Secret Revelations from the Future in Terminator Alternate Reality Game

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:30:39 PDT

We've written before about the Sarah Connor Chronicles alternate reality game (ARG), where players film themselves acting out the roles of workers at a corporation called Einitech Labs. Enitech has discovered a way to photograph pictures of the future using "tachyons." At first they just see newspapers that are several months in the future, but slowly they begin getting pictures of San Francisco in a post-apocalyptic state. And then they start getting stalked by robots. Each episode contains a puzzle, and this special BoingBoing TV episode of the ARG is no exception. Peek below to get the secret subliminal message.

What does it mean? Why are those robots chasing everybody? Will San Francisco really be reduced to a pile of rubble? Maybe if the Sarah Connor Chronicles is renewed, we'll find out.

Sarah Connor Chronicles ARG [BB TV]

Faster-Than-Light Camera Records Your Future

charliejane — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:20:23 PST

A camera that can see almost three years into the future might sound like a crazy hoax, but here's the proof. Enitech's new Gardner Project uses tachyons to cut through space time and see 1,191 days into the future. And now you too can get involved.

The Enitech team is seeking suggestions of where to point their amazing future-cam next. What landmarks would you like to look at the future of? Perhaps you'd like to know if your ex's dog-grooming business will still go under in a couple years, so you can gloat in advance. Just be warned: the "observer effect" dictates that by witnessing the future, we may change it. Luckily, so far the camera has only revealed bright futures of urban renewal, gentrification and runaway construction.

So what would you like to see through the future cam?

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Secret Revelations from the Future in Terminator Alternate Reality Game

Faster-Than-Light Camera Records Your Future