Hidden messages in Assassin’s Creed 2
For AC2, Ubisoft really have created a much deeper and more involved experience, some of which shows the level of detail of an ARG for Desmond amongst all that rooftop running and stabbing.
Uncovering glyphs prompts a series of visual mini-games to unlock small video snippets and one of these mini-games also had the following morse code randomly printed on one screen:
- . — .–. .-.. .- .-. – . -..- – … .- -.. .- .–. – . -.. -… -.– — .-. .-.-.- … — .. – ….
A quick trip to google and we find it says TEMPLARTEXTSADAPTEDBYMR.SMITH, which then begs the question who is Mr. Smith? Makes me wish I’d written down the earlier binary clue hidden in one of the pictures to see what it said.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta codes
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Modern Warfare 2: First impressions
Can’t say I’m impressed so far, seems like they took the praise for the AC130 level and went crazy with it, nearly half of the missions I’ve played have some sort of minigame that doesn’t involve running and gunning.
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Sometimes more bells and whistles aren’t the answer.
Eat Lead $10 from NewEgg, free shipping
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Boldy go blow up some Romulans
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