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There's Korean writing in Surgery Simulator...and has nothing to do with Half-Life.
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KINGofCRA5H
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Paging En Ex.... we need his logic and reason up in here
JB2448
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Perhaps in reference to Saturnalia? December 17th is a very plausible release date for a game, right?
Holy shit, why am I doing this to myself?
A Human Becoming
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Uno Venova
Banned
Man, poor half life fans, couldn't imagine waiting for so long with not a peep from the devs.
I have made NO changes to my settings and my profile or steam community stuff logged in or out is in Korean for me????
How do I switch it back?
http://steamcommunity.com/id/gowans
How do I switch it back?
http://steamcommunity.com/id/gowans
The arrow doesn't point at Saturn, it points at Saturn going somewhere.
This may be relevant:
http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-partners-with-saturn-venus-and-mercury-pair-on-june-19#.UcyczYl5mc0
This may be relevant:
http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-partners-with-saturn-venus-and-mercury-pair-on-june-19#.UcyczYl5mc0
Girls don't play videogames.
What about the fine lady in your avatar?
Mr.Monitor
Member
Toseong is Saturn in Korean. Maybe this will help?
cyberheater
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I thought that about Duke Nukem Forever. And look how good that game turned out to be...
The Librarian
Banned
Girls don't play videogames.
Is that why I called a boy three times in the last gaming thread I made?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
She's spoken for, sir
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
I'm in it now, unless it's an object you get on your desk for completing later surgeries I see absolutely nothing shaped like what's in the screenshot on the whole desk.
Buttonbasher
Member
Yeah the term Alternate Reality Game has been kind of spread across a lot of things like transmedia, viral marketing, and chaotic fiction campaigns. The problem is too many people tend to group Alternate Reality Games together with being marketing, when really there are a ton of campaigns that just run on their own, and provide a really fascinating storytelling platform. Unfortunately the ARG's that market things tend to get more exposure, causing the perception to shift towards that.
They let you become a part of the story, in your everyday routine.
The Potato sack had some limited real world events, but the term ARG is still spread pretty thin.
So much hype.
If I understand all this correctly..
- First came a patch update for localization (Including Korean)
- Then Team Fortress 2 got a Surgery Simulator update with this on the bottom of an object. Are there any other unusual changes // recent updates to their games? Was anything else relevant found in this game? Additionally, are we certain there are no changes to Half-Life 2 except for the localization? (Or was it just Surgery Sim. that was updated? If so, how does that have anything to do with Valve?)
If I understand all this correctly..
- First came a patch update for localization (Including Korean)
- Then Team Fortress 2 got a Surgery Simulator update with this on the bottom of an object. Are there any other unusual changes // recent updates to their games? Was anything else relevant found in this game? Additionally, are we certain there are no changes to Half-Life 2 except for the localization? (Or was it just Surgery Sim. that was updated? If so, how does that have anything to do with Valve?)
ThreeSixty
December 16, 2009. 4:00 AM. THE LIGHT FIELD is the force. The mind. That guides. Controls.
Left for Dead 3 set in Korea sounds surprisingly realistic. I do think it would be hilarious if Valve announced Half Life 3 but as an exclusive for the Sega Saturn. Seriously not even a PC release. Just the Sega Saturn.
Nice try, but I don't think HL-fans are desperate enough to believe THAT.
....
OMG GUYS HALF LIFE 3 ARG CONFIRMD!!!!!!!J!J!!!1!!!
But I'm not being mean. Every pixel in anything Valve related suddenly means Half Life 3. It's obnoxious.
BannedEpisode
Member
That would be pretty damn funny to me if it all turned out to be a ruse from some bored modder.
AHA-Lambda
Member
ok that's the first genuine curious piece of info I've seen (if true)
Valve really has to bring the house down with HL3. The preceding titles are widely held to be the best games ever made. It has to be epic, and fitting with the story-behind-the-story theme. If it turns out that the road to HL3 reveal begins in Surgery Simulator, and someone just happened on the detail... Can you imagine how many other games would be absolutely scoured for other clues?
Also, what... is going on there? Is this from a real newscast?
Also, what... is going on there? Is this from a real newscast?
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Looks like someone on the steam forums has a screenshot of the object uploaded to the steam community. It could still be a shopped texture, but at least it's evident that the screenshot itself wasn't tampred:
You have to beat the TF2 DLC in order to get the medic figurine on your desk.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=155959834
You have to beat the TF2 DLC in order to get the medic figurine on your desk.
PandaPedinte
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lol at the thread rename. xD
I speel my dreenk
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Go home, haters; you are drunk.
It's happening.
It's happening.
Wind's Howling
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How many times has it happened in the past 6 years?
AHA-Lambda
Member
I laughed out loud in the office.
Nailed itSomething to do with Uranus?
She was fixing her mic or something like this. Not what you're hoping for I know.
Mister_Bubbles
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Many. Each one a single footstep on the path to inevitability.
Fare Godmace
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The perfect Dark
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KINGofCRA5H
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Intheflorsh
Banned
At least we now know this is an official thing, not just the work of some modder.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Is it really that... time again?
The Librarian
Banned
Who is that?
I'm not even really a "fan" -- and I still think this could be HL3 related.
NotoriousPUG
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The hangman is 25Sat1
The first two letters point between 2nd and 3rd planet so 2.5. Saturn is referenced obviously.
The next Saturday that is the 25th is in January.
So HL3 is released on January 25th, 2014. You're welcome.
Edit: Korea gets early release obviously.
Surgeon Simulator devs.
Sandy Nipples
Banned
Imagine one day nonchalantly opening Steam, you notice the Summer Sale has started, you watch the featured games scroll by, then, Half Life 3, $59.99, right there, in front of you, no hype, no information, just HL3 released. The internet would break.
Mushroomer25
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Let's look at this realistically. Here are the possible scenarios.
1. It's a coincidence. The same week HL2 updates itself into full Korean (according to Valve, an unintended consequence), somebody finds a teaser puzzle from the Surgeon Simulator devs that also happens to include Korean text.
2. A Valve ARG (for something that ISN'T Half-Life 3) is revealed through a Half-Life 2 update. Considering Valve's history with people mistaking their previous teasers for HL3 promos, this would be almost cruel.
3. The Surgeon Simulator devs see the hype around the Korean text update, and add the teaser into the game, as a fun hoax.
4. Half Life 3 is coming, and it's coming soon.
1. It's a coincidence. The same week HL2 updates itself into full Korean (according to Valve, an unintended consequence), somebody finds a teaser puzzle from the Surgeon Simulator devs that also happens to include Korean text.
2. A Valve ARG (for something that ISN'T Half-Life 3) is revealed through a Half-Life 2 update. Considering Valve's history with people mistaking their previous teasers for HL3 promos, this would be almost cruel.
3. The Surgeon Simulator devs see the hype around the Korean text update, and add the teaser into the game, as a fun hoax.
4. Half Life 3 is coming, and it's coming soon.
