tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post931631078670550501..comments2023-06-08T09:30:27.976-04:00Comments on I'm Still Alive (as of the last post): Black Letter Games Artifact 4: The Booktabstophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-6099435272838744852012-07-30T07:55:34.002-04:002012-07-30T07:55:34.002-04:00The idea is the equivalence between time and life,...The idea is the equivalence between time and life, i.e. RIPLEY = E KEY. The E key should refer to key signature, but doesn't; it refers to a piano key. Ripley refers to the Ripley logo that appears at the very end of the last story in the book. You need to use those to line the book up to your piano to play the songs given by the symbols.tabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-50852125673113639472012-07-30T05:34:23.546-04:002012-07-30T05:34:23.546-04:00Could someone clue me in on the relevance of the b...Could someone clue me in on the relevance of the back cover? My team got the answers "Ripley" and "E key" from the two blurbs, which were both on track for WHEN. E key could refer to the key signature of the music, but what does Ripley mean? Also, is there more to the Greenwich Press logo than just Time and Life being the two magazines?Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-55871984985047234382012-07-28T00:18:02.078-04:002012-07-28T00:18:02.078-04:00Also, the cancellation stamps were the very last t...Also, the cancellation stamps were the very last thing I had left to figure out. I had already aligned the postcards, identified the smudge mark coordinates, and had all that data bouncing around in my head for a day or so. By the time I realized that the bowl games were involved, I almost immediately indexed those scores against the damned smudge coordinates and pulled the half movie titles Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714985667800604926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-6556190763113989572012-07-28T00:14:15.083-04:002012-07-28T00:14:15.083-04:00Wow! So the smudged letters spelled half the movi...Wow! So the smudged letters spelled half the movie titles and the constellations clued to the other half. Yeah, by the time I had gotten Kong out of the Jack Black card's bowl game scores the fact that there might be a constellation didn't even cross my mind. I did wonder why some of the scores weren't on my map, but not enough to figure it out :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714985667800604926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-5444086890389751952012-07-27T20:59:29.077-04:002012-07-27T20:59:29.077-04:00I looked for constellations (and I was using the z...I looked for constellations (and I was using the zodiac list, so you would think Taurus at least I should have found) but didn't see any. As soon as I realized that the scales on the edges meant to put the postcards together I never went back to constellations.tabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-88688434548511916592012-07-27T20:46:15.482-04:002012-07-27T20:46:15.482-04:00I think I'm understanding you all correctly an...I think I'm understanding you all correctly and know what's missing... Jason and Tabstop, the constellations were on the postcards. When you mapped out the bowl game scores, you were also mapping out the stars of each constellation.<br /><br />My team had the opposite problem. We realized we were mapping out constellations, but didn't notice the smudges/dots and didn't realize Clavicariushttp://www.claviscryptica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-62798033903576533962012-07-27T19:40:04.446-04:002012-07-27T19:40:04.446-04:00Yeah, that's what was going on with the conste...Yeah, that's what was going on with the constellations. The other three were Orion (Hunter) and presumably Perseus (Hero) and Cepheus (King). Orion is one of more recognizable constellations, but I find the other two pretty sketchy even knowing what they're supposed to be. <br /><br />(Not to mention that Hero and King are a lot easier to miss when you're going over a filmography Greg Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-20786675146428827222012-07-26T22:45:19.212-04:002012-07-26T22:45:19.212-04:00I had this idea that the constellations clued the ...I had this idea that the constellations clued the movies (eg for Tim Robbins the letters spell out DURHAM, and the bull (Taurus) is a constellation that maybe those stars make?), but I never tried to actually follow it through.tabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-2068399634864199462012-07-26T22:35:19.133-04:002012-07-26T22:35:19.133-04:00Oh yes. I also submitted constellations, and was ...Oh yes. I also submitted constellations, and was told "That could be interesting."<br /><br />I also never found any constellations on the postcards. I don't have any idea how they could have been an intermediate solution, either. I didn't identify a gap in the solution chain for any of the puzzles. <br /><br />I just went back and looked at all my "That could be Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714985667800604926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-43500346600794429592012-07-26T22:11:22.381-04:002012-07-26T22:11:22.381-04:00As I said, I've already forgotten which way wa...As I said, I've already forgotten which way was the right way, but I had a "natural" way to line up the keys for either one. I think I did "put the book edge down on the keys themselves with the pages facing you" (this puts the top of the book on your right) instead of "hold the book flat with the margin next to, and in front of, the keys" (this puts the top of tabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-1637656147718348422012-07-26T21:48:00.332-04:002012-07-26T21:48:00.332-04:00Oh! I meant to ask which was the impossible ident...Oh! I meant to ask which was the impossible identification task on the postcards.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714985667800604926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-35575369917968430402012-07-26T21:45:37.799-04:002012-07-26T21:45:37.799-04:00I was also unable to get the two non-happy birthda...I was also unable to get the two non-happy birthday songs on my own.<br /><br />I sent this link to a very musically minded friend (http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/6f6da52321611b223a3d0aa3ac7dc385fc0708df) and he said "It kinda sounds like 'King of the Road' and blew my mind.<br /><br />I hummed the other "song" for my lunch buddies at work and one of them picked it Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714985667800604926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-82552716568032822292012-07-26T20:29:30.153-04:002012-07-26T20:29:30.153-04:00Hint 3 for WHAT gave you "Very loud annoying ...Hint 3 for WHAT gave you "Very loud annoying bohemian", but it looks like you'd solved WHAT entirely by then.<br /><br />We had the piano notes right side up (I was wrong at first, but realized that if you physically put the book next to a keyboard, you'd do it the correct way), but would never have gotten the two non-Happy Birthday songs. At least with the postcards the Greg Fnoreply@blogger.com