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A new game trailer has been posted over at the Chasing the Wish site, with two (count 'em, two!) bandwidth options.

There's also news of an upcoming teaser puzzle/contest scheduled to start on November 30. While the puzzle won't be integrated into the CTW storyline, it is intended to give prospective players a taste of what's to come, along with being an entertaining diversion in its own right.

Regular registration is also scheduled to start soon, and more information should be available next Tuesday, November 26, about this, the puzzle, and getting involved behind the scenes. If you have pre-registered (check the main CTW page for this option), you'll get some updates early.

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By UrbanZombie

It suddenly occurs to me that, much like survivors of plane crashes, we Jawbreakers are privy to a shared legacy of horror from dealing with whore.gif. Upon reading Beth's reply to me (I apologize, by the way), I realized that under greenmath, there are 6600 of you missing out on a story of pure pain. To ensure that you non-Lockjaw players don't feel left out as we quietly commiserate over cups of hot cocoa, trying to make the pie-related nightmares end, here's a brief history.

(Warning: This is kinda long. I kinda got carried away.)

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Prophet over at GameSpy cornered the CEO of MindQuest, Keith Griffin, and grilled him about the as-yet-unlaunched TerraQuest game. The interview provides an excellent overview of the TerraQuest concept, the mechanics of playing and winning, the target audience and the types of media planned for use.

It's interesting that Mr. Griffin again cautions against teaming up online to play, and instead recommends playing alone. I wonder if that attitude will affect the difficulty level of the puzzles involved, since a community of players tends to be quicker and smarter collectively than the single individual (in general). Then again, I haven't heard yet whether the gentleman who won the Push million was a part of a group of players.

On a related note, it's been reported that players who were among the first 450 to register for TerraQuest have received emails from the company indicating they will be sent a free TerraQuest hat! So, yeah, it still hasn't started yet even though it was supposed to launch a couple of weeks ago, but hey, free hat!