For the basics, see The Lost Experience Overview. Note many of the links no longer work now that the game is over.
by NctrnlBst
May 3, 2006
(May 2nd in UK, and May 6th in Australia.)The LOST Experience Begins.
Fans first meet Persephone.
The game began with www.thehansofoundation.org website being updated and the airing of a fictional television ad which provided a phone number that fans could call to get the first clue: “Breakingstrain”.
Hugh McIntyre’s Phone Number is found on a Hanso Press Release.
“Joop’s Corner” hack discovered.
“Missing Organs” code found on Worldwide Wellness page.
RSS Feed reveals that Joop’s designation is “626”.
May 4, 2006
Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Gary Troup interview are released on the Barnes & Noble, Borders and Amazon.com websites respectively.
May 5, 2006
Press release is issued by Hugh McIntyre, a fictional employee of the Hanso Foundation. The release includes a hidden link to persephone.thehansofoundation.org where the second clue was found.
May 7, 2006
Message on persephone.thehansofoundation.org updated.
May 8, 2006
Message from Persephone in the executive biography about the fictional Alvar Hanso, CEO and founder of the Hanso Foundation, having not been seen in public since 2002.
May 9, 2006
The Hanso Foundation places a newspaper ad in real world newspapers: 'Don't Believe "Bad Twin"'.
A hidden link and a TV commercial both direct viewers to www.sublymonal.com, where a puzzle reveals a code.
After using the code at Thomas Mittelwerk's executive biography on the Hanso Foundation's website, Persephone questions his Caltech credentials, including a concealed message about Gary Troup, the fictional author of Bad Twin.
May 10, 2006
Persephone's sublymonal clue was changed and the Gary Troup message is no longer readable.
A note from Bad Twin's publisher is placed on hyperionbooks.com and the Gary Troup website, regarding Hanso criticism of Bad Twin.
May 12, 2006
A new press release is issued on thehansofoundation.org website about Bad Twin with a link to the May 10 newspaper ad.
A hidden letter from Hugh McIntyre to Robert Miller, real-life President of Hyperion Books, that demands that Hyperion cease selling Bad Twin.
May 13, 2006
Link to Horde webmail service found at webmail.thehansofoundation.org.
May 15, 2006
Hidden pictures are found on the Executive Bios page.
May 16, 2006
A link is found in the source code of thehansofoundation.org to http://www.djdan.am/. Interestingly, on the site there is a section reference of a mapinguari in “mythic beast sighting”, which is the first clue in the Lost Experience to tie in another LOST related webgame on oceanic-air.com.
A new set of numbers are posted persephone.thehansofoundation.org, which is translated to “stand by”.
May 17, 2006
Links previously listed on the DJ Dan website are removed.
Hugh McIntyre's picture is removed from the Executive Bios page. A password entry field for press releases also appeared on the same page.
One of the active project pages directs viewers to a link: www.letyourcompassguideyou.com.
Parts 4, 5, and 6 of the Gary Troup interviews are released on the Amazon.com, Powell's Books, and garytroup.net websites respectively.
May 18, 2006
persephone.thehansofoundation.org has been changed to a new number set, which translates to “A mouse does not rely on one hole”.
May 19, 2006
Flashing letters are superimposed and a hidden password entry is added to “Peter Thompson's Executive Bio”.
May 23, 2006
Numbers on persephone.thehansofoundation.org is changed to “2”, which leads to the discovery of an image on hole2.thehansofoundation.org.
May 24, 2006
A link to hansocarees.com is added to the Hanso site, wherein the password “Inmate Asylum” was found and used to unlock the Jacob Vanderfield & Lawrence Peck hack.
Hugh Mcintyre is interviewed on the Jimmy Kimmel Live talk show.
May 25, 2006
sublymonal.com is updated, and a new podcast by DJ Dan is found in a hidden area of the site.
