I attended the Vancouver pre-launch event for Bungie and Microsoft’s new Halo game the other night. (Read the report I wrote for the Georgia Straight.)
But in researching the publicity plan for the game’s release, I stumbled onto a few “YouTube”: videos – posted on Sept. 12 and Sept. 14 – that each show an object impacting Toronto from the sky.
Given that I found links to these at the Bungie ODST forum, it’s likely that we’re to “see” the impact as being an ODST pod.
The story of Halo 3: ODST is of a rookie trooper who becomes separated from their squad during a drop into New Mombassa. It’s possible that the “pod” we see streaking into downtown TO is a pod that’s warped through time. The I Love Bees ARG that promoted Halo 2 involved a time-travel plot line.
With less than a week before the game releases, it seems a bit late to be sparking up a viral campaign or ARG, but you never know.
Anyhow, just noting the existence of the videos for posterity. And as a node in case anyone is inclined to dig a little deeper.
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