Halo 3 Cometh
Want to see how crazy Halo fans can get? Well then feast your eyes on this:
What is that you ask? Oh, just the spectrographic analysis of a wav file downloaded from a secret server (206.16.223.61) the existence of which was found in four numbers hidden in an online Halo 3 comic the existence of which was found in a Circuit City flyer.
What? Oh yes. Did I mention the crazy? That is merely the slightest scratch of the depth of the awesome insanity of the serious Halo 3 fan. Check this out.
Is that an Amazon graphic you see on that book? Why, yes! It is! Yes, the Halo 3 alternate reality game “Iris” has even managed to hide clues inside a book listed on Amazon.com.
Not quite crazy enough? No problem:
That is a picture posted alongside advertisements for a company called Flood Containment Control. The company has a bunch of online postings (Google search for flood containment control) ranging from advertising services, to job postings, to equipment surplus sales. But doesn’t that symbol in their example of flood damage look odd?
That’s because it is odd. It’s the ‘glyph’ symbol that represents the alternate reality game.
If you are at all curious at the huge backstory behind Halo 3, check out Halo 3: Iris Wiki, particularly the quick summary. If you just want to see all the pieces of data (e.g. a textfile of array recorder data apparently from when the halo structures were last activated) that have been found, head to the page for the secret server 206.16.223.61.