book on itch.io. There is also a promotional website at powerworld
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...d released on 20 May 2015. It contained an eye sigil, making it a part of the [[Eye Sigil ARG]].
The sigil was added to the game on release.
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The sigil was added on the release.
There is a secret menu in the game. It can be accessed by hitting F1, F2, F12 or DEL on launch.
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'''You Have to Win the Game''' is a free platformer exploration game with a retro aesthetic develo
The sigil was added in an update on 20 Aug 2015.
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The sigil was added while still in beta on 09 Feb 2016.
The Sigil appears in some levels as a statue structure.
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...ased on Steam on 9 Jun. 2015. It contained an eye sigil, making it part of the [[Eye Sigil ARG]].
The sigil was added on release.
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This is a condensed timeline of the ARG's events and major developments in Game Detectives' investigation.
...EDbNNmGhVq4bYxs/edit here] for the full list of credits on all discoveries and solutions.
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| description= The FF2 ARG began in March 2014, and its goal is the discovery of which game is secretly a sequel to Frog Fractions…
:'''''For a quick chronological reference of the entire ARG, see [[Frog_Fractions_2/Timeline]].'''''
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...teral Cowboy''' is a puzzle and hacking game developed by ''Blendo Games'' and released on 25 Jul 2016 using customized idTech 4 (Doom 3) engine.
The sigil was added on release.
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...game with a heavy lean on voice controls developed by ''Iridium Studios'' and released on 24 Feb 2015.
The sigil was added to the game on release.
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...mbernauts''' is a game developed by ''Tyler Glaiel (Eyebrow Interactive)'' and released into early access on 31 Jul 2015.
The sigil was added in an update on [http://steamcommunity.com/games/246920/ann
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...in the overall chronological course of events without delving too far into the details of each occurrence.'''
Clues that are considered open are labeled #Unsolved
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...paganda Posters are a major lingering mystery in the Frog Fractions 2 ARG. This page describes what we know about them.'''
== The Posters ==
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=Active and unsolved investigations=
...rtland agents successfully completed the room, and received a frog keyring and key for their troubles.
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| description= The FF2 ARG began in March 2014, and its goal is the discovery of which game is secretly a sequel to Frog Fractions..
...Frog Fractions 2. This ARG seeks to find the game, keeping in mind all of the following:
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| description = An ARG hidden in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth expansion
.../r/bindingofisaac/comments/3ss8oo/the_afterbirth_arg_a_stepbystep_summary/ this post] by /u/Scutilla. All credit goes to him.''
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...nitially Soda Drinker Pro was developed over the course of one day in 2008 and was greenlit on Steam on 29 Jan 2015.
The sigil was added on the Steam release.
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...evices on September 3rd, 2015. It contained an eye sigil, and was part of the [[Eye Sigil ARG]].
The sigil was added in an update on 15 Oct 2015.
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...with [[Wikipedia:sokoban|sokoban]] gameplay developed by ''Alan Hazelden'' and ''Harry Lee''. It was released on Steam on 21 Jul 2014.
The sigil was added in an update on 31 Jan 2015.
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...e GAM 250 and was released on 01 May 2013. It is available for download on the [http://neatsnake.com/project/flickers/ developers website].
...on 11 Sep 2015. (Note: there is no sigil in the old version of the game on the DigiPen website)
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...oral nature — it will serve no purpose and will probably be deleted once the Map is finally figured out.
...a map not just because it looks like one, but also cause at least some of the games refer to their pieces images as ''map piece'' themselves.
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The following are themes and common terms that have appeared throughout the ARG.
...kickstarter video, time travel has appeared to be the overacrhing theme to the ARG.
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...y5JGFfB4yEmIajXWgD17Ag , in downloadable MP3 at http://trainhotdog.cool/ , and has it's own Wiki at http://trainhotdog.wikia.com .
....com/ Video Game Hotdog]. He narrates the experience and reads out some of the web pages he comes across.
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The Frog Fractions 2 ARG has had several major characters come into play for the ARG.
...Jim Crawford's involvement as a character in the ARG's main story and not the developer himself.
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