Episode
Game Theory: Beware Crow 64 c̸̛̊rO̵̼̮͐̄́̀͘W̴̘̪͈̆ 6̵̓͛͒4̴̈͗̃̋ c̶̾́́̀̑Ȑ̸̲̪̅͘O̶w̵̄̀̆̅̕͝ 6̴̞̓̒̈́̇4̶̩̘͗͌̉
15:23
Published: Fri Apr 07 2023
Description
Theorists, we all know I love a good ARG. And Crow 64? Well, I had to dive in head first. Crow 64 is the ARG of the "unfinished Nintendo 64 game" called Catastrophe Crow. In the original video, we get the history of the game as well as our first playthrough footage. From there, it spread across the internet into a building mystery waiting to be figured out. Today, I am going to try to do just that.
Chapters
Brian Firenzi of Daring Media shares the story of indie video game Catastrophe Crow and Lorenz, the game's creator, along with the origins of his popular Internet Story podcast.
00:00 - 07:19 (07:19)
Summary
Brian Firenzi of Daring Media shares the story of indie video game Catastrophe Crow and Lorenz, the game's creator, along with the origins of his popular Internet Story podcast.
EpisodeGame Theory: Beware Crow 64 c̸̛̊rO̵̼̮͐̄́̀͘W̴̘̪͈̆ 6̵̓͛͒4̴̈͗̃̋ c̶̾́́̀̑Ȑ̸̲̪̅͘O̶w̵̄̀̆̅̕͝ 6̴̞̓̒̈́̇4̶̩̘͗͌̉
PodcastGame Theory
A discussion of how Adam's video on Catastrophe Crow sparked an ARG and the clues left by him on different sister channels.
07:19 - 12:52 (05:32)
Summary
A discussion of how Adam's video on Catastrophe Crow sparked an ARG and the clues left by him on different sister channels. The podcast also discusses the characters and storyline of the game.
EpisodeGame Theory: Beware Crow 64 c̸̛̊rO̵̼̮͐̄́̀͘W̴̘̪͈̆ 6̵̓͛͒4̴̈͗̃̋ c̶̾́́̀̑Ȑ̸̲̪̅͘O̶w̵̄̀̆̅̕͝ 6̴̞̓̒̈́̇4̶̩̘͗͌̉
PodcastGame Theory
The Catastrophe Crow alternate reality game (ARG) features an unresponsive email address that sent messages from Manfred Lorenz, leading players to a puzzle.
12:52 - 15:18 (02:25)
Summary
The Catastrophe Crow alternate reality game (ARG) features an unresponsive email address that sent messages from Manfred Lorenz, leading players to a puzzle. After the email stopped responding, a Twitter account claiming to be an ex-employee of Opus Interactive released the full source code of the game, leaving the community still perplexed.