Black Mesa ARG - Games - Facepunch Forum

[url]http://www.kxbm.net/article/?10360/all-clear-given-for-black-mesa-evacuation-zone[/url] Anyone have any idea what it means? It's pretty clear that it's probably having to do with an announcement of the finished product at GDC assuming this isn't a fake. I suck a decrypting things but I know a lot of you guys are talented. [editline]20th February 2015[/editline] [url]https://twitter.com/time_van[/url] He has a twitter

I did some digging. First off, clicking the title redirects you to kxbm.net which is a static page with flickering images of G-man. In fact, clicking any of the links as far as I've seen take you to that static page with G-man giving you the care-bear stare. [t]http://puu.sh/g63ig/875ebbb496.jpg[/t] Upon inspecting the original article page, I first took a look at the image and noticed that it had some odd looking name as the image's title. It looked like Base64 so I threw it in a decoder and this is what it came out to [quote="Encrypted"]SXQncyBub3Qgb3VyIGZhdWx0Lg==[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]It's not our fault.[/quote] I took a break and decided to check out some hot local desert singles in my area on the right side of the page [t]http://puu.sh/g640V/07679fb03a.jpg[/t] Back to the original trail, I went to kxbm.net to see if I could find anything else. Inspecting the page I got into the assets folder after seeing they stored their website's background image there. I found the original video that was used as the background to that page: [url]http://kxbm.net/assets/background.mp4[/url] Their meta-property for the twitter tag is also "@blackmesadevs". Figuring I pretty much dug up all I could there I went back to the News area and scrolled to the bottom to see if any of the links went anywhere weird. Oddly, all of the links were actually just one hidden picture with more Base64 encrypted as their name. [t]http://puu.sh/g64FA/80099bf5b0.png[/t] [quote="Encrypted"]VGhlIHNjaWVuY2UgdGVhbSBoYXMgYmVlbiB0cmFja2luZyB5b3VyIHByb2dyZXNzIHdpdGggdGhlIEJsYWNrIE1lc2Egc2VjdXJpdHkgc3lzdGVtLiBVbmZvcnR1bmF0ZWx5LCBzbyBpcyB0aGUgbWlsaXRhcnku[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]The science team has been tracking your progress with the Black Mesa security system. Unfortunately, so is the military.[/quote] And another script which had Base64 in it [img]http://puu.sh/g64L8/7072fe779b.png[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]V2l0aCBteSBicmFpbnMgYW5kIHlvdXIgYnJhd24sIHdlJ2QgbWFrZSBhbiBleGNlbGxlbnQgdGVhbS4=[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]With my brains and your brawn, we'd make an excellent team.[/quote] More Base 64 [img]http://puu.sh/g64Ta/79e751ff23.jpg[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]RmF0IGxvdCBvZiBnb29kIHRoYXQgUGguRCBkb2VzIG1lIG5vdw==[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]Fat lot of good that Ph.D does me now[/quote] [img]http://puu.sh/g64Vf/c444f78926.jpg[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]SSd2ZSBiZWVuIHdhaXRpbmcgaGVyZSBmb3IgYWdlcywgaG9waW5nIHNvbWVvbmUgd291bGQgY29tZSBhbG9uZyE=[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]I've been waiting here for ages, hoping someone would come along![/quote] [img]http://puu.sh/g64Zp/530adcc843.jpg[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]SWYgeW91IGxldCB1cyBhbGwgZGllLCBGcmVlbWFuLCB5b3UnbGwgbmV2ZXIgZ2V0IG91dCBvZiBoZXJlLg==[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]If you let us all die, Freeman, you'll never get out of here.[/quote] [img]http://puu.sh/g65lR/c16074fe3c.jpg[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]SWYgeW91IGludGVuZCB0byBnbyBvbiwgdGhlbiwgSSBiZWcgb2YgeW91LCBwcm9jZWVkIHdpdGggZXh0cmVtZSBjYXV0aW9uLg==[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]If you intend to go on, then, I beg of you, proceed with extreme caution.[/quote] Curiously, the above one contained a message commented in the source code [quote]Get away from there, Freeman! I'm expecting an important message[/quote] [img]http://puu.sh/g65bJ/d8950d3891.jpg[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]VGhlIGRpbWVuc2lvbmFsIGJyZWFjaCBpcyBkZWZpbml0ZWx5IHRyYW5zbWl0dGluZyBvcmdhbmljIG1hdHRlci4=[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]The dimensional breach is definitely transmitting organic matter.[/quote] [img]http://puu.sh/g65ev/b6b7912954.jpg[/img] [quote="Encrypted"]SSBjYW4gc2VlIHlvdSBhbHJlYWR5IGtub3cgYSBncmVhdCBkZWFsIG1vcmUgdGhhbiBhbnkgb25lIG1hbiBpcyBzdXBwb3NlZCB0by4=[/quote] [quote="Decrypted"]I can see you already know a great deal more than any one man is supposed to.[/quote] Anyway, that's pretty much all I could find. Make of it what you will.

Wow, that image is not far off from where I pictured Black Mesa being [URL="https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2608293,-107.0435815,3282a,20y,81.73t/data=!3m1!1e3"]located[/URL].

ARG for Black Mesa's xen homeworld part or unrelated? [editline]21st February 2015[/editline] The stream is showing a face and making noise at kxbm.net too. [editline]21st February 2015[/editline] oh it's G-man. [editline]21st February 2015[/editline] Apparently the homepage has a downloadable distorted image of gman that is nearly 2mb in size but only 1280x644 , anyone wanna check on that?

[QUOTE=WitheredGryphon;47183280]I did some digging. More Base 64 [img]http://puu.sh/g64Ta/79e751ff23.jpg[/img] Anyway, that's pretty much all I could find. Make of it what you will.[/QUOTE] What if the reason the launch is delayed is because of the rocket that Freeman launches in HL1?

[QUOTE=FlandersNed;47183788]What if the reason the launch is delayed is because of the rocket that Freeman launches in HL1?[/QUOTE] Man an event that would have happened 16 years ago delays the SpaceX launch? They really cant catch a break

[url]http://kxbm.net/#my-weather[/url] What happens when you click the weather forecast link. So I guess it's gonna be sunny with a chance of portal storms and inter-dimensional invasion? [editline]21st February 2015[/editline] That's what I assume when [I]my[/I] connection acts like that, anyway.

[QUOTE=CAPT Opp4;47184786][url]http://kxbm.net/#my-weather[/url] What happens when you click the weather forecast link. So I guess it's gonna be sunny with a chance of portal storms and inter-dimensional invasion? [editline]21st February 2015[/editline] That's what I assume when [I]my[/I] connection acts like that, anyway.[/QUOTE] ALL of the links aside from the Social Media ones do that, we've already established this.

That static sound might be some sstv code

You might want to head over here: [url]http://forums.blackmesasource.com/index.php/Thread/13735-ARG-The-Pizza-Code-Mystery/?pageNo=132[/url] They've worked on the ARG for a few years now.