Linkzilla!

Hello again,

So as one dives into Endgame, one of the main interactive components quickly becomes apparent. Throughout the novel are superscripts consisting of sequentially numbered roman numerals. Each one corresponds to a shortened google url listed in the back of the book.

Many of these links are clearly an adjunct to the story as it unfolds. This includes links to google maps of locations characters are or histories/social media accounts of each character. Some link to other multimedia components of the endgame universe. For instance, one links to a live feed of the prize gold coins in Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, another to the Keplar site that becomes very important for tracking the progress of the puzzles in the book and several seem to plug into the online alternative reality game components. Yet more links seem somewhat baffling. More than a few link to seemingly random, if not totally bizarre youtube videos or book titles or even random scientific or almost conspiracy type pages. More than a few of the youtube videos are a part of the endgame account or a user’s account under the name of Greg Jordan. At least one of these videos refers to the invented person Stella Victory. She plays a central role in the online alternative reality game and runs a website where a great deal of content is hosted. I won’t delve too deeply into her here, but perhaps in a future blog.

Below I’ve compiled a listing of the links from the book and some general info on them. This is likely a much more helpful way to quickly brows these sites. Some of these links are extremely important to access other interactive streams of this ‘interactive novel,’ but most are simply a multimedia enhancement of the story in progress.

Until next time!

Link #	Google Shortcut	Actual Site	Description
i	http://goo.gl/fSY56u	https://keplerfuturistics.com/	The Kepler Site
ii	http://goo.gl/zHrfYj	http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html	Current gold price
iii	http://goo.gl/rUy2K8	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWPswwPN6Ws	Youtube video: gold of Ancient Aliens
iv	http://goo.gl/mW1Ujm	http://www.endgamegold.com/	Live feed of prize from Caesars Palace, LV
v	http://goo.gl/7CmnxY	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMKZm5iMsS8	Youtube video: Saturn EL God of the Bible
vi	http://goo.gl/eO75bR	http://www.el121212.com	The el121212 site
vii	http://goo.gl/WFFBxL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQXiWGID12s	Youtube video: meteors
viii	http://goo.gl/yKvD7S	http://www.marcusloxiasmegalos.com/	Marcus’s Social Media
ix	http://goo.gl/0Jd79r	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jAH8QzqyAE&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: History of Minoans
x	http://goo.gl/qRHKVS	http://www.chiyokotakeda.com/	Chiyoko’s Social Media
xi	http://goo.gl/g08vg8	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J81Q-gVL9wI&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: History of Mu
xii	http://goo.gl/ZclYxr	http://www.sarahalopay.com/	Sarah’s Social Media
xiii	http://goo.gl/03wyVH	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kEeuZM3YVE&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: Cahokians
xiv	http://goo.gl/nsDpUd	http://www.aliceulapala.com/	Alice’s Social Media
xv	http://goo.gl/9UfHnE	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFRiSk9McGA&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of Koori
xvi	http://goo.gl/4eH8qy	http://www.aislingkopp.com/	Aisling Social Media
xvii	http://goo.gl/4Zvyyr	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQpcwD9EXI&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of Celtic
xviii	http://goo.gl/iSxWz	http://www.baitsakhan.com/	Baitsakhan’s Social Media
xix	http://goo.gl/7fbd8f	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE5NC77LUes&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Donghu
xx	http://goo.gl/dN5zT1	http://www.jagotlaloc.com/	Jago’s Social Media
xxi	http://goo.gl/Bxppok	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiFiyis7KxQ&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Olmec
xxii	http://goo.gl/rCML6Q	http://www.anliutheshang.com/	An’s Social Media
xxiii	http://goo.gl/KAqMtJ	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMG_cLJ8M6Q&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Shang
xxiv	http://goo.gl/NZrR9A	http://www.sharichopra.com/	Shari’s Social Media
xxv	http://goo.gl/JMbynN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZVJQ4sRpMA&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Harrapan
xxvi	http://goo.gl/trcuKd	http://www.kalamozami.com/	Kala’s Social Media
xxvii	http://goo.gl/AnsqvN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZmZtSoffLY&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Sumerian
xxviii	http://goo.gl/jldbxB	http://www.maccabeeadlai.com/	Maccabee’s Social Media
xxix	http://goo.gl/W7ttrv	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kad2U1aRadY&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Nabataeans
xxx	http://goo.gl/IXA4gL	http://www.hilalibnisaal-salt.com/	Hilal Social Media
xxxi	http://goo.gl/y7Ot8b	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJE8IG_77nE&feature=youtu.be	Youtube video: history of the Aksumite
xxxii	http://goo.gl/gRnH32	https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B017’41.6%22N+20%C2%B057’03.3%22E/@52.294888,20.950928,3432m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 (poland)	Google maps: Poland
xxxiii	http://goo.gl/nFDOKP	https://www.google.com/maps/place/26%C2%B017’51.3%22N+73%C2%B001’08.9%22E/@26.297592,73.019128,1258m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: India
xxxiv	http://goo.gl/jkCeh9	https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B042’51.9%22N+73%C2%B051’52.9%22W/@40.7136937,-73.8636945,1356m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: NYC
xxxv	http://goo.gl/5LnY9E	https://www.google.com/maps/place/9%C2%B001’21.9%22N+38%C2%B044’48.5%22E/@8.8016434,39.938388,452715m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Ethiopia
xxxvi	http://goo.gl/Xq7IZt	https://www.google.com/maps/place/15%C2%B029’57.0%22S+70%C2%B008’06.8%22W/@-15.6229659,-69.8032004,441185m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Peru
xxxvii	http://goo.gl/2lXkal	https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B059’15.4%22N+29%C2%B002’13.0%22E/@40.987608,29.036951,1351m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Turkey
xxxviii	http://goo.gl/mWfUFX	https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B036’10.7%22S+135%C2%B025’40.0%22E/@-36.6559319,135.0150541,1470047m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Australia
xxxix	http://goo.gl/0DeKBX	https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B014’19.6%22N+108%C2%B056’09.1%22E/@34.238792,108.935848,2162m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: China
xl	http://goo.gl/gQ1BHx	https://www.google.com/maps/place/24%C2%B010’32.1%22N+55%C2%B044’13.4%22E/@24.175582,55.737065,2386m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: UAE
xli	http://goo.gl/AX0Nyc	https://www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B017’39.6%22N+96%C2%B011’30.2%22W/@41.294326,-96.191727,1965m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Omaha
xlii	http://goo.gl/BxGSS7	https://www.google.com/maps/place/26%C2%B013’34.7%22N+127%C2%B040’27.0%22E/@26.226295,127.674179,2346m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Japan
xliii	http://goo.gl/9VM4Nc	https://www.google.com/maps/place/46%C2%B000’30.3%22N+107%C2%B050’10.7%22E/@46.008409,107.836304,116242m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Mongolia
xliv	http://goo.gl/aw0DDa	https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B019’43.0%22N+35%C2%B026’31.0%22E/@30.328611,35.441944,1545m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Jordan
xlv	http://goo.gl/JxJJVK	https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B058’48.2%22N+18%C2%B010’45.6%22E/@43.98007,18.179324,5151m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Bosnia
xlvi	http://goo.gl/lWBDOz	http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/most_destructive.php	Earthquake history
xlvii	http://goo.gl/H4PqPk	http://books.google.fr/books?id=Bmploq6ZS-UC&lpg=PA1&dq=odyssey&pg=PA24&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=odyssey&f=false	Book: Odyssey
xlviii	http://goo.gl/n0XNKF	http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/piramides/esp_piramides_china_3.htm	The White pyramid of Xian
xlix	http://goo.gl/fSY56u	https://keplerfuturistics.com/	The Kepler Site
l	http://goo.gl/PWDfdL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J5IHvK-LT4	Youtube video: Judgement day
li	http://goo.gl/15ik6L	https://www.google.com/search?q=the+holy+grail+temple+ethiopia&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=gA1YU9m7K8eHyATk4ICADw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1176&bih=589#imgdii=_	Holy grail temple, Ethiopia
lii	http://goo.gl/h4SMgp	http://www.random.org/sequences/	Random sequence generator
liii	http://goo.gl/hHq0QD	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7o0Q5j_XTY	Youtube video: countdown
liv	http://goo.gl/41d8TJ	http://books.google.fr/books?id=XPN-I7H7FuMC&lpg=PA103&vq=103&dq=code+is+king+dna&pg=PA103%23v%3Donepage&q=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=103&f=false	Book: DNA vs Evolution
lv	http://goo.gl/QrM06C	https://www.google.com/search?q=tunguska&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X	Tunguska impact crater
lvi	http://goo.gl/TXRDMF	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9lils2Q00U	Youtube video: Mongolian horse riders
lvii	http://goo.gl/49dau2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWABfxcexk	Youtube video: ROIBL
lviii	http://goo.gl/L2NUlv	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonaguni_Monument	Yonaguni monument
lix	http://goo.gl/STSyJS	http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/2001augustmound72excavation1.htm	Cahokia mounds
lx	http://goo.gl/VnC1ks	http://www.alienresearchcorp.com/2012/nibiru/0910/discovered/img/nibiru-orbit.jpg	Orbit of Nibiru
lxi	http://goo.gl/7Dc2KZ	https://www.google.com/maps/place/55%C2%B007’03.3%22N+1%C2%B056’48.2%22W/@55.11758,-1.946728,1605m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: England
lxii	http://goo.gl/qia5sb	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY	Youtube video: history of nuclear explosions
lxiii	http://goo.gl/jTAVgz	http://www.crystalinks.com/vimana.html	Ancient aircrafts
lxiv	http://goo.gl/xwGqwd	https://www.google.com/maps/place/20%C2%B030’25.5%22S+134%C2%B014’03.7%22E/@-20.507073,134.234363,21025m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Australia devil marble
lxv	http://goo.gl/X8rmEY	http://files.seds.org/pub/software/text/cammm.txt	Asteroid information
lxvi	http://goo.gl/UOh3zZ	https://www.google.com/maps/place/22%C2%B014’39.1%22N+68%C2%B058’06.4%22E/@22.244198,68.968456,2597m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: India
lxvii	http://goo.gl/mMurZ8	http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TransitView/nph-transittbls?exoplanets	Exoplanet inventory (broken link?)
lxviii	http://goo.gl/VJLCtT	http://books.google.fr/books?id=8bUhu8PDvy8C&pg=PA86&dq=&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eQxbU-GMGqnQsQSV1oDAAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false	Book: Looking for life
lxix	http://goo.gl/qa02uc	https://www.google.com/maps/place/18%C2%B006’14.0%22N+94%C2%B002’21.9%22W/@18.103894,-94.03941,2667m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Mexico
lxx	http://goo.gl/x65wnj	http://www.ufocasebook.com/chinesedisks.html	Disks of Baian-kara-ula
lxxi	http://goo.gl/RS3t9u	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ghaf2du-XM	Youtube video: solar flare
lxxii	http://goo.gl/Sv75sw	https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B020’29.6%22N+108%C2%B056’24.6%22E/@34.344003,108.939743,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m5!1e2!3m3!1s27022095!2e1!3e10!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: pic of birds in Xian, China
lxxiii	http://goo.gl/bsbWUU	https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B033’06.2%22N+46%C2%B001’43.4%22E/@39.551734,46.028734,4327m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0	Google maps: Armenia