Comments on: Reality hits alternate reality game

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:58:14 +0000

I think I’m in love with Loki…

By: » “Vanishing Point” Sky-Writing Event Runs Into Foul Weather » InsideMicrosoft - part of the Blog News Channel

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:41:35 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, the weather got in the way, as rain in Austin cancelled that event, and excessive cloud coverage in Phoenix forced the event to be moved 20 miles at the last minute. Well, even in an Alternate Reality Game, you have to deal with the facts of this reality, and I guess even Loki can’t control the weather. You know, Microsoft could have consulted the Soviets, who had some good ideas on weather control. [...]

By: Josh's Windows Weblog

Josh's Windows Weblog — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:25:31 +0000

Vanishing Point – Week 2

In just a few hours the community of individuals working on the Vanishing Point puzzles had managed to

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:34:10 +0000

Mr long,

Where do I sign up so I can win prizes?

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:23:54 +0000

I think they spelt it phonetically as we Australian’s say the word Australia!

By: zzap

zzap — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:50:33 +0000

You’re right Justin! I never noticed! The spelt Australia wrong!

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:26:45 +0000

And I love their spelling of Australia in the image above! Mikrosoft ar awsome at spellink!

By: BenN

BenN — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:05:53 +0000

In the words of my grandmother (who probably stole the quote from someone else) – “You’re only cheating yourself”.

Yeah, it is a game of luck, and a result of that is that it’s unlikely to be the cleverest person who wins anyway, so we might as well do whatever we like. From my point of view, I like to see how many of the puzzles I can solve either by myself or with a few friends first, before wandering over to the wiki and finding my missing answers. Even then I want to know why the answer is what it is, so I read the full explanations and don’t just skip to the bottom to find the word.

Besides, I think it’d be quite funny if, on the launch platform, the winner turns around and admits using the wiki to get their answers.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:43:24 +0000

I was at the event in Austin only to find out later that it was cancelled… At least I knew I wasn’t crazy when I found out it was cancelled rather than just not being able to find it…

By: zzap

zzap — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:08:34 +0000

I’ll be glad when this Loki vanishes. She annoys me.