The players of the Dexter / Serial Huntress ARG were given a video that lead them to a new website that gave them some interesting recipes to try out.

Beef Chili To Die For
1. Brown the meat in a large skillet with vegetable oil. Add water then simmer covered for an hour until meat is tender.
2. Heat oil in medium saucepan. Add canned kidney beans, oregano, celery, onion and green pepper, then sauté for 2 minutes.
3. Add garlic-onion-flour mixture to cooked meat. Then add remaining ingredients to meat mixture. Simmer for a half hour.
4. Let soup sit and cool to about 34 °C
5. Stir for approximately 19 seconds then indulge in your meal.

Hearty Veal Roast
1. Mix together salt, pepper and cinnamon, then rub over roast.
2. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a large skillet. Add onions, garlic, parsley thyme and tarragon. Mix together then set aside.
3. Use a pan large enough to hold all ingredients. Cover then bake at 118 °C for a long time – over an hour.
4. Uncover pan and continue baking for 13 minutes.
5. Transfer meat to serving platter. Skim fat from cooking juices then pour over roast.
6. Cut roast to desired serving size then, using a fork and knife, cut a small piece off. Blow for 4 seconds then taste your hearty meal.

This is my Friday afternoon special. I hope you enjoy it. And remember, using different cooking equipment may yield different results, so be sure to check-in on your meal.

Using the numbers in the recipes (degrees, minutes, seconds), the players came up with a GPS coordinate: 34° 2′ 19″ N, 118° 13′ 4″ W. This is near Hollenbeck Park in Los Angeles. It’s also right next to the abandoned Linda Vista Hospital, which is now used primarily as a filming location, which makes it an ideal setting for an event in a serial killer ARG.

The recipe says this is a “Friday afternoon special,” but doesn’t give any specific time or directions on what to do once you get there (besides checking in I guess). Seems odd for it to be so vague considering Friday is a workday, but it’s possible that more information will be forthcoming in the next 24 hours.

Further Information: Serial Huntress Thread — Unfiction thread — #serialhuntress IRC room — #safehaven IRC room (In-Game) — Recap

In order to pull off their current heist, Anna and Lewis need to contact a black market operative by the name of Orson. Because Orson doesn’t wish to have his identity known, he is leaving us a message in the July 16th edition of the LA Times.

So if you are in LA, or are able to get your hands on a copy of the paper tomorrow, look for a message from Orson. When you have found it, email the details to Anna at 1234@secretlewis.com

Further Information: Secret Lewis — @SecretLewis — Unfiction thread

One of the rewards for successfully completing the Zero Hour Challenge of February 24th was the unlocking of a new website: Pit Cell.

Pit Cell has information on what is being called an “Exclusive Limited Event” being held at 5 different IMAX Theaters this weekend.

New York
AMC Loews Lincoln Square IMAX – Sat., Feb. 27, 10:00AM EST

Los Angeles
IMAX Theatre at The Bridge – Sat., Feb. 27, 2:30PM PST

London
bfi London IMAX Cinema – Sat., Feb. 27, 1:30PM GMT

Toronto
Scotiabank IMAX Theater – Sat., Feb. 27, 11:00AM EST

Sydney
LG IMAX Theatre – Sun., Feb. 28, 10:00AM EDT

In order to attend one of these events, you must be a registered member of Flynn Lives and sign up for tickets when they become available online today, February 25, 2010 at 4pm EST.

Local times of online ticket release:

New York – 4PM EST
Los Angeles – 1PM PST
London – 9PM GMT
Toronto – 4PM EST
Sydney – 8AM EDT (*2/26)

Current speculation is that this is going to be either a new trailer for Tron Legacy or perhaps an extended scene from the movie. Either way it should be fun if you live in one of the lucky cities and manage to snag a ticket. Make sure you pre-register on Flynn Lives well before the ticket release so that you don’t waste valuable time trying to secure tickets that are sure to go fast.

Further Information: Flynn Lives — Unfiction thread — Tron Wiki — ARGN — Movie Viral

Over on the Flynn Lives website, there is a countdown that will hit zero on February 24th at 11am EST. Below the countdown there is a slowly revealing list of city names. Current speculation is that things will be happening in those cities when the countdown hits zero, but it’s far too early to tell at this point in time. If you live in or near one of those cities, keep the countdown page or back here for updates within the next 5 days.

 

Update: So the image has completely resolved and all of the cities have been revealed. The original list posted was pretty close to what it finished up to be (the two switches were Detroit -> Denver and Indianapolis -> Minneapolis). We still don’t know what is going to be going on in those cities or exactly where things will be happening, but hopefully an update is on its way so those people who are contemplating taking off work will know if they should or not.

Further Information: Flynn Lives — Unfiction thread — Tron Wiki — ARGN — Movie Viral

Okay, here’s the deal. We have two more dead drops based upon the new book tour dates posted at the Farewell Atlantis Facebook page. We know the cities and the dates, but not the actual location. In order to get that, we need at least one person to check out one of the 800+ gas stations during the info drop periods, get the address, and then share it with the group.

It should be noted that Soren Ulfert has totally slacked off on alerting us to when the info drops are occurring. By my calculations, there should be an info drop today, but there has been no mention of it. Soren has also changed the time of the drops the last few times so that there is only a morning session (8a – 12p) instead of an afternoon session as well. Of course, since he hasn’t told us anything lately, this could have changed again. But I have to imagine someone somewhere is in a position where they could just swing by one of the locations without it being too far out of their way.

Update: Soren actually gave a blog update with the dates and times. He’s gone back to the original schedule of 8a-noon two days before the drop and 3-6pm one day before the drop. So to recap:

Information on Dallas dead drop:
October 26: 8a – 12p
October 27: 3p – 6p

Information on Philadelphia dead drop:
October 28: 8a – 12p
October 29: 3p – 6p

Anyone with access to one of the 800+ gas stations can retrieve this information.

So, if you live in one of the 15 metro areas listed above, find a gas station near you from the list, swing by today or tomorrow AND Wednesday or Thursday, grab the info and let me know about it. Easiest thing in the world, right?

Further Information: Soren’s blog — Corruption Theory blog — Charlie Frost’s Recap of Events — Unfiction thread

So the result of the first round of information from Corruption Theory and Soren Ulfert has given us a place, date and time to seemingly get more information

Meltdown Comics & Collectibles
7522 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Monday, October 5, 2009
1-3pm

Codeword: 2012

If this is going to be anything like what Corruption Theory first reported, this is probably just a dead drop to provide a data exchange. CT received a bag with a cell phone that contained his encrypted document, but who knows what will be at this meet.

And remember, CT believes that there may be multiple people on the “guest list” so you shouldn’t have to worry about showing up a little late. Then again, after the large turnout to the Something in the Sea event, you might want to consider going earlier rather than later if you really want something.

Also, don’t forget that there should be a second round of information coming out on the gas station tv screens Monday from 8am-noon and Tuesday from 3-6pm. That should give us another location (I’m guessing another comic store) for a pickup on Wednesday.

Update: We have reports that at least four people went to the location where they met a woman handing out manila envelopes that contained a cellphone, a thumb drive and building plans. The players are supposed to keep the cell phone charged and not use it for personal reasons, so it’s a safe bet that they’ll be getting a call in the future regarding Project Naaczaal.

Further Information: Soren’s blog — Corruption Theory blog — Charlie Frost’s Recap of Events — Unfiction thread

This is the last set of drops for the Frenzied Waters promotion. You can follow @FrenziedWaters on Twitter to keep track of the status of the drops. They’ve been pretty good at replying if you are on your way out to a drop and want to make sure it’s there. If this is like the previous sets of drops, the capsules will be in some sort of shop near the coordinates.

Thanks to @krystyn for transcribing and posting the coordinates and Google maps links to Unfiction. If she hadn’t posted those, this would post would have been much later as I am still trying to recover from ARGFest this weekend.

July 20th Drops

25 47 47.51, -80 14 50.64 — Miami, FL — Confirmed found

38 54 0.22, -76 59 11.76 — Washington, D.C.

42 23 50.71, -82 55 13.48 — Detroit, MI — Confirmed found

41 56 32.28, -87 39 8.82 — Chicago, IL — Confirmed found

32 47 5.64, -96 48 58.28 — Dallas, TX — Confirmed found

39 56 54.89, -75 9 59.90 — Philadelphia, PA — Confirmed found

33 37 44.33, -117 57 11.45 — Newport Beach, CA — Confirmed found

33 46 17.62, -84 21 9.43 — Atlanta, GA — Confirmed found

40 47 8.66, -73 59 4.09 — New York, NY — (FrenziedWaters keeps saying DC is the only drop left, but they haven’t actually confirmed this pickup.)

42 21 34.27, -71 4 15.13 — Boston, MA — Confirmed found

37 48 26.35, -122 24 57.42 — San Francisco, CA — Confirmed found

Further Information: FrenziedWaters.com — @FrenziedWaters

Frenzied Waters, the new promotional game for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, has released 11 news capsules into the wild, according to their website at FrenziedWaters.com and their Twitter account @FrenziedWaters. The capsules are believed to hold artifacts from different tragic events regarding sharks.

Update: It seems as if there will be a total of three different drops in these cities. One last week, one today and one next week (July 20th). So the earlier tweets from @FrenziedWaters saying that the capsules in certain cities have been found do not apply to the second group. Wish that had been made clearer. Also wish there was a mute button on the main page. And I still want to know what it wanted me to sign into Facebook for. I authorized it, but all I get is the loading twirl and nothing more.

Note: The Confirmed status on each of these drops is my best guess based upon the tweets from @FrenziedWaters and may or may not be accurate – especially when they start to overlap.

July 7th Drops – Asbury Park, NJ

41° 58’ 1.63”, -87° 41’ 15.79 — Chicago, IL — Confirmed found

42° 21’ 15.01”, -71° 3’ 15.63 — Boston, MA — Confirmed found

39° 55’ 56.83”, -75° 8’ 38.87 — Philadelphia, PA — Confirmed found

38° 55’ 12.15”, -77° 2’ 29.24 — Washington, DC — Confirmed found

25° 47’ 57.00”, -80° 7’ 38.33 — Miami, FL — Confirmed found

32° 49’ 5.76”, -96° 46’ 55.93 — Dallas, TX — Confirmed found

40° 45’ 35.64”, -73° 59’ 39.53 — NYC, NY — Confirmed found

33° 47’ 9.46”, -84° 24’ 16.35 — Atlanta, GA — Confirmed found

42° 29’ 4.25”, -83° 8’ 35.80 — Detroit, MI — Confirmed found

33° 59’ 47.76, -118° 26’ 6.83 — Los Angeles, CA — Confirmed found

37° 46’ 22.32”, -122° 30’ 38.81 – San Francisco, CA — Confirmed found

July 13th Drops – Battle of the Coral Sea

25° 43′ 47.32″, -80° 14′ 23.89″ — Miami, FL — Confirmed found

38° 54′ 18.72″, -77° 03′ 55.15″ — Washington, DC — Confirmed found

42° 29′ 23.96″, -83° 08′ 30.05″ — Detroit, MI — Confirmed found

41° 56′ 09.67″, -87° 38′ 51.43″ — Chicago, IL — Confirmed found

32° 48′ 06.91″, -96° 47′ 09.64″ — Dallas, TX — Confirmed found

39° 56′ 19.36″, -75° 09′ 11.38″ — Philadelphia, PA — Confirmed found

34° 08′ 02.04″, -118° 21′ 29.52″ — Los Angeles, CA — Confirmed found

33° 46′ 57.54″, -84° 16′ 24.82″ — Atlanta, GA — Confirmed found

40° 42′ 18.65″, -74° 00 10.66″ — New York City, NY — Confirmed found

42° 22′ 20.82″, -71° 04 44.62″ — Boston, MA — Confirmed found

37° 45′ 34.42″, -122° 25′ 17.40″ — San Francisco, CA — Confirmed found

The hidden capsules should be similar to the one already pictured on Frenzied Water’s Flickr page. Other than that, there has been no specific information on what to expect at these coordinates. The capsules have been located inside businesses. At least two have been inside dive shops, but a third was found within a boutique shop, so they really could be at any business in the area, so make sure you ask around.

Further Information: FrenziedWaters.com — @FrenziedWaters

Prototype161, an ongoing game that has had several live events in the past year. Their latest event will be taking place at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, CA according to an email received by Unfiction member church.

Agent,

Prototype161 is satisfied to announce evaluations for new and potential agents in Los Angeles. Using our Interactive Evaluation System and a cell phone, recruits can subject themselves to automated assesment at the following event:
E3 Expo – Los Angeles, California – June 2nd-4th, 2009.

Evaluation materials can be acquired by expo attendees at any time during expo hours. Report to booth 652 in the South Hall to begin. Information about E3 can be found at http://e3insider.com.

Prototype161 urges agents to maintain vigillance and keep an eye on the event calendar for the coming year at www.prototype161.com/events. As always, you may use the Prototype161 Agent Network to collaborate with other agents at www.prototype161.com/login.

Have an adequate summer, and do not fail us.

Prototype161

According to the E3 website, this event is not open to the public, so you’ll already have to be an E3 attendee in order to be able to participate in the Prototype161 assessment.

Further information: Unfiction thread — Prototype161 website

Skynet Research is going to be airing their new infomercial on FOX affiliates later this week. Despite the fact that you can already see it on their Vimeo page, the Resistance site Resist or Be Terminated believes that something new might be hidden in the broadcast versions.

So if you live in NYC or LA, fire up your DVR and record the infomercial and see if there is anything puzzley to be found.

Further Information: Unfiction thread — Resist or Be Terminated blog

Update: The first two infomercials have aired, and ResistOrBeTerminated.com hacked the feed and broadcast their own version of the infomercial. They plan on hacking the next two broadcasts as well, so there still might be new information to be had.