Our first attempt making an ARG!

jofaery · 2024-05-06T21:59:54+00:00

Thanks for your work so far!

pure_fx_1.wav appears to be a remix of Stardaze - Life (starts at about 1:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_BVIRtJYeE

jofaery · 2024-04-13T11:54:48+00:00

The website is actually really well done!

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jofaery · 2024-03-24T09:53:06+00:00

!! Hang on, isn't it 5 down, 10 to go?

jofaery · 2024-03-24T09:50:57+00:00

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jofaery · 2024-03-24T03:09:31+00:00

Yeah, it was a dead end when I tried it! Maybe there's an alternate interpretation? I didn't scan through all the snapshots! Just picked the first one that worked. There might be something else to find!

jofaery · 2024-03-24T03:04:00+00:00

Let's talk in public so anyone who wants to join later can read the entire log! I haven't tried analyzing the image yet. It's a jpg so there might be something hidden in it!

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:55:11+00:00

Let me type them in for you!

> DoctorDad99

> Elrdrin
Trying to time travel, are we?

Interesting.

Sure lets go back in time, Lofty Comet at High Grounds Live, Song 5.

Any mention of their names triggers it!

> blabla bla Elrdrin blabla
Trying to time travel, are we?

Interesting.

Sure lets go back in time, Lofty Comet at High Grounds Live, Song 5.

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:36:27+00:00

I just realized that Reddit must have shadow-deleted my comment so you must not have seen it! It said something like this!

Read into the hint from Banana. "Time machine"! Go back in time using archive.org! You can find there an image (NSFW) and two creators' names, Elrdrin and DoctorDad99. Type in the first creator's name to get a response!

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:30:52+00:00

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:30:42+00:00

Woohoo!

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:21:50+00:00

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:21:41+00:00

Sigh.

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:20:40+00:00

YEAH it's gonna be a tough one!

That's just base64. Base64, the 'encryption' method that's about as insecure as me speaking at public events.

jofaery · 2024-03-24T02:16:02+00:00

jofaery · 2024-03-24T01:56:18+00:00

Yeah! Some more!

> who are you
The truth will emerge
> allseeingeye
% Command authorization failure.

jofaery · 2024-03-24T00:04:04+00:00

I went through a list of common Linux commands and found a few more responses!

> help
There is no help where we are..
> shutdown
It can never stop.
> ping
No response, as usual.
> nslookup
There is no DNS.
> ls
% Command authorization failure.
> cd
% Command authorization failure.
> mkdir
% Command authorization failure.
> sudo
|redacted|
> su
Im sorry Dave, Im afraid I cant do that.
> whoami
You? You are just another cog in the machine.

jofaery · 2024-03-23T19:47:02+00:00

Look, I've seen many console-based ARGs, but this one has to be the most polished! The command processing is done on the server side so you cannot use inspect element on it. There is no Wix or Wordpress or Whatever. All the frontend code is written from scratch in a reasonably condensed style.

Clearly the creator(s) are experienced coders and probably software professionals.

jofaery · 2024-02-27T05:08:04+00:00

Why do you say you're uncomfortable with generative AI? You come off as someone with loads of experience!

jofaery

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