April, 2008
April 26th, 2008 | Digg This
The countdown on “It’s all part of the plan” has gone down to three days, but now all the president portraits are click-able. Clicking each one reveals a larger image with a flash countdown, geographical co-ordinates and these instructions:
Gather with 300 of your closest friends at this exact spot on April 28th.
You’ll need to be in contact with a partner-in-crime who has online access to relay your instructions once you’re there. These instructions will give you the TRAIL to follow, but be sure to look both ways when crossing the street; we wouldn’t want you to make an unscheduled visit to the ER now, would we?
Put on a smile and plan to spend about an hour or so bonding with your fellow clowns.
Check back here often for updates or changes.
Note the TRAIL-ER.
Boston | New York | Los Angeles | Kansas City | Philadelphia | Toronto | Chicago | San Francisco | Dallas | London | Seattle | Sao Paolo
Continue reading our coverage of the Why So Serious scavenger hunt with vaults and codes
April 25th, 2008 | Digg This
Bryan has been in contact to inform us of a large number of updates to assorted viral sites.
Ibelieveinharveydent has updated with a message from Harvey Dent for his supporters that stuck with him throughout the slur campaign. Download Audio Message. Zdravko has also told us about an email he received from the Harvey Dent campaign:
Last week, our campaign looked like it was on its last legs. The media was burying us, and urged us to withdraw for the sake of Gotham City. The smear campaign, with its vicious lies against Harvey Dent, spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the one man who can save Gotham.
But now - thanks to people like you - things look very different. Thousands of people gathered in the Dent for DA headquarters for its reopening. And I saw something different in the crowd. Something has changed. The “White Knight Incident,” as it has become known, is allowing people to see Harvey Dent differently. Not just as a man with the guts and the toughness to change Gotham. But as a symbol of the best of Gotham City - a Gotham we almost forgot existed.
But that Gotham City does exist. It’s a Gotham where ordinary people can walk out their door at night without fearing for their lives. It’s a Gotham where the good can triumph over the evil. It’s a Gotham where justice isn’t just for the rich and powerful, but for everyone.
With your help, we’ll bring back that vision of Gotham. On Election Day, everything changes. Harvey Dent will take back Gotham City - thanks to the hard work of people like you.
See you on election day!
Allan Cypes
MaidenAvenueReport comments on the captured and extradited cops, a television interview from the hostage saved by Harvey Dent, a missing GCN reporter and the huge swing in support for Dent. Political campaigner Dana Worthington has added news to her site. Glenn Barhyte has new email and the forums at Citizens for Batman have also been updated. Continue reading to see the updated articles from I Believe in Harvey Dent…
April 24th, 2008 | Digg This
Operation Slipknot has completed:
EXCELLENT WORK!
Operation Slipknot is complete. Even though three suspects remain at large, your work represents a huge step forward in cleaning up our beloved city.
The fugitives are being arrested, handcuffed, and extradited back to Gotham for prosecution.
Doesn’t it feel better to be on the right side of the law for once?
Thanks to you, Gotham can hold its head high once again. But do me one favor… stay out of trouble.
-Gordon.
Clicking each of the suspects shows how they were caught. Shortly after the completion (despite three missed suspects), participants received a phone call from Jim Gordon (DOWNLOAD).
humanresources@whysoserious then sent out a text to the mobiles in the packages received - pointing us towards a new Why So Serious Page: “It’s All Part of the Plan“.
There’s a four day countdown and a lever in the top right - clicking the lever reveals a brand new Dark Knight Poster: “Welcome to a world without rules” (Download Super Hi Resolution Image)
Sample of the high resolution poster:
April 24th, 2008 | Digg This
Packages handed out to the lucky few involved in Jim Gordon’s covert Operational Slipknot have today received their travel packages.Those with the details on the fugitives have been slowly filling in the gaps and the corrupt officers are going to be “apprehended”:
The envelope itself contains a joker card, telephone (as expected), a Gotham city driving license, a foreign language phrase book, a Gotham City bank bond, a letter from Joseph Candoloro, a travel confirmation letter from Kinsly Travel and an itinerary for ticket-less travel.
Andrizzle, upsincefour, gobrutus and RawWulf at Superhero Hype have kindly posted detailed pictures of the package:
Entering the flight details at Kinsly Travel for GAL/2567:
Departure City: Chicago
Departure Time: 0745
Destination City: Bangalore
Arrival Time: 0215
Status: On Time
TCA/1298:
Departure City: St. Louis
Departure Time: 0543
Destination City: Dusseldorf
Arrival Time: 0235
Status: On Time
The Assignment also updated:
OPERATION SLIPKNOT
Within the last twenty-four hours, many of your colleagues intercepted packages intended for the 30 fugitives pictured here.
These informants are now receiving this critical evidence.
MCU is standing by. We need the information in the packages to be uploaded AS SOON AS IT IS RECEIVED. We will process the information and implement our final apprehension/extradition plans by 6:00 pm.
Time is of the essence. Do not let these suspects escape the long arm of Gotham City justice at the last minute. Upload the information immediately.
April 23rd, 2008 | Digg This
Today Jim Gordon sent out a new email to the Acme Security System’s Delos crowd:
OK friend, you’re up to bat now. You have yourself a new assignment: Operation Slipknot.
Linking to a new Gotham Major Crimes Unit page dedicated to “Operation Slipknot“.
Clicking each of the police images reveals details about the individuals. The assignment states,
OPERATION SLIPKNOT
Gotham Police Major Crimes Unit, in cooperation with the GPD Internal Affairs Division, needs you to help track down numerous offenders that are fugitives from justice. Interestingly, we’ve tracked all of these individuals to the same last known location: Gotham Intercontinental Hotel. But we don’t know where they’ve gone from there.
Call the hotel and convince the concierge to ship you a certain package that’s been sent there for each fugitive. Use the provided intel and whatever means you can to convince him that you’re the intended recipient, your travel plans have changed, and he needs to send the package to you. Once received, you should have all you need to fill in the blanks as to that fugitive’s location.
We will add details about additional fugitives as they become available. Time is of the essence, as we have only a short time before the trail runs cold. Your cooperation in this operation will go a long way. Good luck.
Heading over to the Gotham Intercontinental Hotel, we are presented with a telephone number to call their concierge - 1 866 306 5589.
The aim is to state that you are the officer and provide your reference number - as outlined by the INTEL:
You should have received your duplicate care packages by now. If not, contact the concierge at the Intercontinental and have him forward you your original package (reference #’s, as always, the total number of letters in your name followed by your last name shifted forward one letter, like 15DBOEPMPSP). He’s been instructed to send no-questions-asked if these ref #’s are used. Do NOT contact me.
Bon Voyage!
Then you must state that your travel arrangements have had to change, the concierge shall ask for a mailing address and then confirm that a package shall be sent out to that address overnight. You also need to provide a telephone number in case of problems. The phone lines are VERY BUSY and new fugitives are being added regularly
When you get your package, their is a submit button to provide the relevant details and turn them in:
If you have received a package, enter any pertinent intel on your subject here: the confirmation # of their ticket, the last name of the alias they’re traveling under, and the city they’re flying to. If everything checks out, we’ll forward it so that appropriate action can be taken.
Thanks Bruce, Maeghan and Carlos!
Update: All fugitives have been assigned and packages sent out. The game has gone quiet until tomorrow morning, when I’m sure it will return with more surprises!
April 20th, 2008 | Digg This
The long rumored, new Dark Knight trailer was aired at the New York Comic-con yesterday, and it is expected to arrive at your local theater in the next couple of weeks - when the internet gets it is anyone’s guess, though I imagine we’ll get a grainy bootleg shortly before a high-definition download-able version.
MTV have provided a trustworthy description of the trailer if you can’t take the wait,
- After a breathtaking shot of Batman perched high above Gotham, a voiceover from Heath Ledger’s Joker asks “Where do we begin?” Batman glides through the city.
- “Kill the Batman,” the Joker states to an adjoined meeting of mob bosses, before an explosion is shown and the subsequent showing of a Joker card. This seemingly gels with the suspicion that the Joker is controlling the mob through ransom (after robbing the mob-run bank in the IMAX preview).
- After several shots of Harvey Dent in District Attorney mode, we finally get everyone together as the Joker invades a fancy bash with Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), Alfred (Michael Caine), Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Sadly, the scene wasn’t topped off by the Penguin crashing through the floor on a giant duck.
- “The dawn is coming” says Dent in a voiceover.
- The Joker mutters “Here we go” before walking down a city street blowing stuff up in one particularly awesome scene.
- In one of the most foreboding moments of the trailer, Dent emphatically states “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Harvey Dent, of course, backwardly referencing his future transformation into super-villain “Two-Face.”
- Our eyes may have been playing tricks on us, but it certainly looked like the Joker drops Dawes at some point. The length of said drop is uncertain.
IGN have also been there, taking pictures, with some spectacular Batman and Joker figures:
And Washington Square News got the low down on The Dark Knight Scarecrow action figure:
