OK, sorry, I think Hugh's a fake
What gives him away is his unseemly interest in who's talking about him on the Web. My husband just called the number that came up on our Caller ID when he called me back (a Michigan number) and he denied anything about a hack, but then asked about which sites were talking about him.
From what I know of ARGs, this kind of acknowledgment of game discussion sites is not likely to come from a real in-game actor. They'd keep the illusion of being good old Hugh, corporate man, not aware of some "game" that's going on.
So, good one, fanboy. You had us going there for a bit. No hard feelings. It was fun talking to you.
But let's all discount any info we just got from that. :-)
Comments
Wow, it's all out of control, huh?
It's like that movie "The Game"
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 2:25 AM
Wait. Why is everyone up so late?
That Fake-Hugh never called me either. I left two messages too.
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 2:29 AM
Hey, Doug -- you want to call fake-Hugh directly? I have his number... e-mail me and I'll give it to you. Oh, and we're up so late because we went to see... DUN DUN DUN-DUN DUN DUN Mission Impossible 3
Posted by: Ellen | May 7, 2006 2:30 AM
there are a few things that seemed odd:
someone knocked on his door when I was talking to him, he was chewing on something like ice, and he sounded quite young. It seems unlikely that ABC would hire someone with frat -boy talking tendencies,however, it was fun if it lasted. Hopefully it was real ;>
Posted by: Juliet | May 7, 2006 2:30 AM
one more thing: maybe he's only calling women back.
Posted by: Juliet | May 7, 2006 2:31 AM
Oh, Juliet, you're smart! I betcha he is only calling the ladies. How funny. Oh, wait. Brandon said he got a callback. Hmm...
Posted by: Ellen | May 7, 2006 2:33 AM
MI3 was amazing!! JJ is the king.
Fake-Hugh is nothing to me.
Ellen, you should post his number for everyone :) Oh, wait. He might hack the site too.
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 2:34 AM
I know, I could post it. But I'm feeling kind. I have no hard feelings toward fake-Hugh.
Posted by: Ellen | May 7, 2006 2:38 AM
Grr...fooled, was I?
Please ignore my earlier excitement. I feel like an idiot.
*Sadly quitting the game now...*
Posted by: Brandon | May 7, 2006 2:40 AM
Laughing about Fake-Hugh.
He's going down in history.
We can use his name as an insult from now on... "don't go all Fake-Hugh on us!"
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 2:40 AM
No, don't quit, Brandon! We all got excited about Fake-Hugh. Don't let him drive you out.
Posted by: Ellen | May 7, 2006 2:42 AM
Don't give up Brandon!
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 2:42 AM
AGH! The Fake-Hugh just called me.
I was too freaked to answer.
He DID leave a voicemail!!!
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 2:52 AM
All right...maybe I won't quit.
But I want revenge!!!
Are you SURE we shouldn't post the dude's number...?
BTW Doug, what did the voicemail say?
Posted by: Brandon | May 7, 2006 2:56 AM
He said:
"Uh, this is Hugh McIntyre. You called me. I'm, uh, calling you back. Um, I guess you're not there. Sorry."
Posted by: Doug | May 7, 2006 3:04 AM
Brilliant.
Oh well.
I agree, it was a good one, Fake-Hugh. My thirst for vengeance has passed. I guess I was just had...
Posted by: Brandon | May 7, 2006 3:13 AM