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	Message: : So, some of you may have noticed Hamish posting some old gems for Bungie : Sightings and other places. I thought to myself, "why hoard all that : old mail?" So I'm rooting around in my mailbox to see what else I've : hidden away for nearly ten years. : My brief stint at Bungie Sightings gave me an inkling of the insanity Hamish : must deal with. For example: : Subject: Don't shout me down too quickly now.... : From: Joshua Weinberger : Date: Sun, May 6, 2001 at 1:09 AM : To: Matthew : O.K.....hear me out before you rush to deny things. My name's Josh : Weinberger, and I'm a freelance writer at The New Yorker... : I've been trying to play catch-up on a story that I should have been out in : front of, considering I saw those damned hashmarks in the "A.I." : poster back in late March or early April (I forget exactly), and I never : did anything about it.... : So every news organization and its multinational mother has been : "breaking" stories on this for the last three weeks, and I've : been trying to come up with some actual "news." : The studios involved are (predictably) mum, and the sites are all creatively : registered to various members of the "Ghaepetto" family (nice : touch, that) -- all women with the names arranged alphabetically : Anna (2 sites) : Bianca (11 sites) : Carla (17 sites) : Daniella (15 sites) : They all seem to dead end with fake phone numbers and (I assume) fake mailing : addresses -- though it was cute that all the dummy phone numbers come with : area codes that accurately match the fake addresses. : So, here goes -- : When I get past the dummy registrations -- which I was only able to do on a : couple of sites -- I managed to discover that DOUG ZARTMAN's name comes : up... : ...and that you and he are somehow connected to gaming and publicity and -- : most importantly -- BUNGIE SOFTWARE... : (I now that Doug is (or at least was, at one point) an employee...and, from : what I can glean from online searching, you seem to be (at the very least) : an aficionado of their games)..... : ...and I know that BUNGIE got bought by Microsoft in 2000, and now has its : offices deep in the heart of Redmond (One Microsoft Way/Redmond, WA : 98052), which leads me to think a DreamWorks/Microsoft collaboration could : easily be "hidden" within a smaller MSoft subsidiary... : ("Bungie Software was formed in Chicago in 1991 and was acquired by : Microsoft in 2000. We are now based in Redmond, WA, and are a separate and : entirely independent studio within Microsoft's Action and Strategy group. : We are dedicated to the production of outstanding, immersive electronic : games that surpass the boundaries of conventional technology.") : (You seem to be based in TN, which apparently shoots a wee little hole in my : theory, but I can forgive that.) : ...and your middle name(s) being LEWIS CARROLL would go far in explaining all : the odd "Alice in Wonderland" references scattered throughout : the "A.I." game.... : If you _are_ involved in all this -- well, first, let me congratulate you; : this entire project simply rocks -- then I'm sure you've signed dozens of : non-disclosure forms and documents that swear you to secrecy.... : ...but let me know if you're willing to comment on the record about any of it : 'fore I go off and write my tale... : (At the very least, perhaps you could throw me something -- anything -- : that'd let me know if I'm way, WAY off base...?) : Or perhaps there's someone else you want to kick this letter to? : Doug himself, perhaps? : Regardless, thanks in advance.... : j. : P.S. -- I suppose I ought to allow for the possibility that I'm right about : Doug and _wrong_ about you..... : ...I just don't know how to handle that, since I'll be inadvertently letting : you in on a very big secret.... : ---------- : From: Matthew : Date: Sun, May 6, 2001 at 2:04 PM : To: Joshua Weinberger : Joshua: [...] : My suggestion: talk to Hamish - he LOVES this kind of stuff! : [...] : -m
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