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The Start Screen's Chatterbox writes:

"Nothing has been confirmed from any parties about the "Whats in the box" video, but a find pops out that immediately suggests it's relation to the Half Life Series, and a possible viral.
Freeze frame the video at 1:22 and you'll notice at the bottom on the ticker this line:
"Millions feared dead … no news from disaster area … Largest single collapse in history since Black Mesa"
Many have touted this as a fan film, but some new information has come to light on the subject.

Interested?

Get a wiggle and jump."
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Official Site - whatsinthebox.nl | By: il-mouzer
Original Source (uncited so... - hardcoreware.net | By: lowlight
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Published: 259 days 6 hours ago | Rumors | Xbox 360 | Gaming | PC
 
 

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ParanoidMonkey - 259 days 4 hours ago
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1 - Hmm...
Interesting. Whatever that was, it was certainly cool. I wouldn't be TOO surprised if this were a fan film, but as the article points out, there's a lot of budget going into this.

If this is indeed a viral site for Half-Life 2: Episode 3, I can see that box being a new toy akin to the grav gun or something. Either way, color me intrigued.
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ry-guy - 259 days 4 hours ago
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The people over at /Film have been trying to dissect the video since it was posted over there yesterday. The advertised website has a copyright date of 2007, which makes it odd if it is advertising an unannounced game. A lot of people think its just a special effects demo for someone looking for a job. It does mention Black Mesa during the video in one of the news scrawls. etc etc

If you look hard enough you could find connections to anything.
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AliC - 259 days 3 hours ago
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Did anyone see the Blue Screen of Death, not sure if that means anything but I found it funny to see.
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vampirehead - 259 days 3 hours ago
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I found an interesting discussion about it in the forums at Penny Arcade

http://forums.penny-arcade....
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Sangria - 259 days 3 hours ago
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Strange, i can't know if it's a professional or amateur video.
Backgrounds, actors and image quality are obviously amateur but special effects are really high and only professional or highly skilled persons can do that.

The fact that the viral site is nederland and the entrance of the bus is written in nederland makes me believe this movie has been made by cinema or audiovisual-related students for a school contest. But if it's the case, i'm very impressed by the quality of special effects. This is a very good job.
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peauk - 259 days 3 hours ago
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6 - Website is registered to:
I looked up on whois.net and the website is registered to the following name.

MOORE CHARLEEN

Anybody recognize that?
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crazy-eyez-killah - 258 days 22 hours ago
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Unfortunatly I think it will be still on source when it comes, cant see them making a new engine until the next console gen - which is a shame.

Effects aside (which are decent), I dont think the quality is good enough for a company like valve to have made to be honest, I think its probably just a very well made fan video.
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brokendeck08 - 258 days 21 hours ago
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8 - Lost?
No matter how much you guys bash me, this is the music from the t.v show LOST.

But don't you remember how close they were in half life 2 and all the episodes. {darma inicitive symbols}
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Zissouace - 258 days 20 hours ago
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Valve are self professed Lost fanatics. Apparently there are multiple allusions and references to Lost in Episodes 1 and 2.
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PSPDude79 - 258 days 15 hours ago
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9 - I know it won't happen but
a new Counter Strike would be a day 1 buy for me.
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