I assume that was a US only thing (maybe US/CAN?). I've been playing NMS since it was first around but don't ever remember this - looks like it would have been fun.
I've got mine (in the UK) and really enjoyed the ARG even if I didn't manage to solve much of the crypto stuff. It was a team effort and I hope they do some more, maybe for LNF. I think they hired a third party company to do ARG as it must be a hell of a lot of work to create and manage.
I was one of the lucky people who also got food for Mr. Noodles (later re-identified as Ms. Noodles), as well as a classic scifi book, Nine Tomorrows by Asimov
Prized possessions. Having old rabbit foot as a prized possession feels kinda weird, but sometimes your destiny is handed to you, you are not always given a choice.
I still have mine, still wish it would have had some in-game use.
The Waking Titan ARG was THE MOST bonkers game launch thing I have ever seen and when I try to explain parts of it ("We had to collaboratively solve puzzles to unlock a fuzzy image on a web page that revealed another inscrutable clue", "We sent an actual human to a random physical location to collect the next clue by hand"), I get gobsmacked stares.
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CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Nope. What is it?
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y
Hello Games did an ARG for the Waking Titan update in 2017. They sent out a number of them to people that participated and registered.
Thorned_Rose@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
I assume that was a US only thing (maybe US/CAN?). I've been playing NMS since it was first around but don't ever remember this - looks like it would have been fun.
essteeyou@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Hello Games is based in the UK, so I'd expect it took place at least there.
NOP@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
I've got mine (in the UK) and really enjoyed the ARG even if I didn't manage to solve much of the crypto stuff. It was a team effort and I hope they do some more, maybe for LNF. I think they hired a third party company to do ARG as it must be a hell of a lot of work to create and manage.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Cool! That’s some neat swag.
NMSGalacticHub@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I was one of the lucky people who also got food for Mr. Noodles (later re-identified as Ms. Noodles), as well as a classic scifi book, Nine Tomorrows by Asimov
Prized possessions. Having old rabbit foot as a prized possession feels kinda weird, but sometimes your destiny is handed to you, you are not always given a choice.
fishos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Not everyone. I never got mine :/
EnderofGames@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Great swag.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
I remember reading about them on the wiki, but that is all I know about them.
dwenius@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I still have mine, still wish it would have had some in-game use.
The Waking Titan ARG was THE MOST bonkers game launch thing I have ever seen and when I try to explain parts of it ("We had to collaboratively solve puzzles to unlock a fuzzy image on a web page that revealed another inscrutable clue", "We sent an actual human to a random physical location to collect the next clue by hand"), I get gobsmacked stares.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
I remember one of the people sent to get things was in South Africa. They couldn't get it because they stopped at a convenience store that was robbed.
Nyvios@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yup, got mine in a photo frame on display as well