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(Potential) ARG and Transmedia Storytelling projects => Finished Games / Projects => Topic started by: mjandersen on March 23, 2018, 11:13:33 PM

Title: [TRAILHEAD] Grandpa's VCR
Post by: mjandersen on March 23, 2018, 11:13:33 PM

I got a postcard in the mail earlier today (https://twitter.com/argn/status/977371850400464896) with a cipher on it.

Wasn't able to solve it myself, but luckily others received the same letter and did solve it (https://www.reddit.com/r/readyplayerone/comments/86j8rl/another_rpo_arg_vignere_cypher/).

Spoiler: show

Still not sure how I was supposed to get "RobertDalePendleton" as the decode for that, but it leads to GrandpasVCR.com - it's definitely positioning itself as a Ready Player One ARG, although the connections to the one already running are somewhat strained, with a number of signs pointing to fan game, just to help manage expectations. Underlined letters are JVS, which points to VHS tapes, as does the diagram which is apparently of VCR innards.

Countdown implies things will start heating up in a few days, although there's still a few things to dig into.