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More rumours! 12 Oct, 2007 / Comments: 13

By Gabez


Brian Crecente from Kotaku was sent a mystery music record today that contained the following poem on its sleeve:
Since the beginning of time 'twas written in stone, that the mystery to The Age of Metal would surface from the unknown. As the recipient of the ancient tools within, you have the power to unlock this riddle with a simple spin.

Rock must run through your veins, else solving this puzzle will be met with head pains. With primeval secrets at your fingertips, you possess the gift to propagate the fidelity from your mortal lips.

Escape the clutches of convention and let yourself travel to another dimension. Find your destiny and protect your soul, but for now it is time to Rock 'N Roll."
Crecente urges readers to help him work out the lyrics in this video. I myself find them almost as hard to decipher as one of Dingy?s songs, but here goes:
"Oh yeah:
We are the sheath of black yeah
We explode the night year
To every moment of the night
Trip on us: let us twist and turn
The night gets divine
We are the sin of the shark yeah...
Let?s explode the ark yeah"
BUT ? and here's the ticket ? if you keep watching the video past the UPS lady, Crecente plays the record backwards and you can distinctly hear:

"Br?tal Legends Coming Soon"

Either that or: "Brandy Leeking on the moon." One thing we can be sure of is that it is Jack Black singing. This has been confirmed by our resident Rock expert, Remi Olsen, and is therefore scientific fact.

Update: IGN got sent one too although those lazy swines didn't get so far as bothering to record it so we could hear it or anything. Apparently though they checked with FedEx and the record & player was sent by Vivendi/Sierra, publishers of the new DF game...

Source: DeadKyle

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13 Comments

  • deadworm222 on 13 Oct, 2007, 08:35…
    Besides trying to get rid of cutesy games, they are also trying to improve their marketing, two things in which they think they are lacking.
  • black_sheep on 13 Oct, 2007, 04:25…
    Some one has scans of the preview at the double fine forums. The game is F***ing awesome.
  • Gabez on 13 Oct, 2007, 12:32…
    Thanks for the tip-off... let me know if you want a link in your source name.
  • ThunderPeel2001 on 12 Oct, 2007, 23:36…
    Cannot believe IGN didn't even bother to play the record... What ####ing @~?*%!! It CAME WITH A RECORD PLAYER - WITH A BUILTIN SPEAKER! Surely that's the most interesting thing you're likely to receive in the mail all month??
  • ThunderPeel2001 on 12 Oct, 2007, 23:38…
    Sorry. Misread your post... They didn't get so far as to record it for us. I see. Sorry.

    My, I'm feeling tetchy today.
  • The Tingler on 12 Oct, 2007, 22:32…
    The big "?" in the background of the poem is a big hint. Wow, I can't believe I was scoffing at this game's existence just this morning...
  • The Tingler on 12 Oct, 2007, 22:38…
    Also of course, "Riggs Records" on the record label suggests Eddie Riggs.
  • jp-30 on 12 Oct, 2007, 21:53…
    "The only place to get the first true details about this intriguing game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is the November issue of Game Informer. "

    And the PC too, right Tim? RIGHT TIM!?
  • Udvarnoky on 12 Oct, 2007, 21:59…
    I don't know, didn't the PC version of Psychonauts sell like eight copies?

    Guess I gotta get a 360.
  • Sp0tted on 13 Oct, 2007, 06:27…
    I bought one! I love Tim, but I don't think I'm going to buy a $x00 machine just to play one game.

    ...But I might.
  • The Tingler on 13 Oct, 2007, 09:46…
    Me too, seeing as the European version was about six months late. How else was I going to play it?
  • elTee on 12 Oct, 2007, 21:45…
    Haha, this is truly bizarre. I love it! Now it's only a matter of time before Gabez receives a guitar in the post and more surreal viral marketing will commence.

    Then Mojo will be dugg, and the game will be officially announced and we will be offline. Typical.
  • Remi O on 12 Oct, 2007, 21:34…
    Yeah, no, I did NOT confirm that. ? It certainly could be though.