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[Drkirby]

I thought the black box was canceled?

ah checked wikipedia, nvm

Yeah, retail black box was canned, but certain video cards were already sold that were supposed to have the black box. Slips of paper don't cost to much to print though, and it is two less games then the Orange Box.

I am guessing you can only get one Potato?

 

[Salsa]

Damn do i need a perfect score to get the Audiosurf potato or what ? fuckin mono low-scores

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Ok, I havent followed too closely, but can someone explain what that pic clue that had a duck eating taco or some shit had to do with ANYTHING.

 

[MasterShotgun]

Damn do i need a perfect score to get the Audiosurf potato or what ? fuckin mono low-scores

Try the song from this post. It's only about 20 seconds and really easy to get the potato from.

 

[dave is ok]

Ok, I havent followed too closely, but can someone explain what that pic clue that had a duck eating taco or some shit had to do with ANYTHING.

The sentence was a cipher - there has been a bunch of weird sentences all popping up with 16 consonants. No clue what they're for yet

 

[Salsa]

Try the song from this post. It's only about 20 seconds and really easy to get the potato from.

ohh cool, thanks

 

[QuantumBro]

Hey I was wondering if anyone would gift me 123 Kick It, Wonderful End, or The Ball in exchange for Serious Sam HD 1. If you have Serious Sam already and want another game that is less than 20 dollars tell me and I'll buy it for you on Monday.

 

[BY2K]

The Ball password found.

"weighted companion"

 

[Forkball]

The only passwords missing are Amnesia and 1 2 3 Kick It. I suspect this is because most people are too scared to play Amnesia to figure it out.

 

[BY2K]

The only passwords missing are Amnesia and 1 2 3 Kick It. I suspect this is because most people are too scared to play Amnesia to figure it out.

Actually, the Amnesia puzzles have given quite the trouble to our ARG detective.

 

[Salsa]

I used the prefs.dat thing on wonderful end of the world to get the potato and now i automatically got all the achievements ? where's the fun in that

 

[MasterShotgun]

Given that Amnesia is probably the most complex game of the Potato pack, it doesn't surprise me that people are having trouble with it.

 

[Salsa]

The only passwords missing are Amnesia and 1 2 3 Kick It. I suspect this is because most people are too scared to play Amnesia to figure it out.

RUSH ?

 

[QuantumBro]

RUSH ?

We have the password, we just need to figure out how to login

 

[BY2K]

RUSH ?

The RUSH Aperture Science Login and Password were found, but only because someone forced his way in, we don't have the method yet to access it by legit means.

 

[Jubbly]

Can you get potatoes without knowing the password on the login screen?

 

[BY2K]

Can you get potatoes without knowing the password on the login screen?

You absolutely need to login with the password to get the Potato.

 

[Forkball]

Wow a lot of the new concept art and box art mockups are really interesting.

 

[cornontheCoD]

Edit: Yeah, I am pretty sure that Aperature is a different way of spelling it than we usually see. I don't know if it matters, but anything could be a clue at this point.

 

[Jubbly]

You absolutely need to login with the password to get the Potato.

Worth a punt

 

[Salsa]

4 Potatoes done, slowly advancing

 

[fugimax]

8 potatoes.

 

[afternoon delight]

The collected concept art, even so far, is really nice and appreciated.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Edit: Yeah, I am pretty sure that Aperature is a different way of spelling it than we usually see. I don't know if it matters, but anything could be a clue at this point.

Well it is actually spelled differently on that pic, so there may be something to it - 'Aperature' at the top, and the old 'Aperture' at the bottom.

 

[Jenga]

Well it is actually spelled differently on that pic, so there may be something to it - 'Aperature' at the top, and the old 'Aperture' at the bottom.

looks like 80's version of aperture

probably meant as concept art showing company history or some shit

 

[fugimax]

Is there a non-obvious way to get The Ball potato? This game is horrible and I suck at it.

 

[Goon Boon]

Is there a non-obvious way to get The Ball potato? This game is horrible and I suck at it.

Theres a save on that wiki with simple instructions, if you want to forgo your honor.

 

[Jintor]

I knew I should have started playing Super Meat Boy earlier. No way I'm getting up to 4-19 tonight :T

 

[MNC]

Oh man this ARG is so fucking huge. I hope the recruiters in DG don't get anything special as someone took my spot What's the meatboy login again?

 

[JaseC]

Oh man this ARG is so fucking huge. I hope the recruiters in DG don't get anything special as someone took my spot What's the meatboy login again?

http://valvearg.com/wiki/Aperture_Science_login_page#Login_Screens

 

[Jintor]

Releasing the Concept Art and those Songs via the ARG was definitely a great idea too, definitely a tangible sense of reward. And then having more puzzles hidden inside our prizes? Goddamn Valve!

/edit I wonder why all the img files of covers are Xbox covers?

 

[Vastag]

I just tried to get the potato for BIT.TRIP BEAT and holy fuck my eyes

MY EEEYYYYEEESSSSSSSSSSS

That game gives me headaches, seriously, it makes me all dizzy. No way I'm going to try to get the potato on it.

 

[corn_fest]

That game gives me headaches, seriously, it makes me all dizzy. No way I'm going to try to get the potato on it.

It made me feel awful until I changed it from 50Hz to 60 in the settings. You might want to look into that if you haven't already.

 

[Salsa]

5 potatoes and counting. That Toki Tori one was damn clever.

 

[Chinner]

i got two potatos, now my life has meaning.

 

[MNC]

I love the concept art. I usually am in love with Valve concept art

 

[ArtistDude88]

Ok, so I'm starting to see potatoes on people's Steam profiles... WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! :U

 

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[MNC]

G'daymn... :3

 

[Chinner]

anyone want to set up the church of gaben?

 

[Rur0ni]

*polevault snip*

LOL, GET OUT!

 

[Firehead]

http://i52.tinypic.com/sgqq03.jpg[IMG]
anyone want to set up the church of gaben?[/QUOTE]
There's already a church of GabeN. [url=http://store.steampowered.com/]Here.[/url]

Praise our savior, Gabe.

 

[Articalys]

This is just insane
It feels like they're putting more effort into this ARG than some developers put into entire games

 

[Stahsky]

Has there been any word on some sort of possible date to an end or anything with this?

 

[syoaran]

This is just insane
It feels like they're putting more effort into this ARG than some developers put into entire games

I think whats more amazing is how invested all the other developers are in this ARG. I'm very impressed at how all the individual companies all have their own role to play in this, very well planned detective piece.

 

[JaseC]

Has there been any word on some sort of possible date to an end or anything with this?

Possibly the 14th. (Last paragraph.)

 

[Jubbly]

I think whats more amazing is how invested all the other developers are in this ARG. I'm very impressed at how all the individual companies all have their own role to play in this, very well planned detective piece.

Don't forget they've all made a crap load of money off this, especially Tripwire, with the two of the most expensive titles in the ARG.

 

[MNC]

Possibly the 14th. (Last paragraph.)

Wah, does that say there are 13 test chambers in Portal 2? That seems... Short. Yes, the individual test chambers might be larger, but still.. Hmm... I can't shake the feeling :/

 

[JaseC]

Wah, does that say there are 13 test chambers in Portal 2? That seems... Short. Yes, the individual test chambers might be larger, but still.. Hmm... I can't shake the feeling :/

Nope, that's a reference to the 13 games in the Potato Sack.

Edit: Speaking of, I finally caved and bought the pack.

 

[MNC]

Nope, that's a reference to the 13 games in the Potato Sack.

Edit: Speaking of, I finally caved and bought the pack.

D'oh, ofcourse. Excuse my ignorance; this ARG is so big even the simple things are easy to miss.