Microsoft has today unveiled the latest step in its Xbox Series X 'Power Your Dreams' campaign, which includes a short film centred around the dreams of MoonLiteWolf - all powered by her experience playing the Xbox Series X.
Created by Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi, the video is a trippy experience which recounts MoonLiteWolf's experiences being guided into the sleep state of hypnagogia, tracked by a Hypnodyne (EEG) headband.
It's all fascinating stuff of course, but you can guess what the big takeaway has been on social media this afternoon - Master Chief is a cat! The Halo star takes off his helmet in the film to reveal he's none other than a furry feline, and he even shows off his paw-some DJ skills in the process. Purr-ty cool, Chief.
"In this short film created by Academy Award-winning director, Taika Waititi, (“Jojo Rabbit,” “Thor Ragnarok,” “Thor: Love and Thunder”), the worlds of art, science, and gaming are merged —bringing the dreams of gamer Krystal Holmes (aka MoonLiteWolf) to life, after she played the Xbox Series X.
This epic adventure captures the spirit of the actual research process, the boundless depths of MoonLiteWolf’s detailed and vibrant dreams and then actively challenges our perceptions of one particular Xbox character, as we have known them."
What do you make of the short 'Lucid Odyssey' film above? Let us know in the comments.
[source news.xbox.com]
Comments 13
The cats out of the bag
I don't like this
hahahaha! Best tagline ever!
That wasn’t that good 😆
But seeing how loosely they use master chief, I’m sure he’ll be in fortnite and smash now lol
Never mind adverts they need to get more stock in the shops etc. What’s the point of all these adverts when no one can buy the dam thing.
Sony keep replenishing stock, another one today.
All sold and gone though, very quick.
I think Microsoft could have of kept neck and neck with sales in USA and UK with Sony, but statistics are already showing PS5 pulling away in the lead, and I’m guessing at this stage due to having more stock and stock being replenished.
But once the momentum and the force is with you, it’s hard to catch up.
Like the Halo situation, I just have this feeling of complacency at Microsoft or that cutting edge drive and passion is missing to achieve at the highest level and be totally driven.
Relevant section of the video begins at 2:30, for anyone who don't have time to sit through no navel-gazing pap.
Sorry but this is just a terrible ad and it didn't do anything for me.
I have absolutely no idea what I just watched or what it was trying to say. Weird, bizzarre, awful video.
However Dyancing Myaster Chief will be forever burned into my brain, nyow.
@Dezzy70
Overreacting much? Lol. 😉
@KelticDevil
Probably knowing me as usual, but some stock would be good. And I know the adverts are more there for awareness than actual sales at the minute. But I do feel a touch of complacency and drive. But I do work in a driven industry where top drive and nothing else will do counts.
@Dezzy70
Don’t get me wrong......as others have said, I think it would be WAY better to launch these consoles in the summer. It would help with the availability factor in the holidays.
Not to mention, the actual state of the two consoles at launch. PS5 launched with a bunch of missing features that should be commonplace by now. And many people are having lots of issues with bugs on the console. Plus the launch lineup (in my opinion) is extremely overrated. Most of the games are on PS4 & Demon’s Souls was a PS3 game.
While Xbox launched with no new 1st party support & apparently developers didn’t have enough time with the console to take advantage of it’s power advantage up to this point. That will change, obviously, but they put all their eggs in the Halo basket & it got delayed.
And the 3rd party games have been buggy on both consoles (mostly Ubisoft, of course), so that doesn’t help.
But if they delayed the consoles, people would have complained. They chose to release the consoles during a holiday pandemic & both companies are dealing with shortages. And we as gamers complain.
I don’t think it comes down to complacency. I’m sure everyone is working hard & wants the consoles to be the best they can be. I think it comes down to choices that these companies make & the pressure it puts on their employees during a time like Covid.
That's a title.
As a bizarre concept piece I like it.
As an Xbox advert it's awful, disingenuous and so far from reality it's not funny.
If you have little idea what the Xbox Series X is (and the vast majority of consumers won't) what does this tell you about the new Xbox?
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