OurColony.net and Microsoft Xbox 2/360

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Posted on Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:09:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

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Gear Live takes a closer look at OurColony.net.

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"There has been a lot of buzz and controversy surrounding a new community based web site, OurColony.net. Many people believe this site to be the work of 4orty2wo Entertainment employed by Microsoft in a big Ad campaign to promote their Xbox 360 gaming console.
Of course, Microsoft denies such allegations. Just what is OurColony.net all about? OurColony.net is an Alternate Reality Game where members are given riddles and puzzles in the form of challenges and encouraged to work as a team, or colony, to solve it. The team is then rewarded with points and some images of what seems to be Xbox 360 hardware and software.
The question still remains, is this really an ad campaign, thus making the images earned on the website the real deal? Let’s take a look at the facts and theories. "

Read the full report on Gear Live. Gear Live also started a Colony on OurColony.Net. Join it here.