Muty
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Valve updated portal with some weird radio stuff yesterday that I didn't payed much attention to. Turns out the hype machine is on max
These guys know how to market their stuff.
from here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1170872-Portal gets surprise update March 1st
-People see new mystery achievement
-People play and see the radio in the beginning room now has a green light
-Carry it around and notice it makes strange broadcast interference noises in certain places
-Locate and place all 26 of these mystery radios for achievement
-Smart people yank .wav files out of game content folders and run them through SSTV programs http://i49.tinypic.com/s4b7zn.jpg
-Produces 22 cryptic image files in a numbered sequence, 4 morse code
-Somebody runs the number string through an md5 hash translator and gets a landline number
-Internet traces it to Kirkland, WA (near Valve HQ)
-People find out its not a phone/fax line but a data line hosting a BBS and telnet it
-Use a clue from one of the files to figure out the BBS user/password login info [backup/backup]
-End up with a bunch of weird ASCII artwork
These guys know how to market their stuff.