Binary Gamer | Digital Gaming Reborn » Box http://www.binarygamer.com The Binary Gaming Community Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:23:13 +0000 en hourly 1 What is in the Box gets opened http://www.binarygamer.com/gaming/what-is-in-the-box-gets-opened/ http://www.binarygamer.com/gaming/what-is-in-the-box-gets-opened/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:24:00 +0000 AzzX http://www.binarygamer.com/?p=849 You may remember that fantastic fan video posted on youtube a few weeks back and that cryptic viral type of website that went along with it.   The original Youtube page now bears the description “The Box is Open” and the website has had a rather sinister update:

If you want to avoid some spoilers and piece the puzzles yourself head over to What Is In The Box now.

wiitb_open

Hovering your mouse over the bottom of the red ring displays a few hex colour codes and clicking this area produces an input box.  Typing in Help displays the word ” High Contrast” so after a quick screengrab and upping the contrast in Photoshop you get this:

wiitb_high_contrast1

Clicking the top of the Ring directs you to another url http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/witb/stream/ with an updated Test Film.  The root domain this video is hosted on is called Babel Research: Unlocking the universe and achieving the impossible.

I stumbled apon the site Wikibruce and they have made some impressive progress in decrypting this fantastic viral campaign:

jion_babelUnited European Corps

Once on this site, view the source, and you’ll find commented HTML with the text:

/snd/mc2.mp3 (listen)

In reverse, this becomes a voice saying:

“located within quarantine zone“

This clip is also revealed in the high quality video stream page source.

The image displayed in the center of this page is located here:
http://babel-research.eu/witb/images/UE_join.jpg More

]]> http://www.binarygamer.com/gaming/what-is-in-the-box-gets-opened/feed/ 1 What Is In The Box: A HALF LIFE Inspiration? http://www.binarygamer.com/gaming/what-is-in-the-box-a-half-life-inspiration/ http://www.binarygamer.com/gaming/what-is-in-the-box-a-half-life-inspiration/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:49:51 +0000 AzzX http://www.binarygamer.com/?p=800 Here is another impressive Half Life inspired fan video, initially looking to be part of some sort of viral marketing campaign for HL2 Episode 3, Doug Lombardi has confirmed the “What Is In The Box” video was made by fans.:

Edit: The box has been opened!

Two of the people involved, Tim Smit and Steven Roeters, recently won a film competition landing them a meet-and-greet with Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. In an article from their college campus paper following the competition, the pair mentioned they were hard at work on a film titled What’s In the Box? So, unless they forgot to mention Valve contracted them for a viral marketing ad, this one remains labeled as an homage of sorts. Source

what_is_in_the_box

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4

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