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http://store.steampowered.com/sale/lunarfighting/

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red herring and gingerbread man

Considering the winter sale one ended abruptly I doubt this is just a shout out.

Last thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1164054

 

[epmode]

It's Half-Life 3. For real this time. It's not like last time when it wasn't Half-Life 3.

This is it.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Time to prepare my tin-foil hat again.

 

[Surfinn]

Which ARG is this now? 29?

They enjoy fucking with fans. They have since Episode 2.

 

[johntown]

Is steam just making up holidays and sales now?

 

[mclem]

Is it not simply an attempt to get people wikiwalking (effectively) between the various themed categories of the sale? What's ARG-y about it?

Is steam just making up holidays and sales now?

Yes. Absolutely.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

There were a ton of connections drawn between a previous Winter Sale and the ARG in the last one, which were there mostly for flavor. I don't think this is anything more than a cute little reference.

Let's not go too /r/neverbegameover.

 

[LuciusAxelrod]

Maybe they're just trying to create a lore again, like those little blob guys from a few years ago that they never use anymore.

 

[AlStrong]

It's Half-Life 3. For real this time. It's not like last time when it wasn't Half-Life 3.

This is it.

The choices people make will influence HL3 gameplay

 

[ashecitism]

Maybe just a reference of the ARG itself, or the package they received from the subreddit.

 

[Zomba13]

Looks to me as just a theme for the sale to tie thing together and to get you looking at more categories. I think the gingerbread man and the herring were just there as references to the last sale.

 

[johntown]

Is it not simply an attempt to get people wikiwalking (effectively) between the various themed categories of the sale? What's ARG-y about it?



Yes. Absolutely.

You should have probably made the link a let me Google that for you link. : D

 

[georly]

The choices people make will influence HL3 gameplay

Can't wait for the red-herring-shaped gingerbread-man-gun. Wonder if it interacts with D.O.G.

 

[gnexus]

it's probably frog fractions 2

 

[dave is ok]

Was anything actually discovered yet or just some art that references the gingerbread comic?

 

[PandaPedinte]

It's totally a crowbar guys/gals!

 

[gabbo]

It's totally a crowbar guys/gals!

Certainly looks like it

 

[Crono27]

It's totally a crowbar guys/gals!

think its a monkey wearing a hat [=

 

[Woody Invincible]

Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman.

 

[ekim]

Was anything actually discovered yet or just some art that references the gingerbread comic?

That's my question as well.

 

[Fox318]

Do they really think they are being cute after almost 10 years of silence on Half-Life?

At this point any reference to it feels like an insult considering how the last game ended.

 

[Surfinn]

Do they really think they are being cute after almost 10 years of silence on Half-Life?

At this point any reference to it feels like an insult considering how the last game ended.

It's been insulting for some time, now. They've been testing fans via ARG for years upon years.

 

[Nzyme32]

Was anything actually discovered yet or just some art that references the gingerbread comic?

Yeah I haven't seen anything or heard anything yet. I think it might be premature to jump on the ARG fun just yet unless someone finds something new rather than references. It would be pretty cool if there was some on going thing in these sales leading to something other than a red herring literally and figuratively

 

[Rodney McKay]

Do they really think they are being cute after almost 10 years of silence on Half-Life?

At this point any reference to it feels like an insult considering how the last game ended.

The die hard fans seem to eat it up.

It doesn't even seem to be about getting new information anymore, the ARG is just the game that people enjoy, whether or not it's purpose is a perpetual dangling carrot of information people are hoping for.

 

[roytheone]

It's totally a crowbar guys/gals!

Ha! "take a closer look...". They sure like to fuck with us, don't they?

 

[PandaPedinte]

Ha! "take a closer look...". They sure like to fuck with us, don't they?

I'm sure it was intentional.

 

[Surfinn]

I'm sure it was intentional.

Nah, they've never done THAT before. (lol)

 

[injurai]

It's totally a crowbar guys/gals!

A 4 stop ellipsis....

HL4 confirmed.

 

[Shenmue]

That looks like a snake. Metal Gear Solid 6.

 

[AESplusF]

It's totally a crowbar guys/gals!

Don't think so, I think it's a snake, you know as if a snake were murdered. I mean the detective is a monkey after all.

 

[Vibranium]

Do they really think they are being cute after almost 10 years of silence on Half-Life?

At this point any reference to it feels like an insult considering how the last game ended.

Not when it's actually Left 4 Dead 3!

 

[Shenmue]

Don't think so, I think it's a snake, you know as if a snake were murdered. I mean the detective is a monkey after all.

Kinda weird though cause it was goat last year, not snake.

 

[ekim]

Reddit seems to be slow at finding anything. (If there is actually)

 

[GRaider81]

Is that a crow bar in his mouth?.....

 

[ekim]

Is that a crow bar in his mouth?.....

Candy cane?

 

[LPride]

Reddit seems to be slow at finding anything. (If there is actually)

The last time there was anything to find in a Valve ARG Portal 2 got released 3 hours early. Whoop de doo.