Boards of Canada censorship speech hidden in videogame code.

Long story short. Was reading this: http://www.cracked.com/article_19745_the-5-ballsiest-easter-eggs-hidden-in-video-games_p2.html about hidden easter eggs in videogames. The last bit is about pissed off programmers hiding text messages in the code, and ended up here: http://home.comcast.net/~zphreak/Tetris.txt which includes the following bit:

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*** F003 ***

Now that the show is over and we have jointly excersized our

constitutional rights we would like to leave you with one very

important thought. Sometime in the future you may have the

opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so

called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same

people would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be

back next jury to complain about a book or even a T.V. program.

If you could be told what you can see or read then it follows that

you can be told what to say or think. Defend your

constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for

you. Thank you.

*** F003 ***

 

Nevermind.

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:07 PM, GORDO said:

Long story short. Was reading this: http://www.cracked.com/article_19745_the-5-ballsiest-easter-eggs-hidden-in-video-games_p2.html about hidden easter eggs in videogames. The last bit is about pissed off programmers hiding text messages in the code, and ended up here: http://home.comcast.net/~zphreak/Tetris.txt which includes the following bit:

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*** F003 *** Now that the show is over and we have jointly excersized our constitutional rights we would like to leave you with one very important thought. Sometime in the future you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next jury to complain about a book or even a T.V. program. If you could be told what you can see or read then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. *** F003 ***

So the programmers of Comcast's TV version of Tetris are BoC fans. Cool.

Just to be clear, the original speech (which can be heard on BoC Maxima, unaltered - at least the 'Boards of Canada' bit) was originally taken from an adult video VHS cassette (probably a Rodox video production). BoC added in the music.

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:25 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:07 PM, GORDO said:

Long story short. Was reading this: http://www.cracked.c...o-games_p2.html about hidden easter eggs in videogames. The last bit is about pissed off programmers hiding text messages in the code, and ended up here: http://home.comcast....reak/Tetris.txt which includes the following bit:

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*** F003 *** Now that the show is over and we have jointly excersized our constitutional rights we would like to leave you with one very important thought. Sometime in the future you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next jury to complain about a book or even a T.V. program. If you could be told what you can see or read then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. *** F003 ***

 

So the programmers of Comcast's TV version of Tetris are BoC fans. Cool.

 

Just to be clear, the original speech (which can be heard on BoC Maxima, unaltered - at least the 'Boards of Canada' bit) was originally taken from an adult video VHS cassette (probably a Rodox video production). BoC added in the music.

It was the N64's "New Tetris" or whatever, made by H2O, which is/was in Vancouver, CA.

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:25 PM, Joyrex said:

 

Just to be clear, the original speech (which can be heard on BoC Maxima, unaltered - at least the 'Boards of Canada' bit) was originally taken from an adult video VHS cassette (probably a Rodox video production). BoC added in the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhAOFIEJR0k

Funny how the music in the background to the speech is Abercrombie's Timeless, which BoC are supposed to have sampled on Everything You Do Is A Balloon.

  On 3/30/2012 at 12:09 AM, Xyrofen said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:25 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:07 PM, GORDO said:

Long story short. Was reading this: http://www.cracked.c...o-games_p2.html about hidden easter eggs in videogames. The last bit is about pissed off programmers hiding text messages in the code, and ended up here: http://home.comcast....reak/Tetris.txt which includes the following bit:

  Quote

*** F003 *** Now that the show is over and we have jointly excersized our constitutional rights we would like to leave you with one very important thought. Sometime in the future you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next jury to complain about a book or even a T.V. program. If you could be told what you can see or read then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. *** F003 ***

 

So the programmers of Comcast's TV version of Tetris are BoC fans. Cool.

 

Just to be clear, the original speech (which can be heard on BoC Maxima, unaltered - at least the 'Boards of Canada' bit) was originally taken from an adult video VHS cassette (probably a Rodox video production). BoC added in the music.

 

It was the N64's "New Tetris" or whatever, made by H2O, which is/was in Vancouver, CA.

I think you mean Vancouver, BC. Or Vancouver, WA.

Vancouver is NOT in California.

  On 3/30/2012 at 8:58 AM, vproc said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 12:09 AM, Xyrofen said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:25 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:07 PM, GORDO said:

Long story short. Was reading this: http://www.cracked.c...o-games_p2.html about hidden easter eggs in videogames. The last bit is about pissed off programmers hiding text messages in the code, and ended up here: http://home.comcast....reak/Tetris.txt which includes the following bit:

  Quote

*** F003 *** Now that the show is over and we have jointly excersized our constitutional rights we would like to leave you with one very important thought. Sometime in the future you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next jury to complain about a book or even a T.V. program. If you could be told what you can see or read then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. *** F003 ***

 

So the programmers of Comcast's TV version of Tetris are BoC fans. Cool.

 

Just to be clear, the original speech (which can be heard on BoC Maxima, unaltered - at least the 'Boards of Canada' bit) was originally taken from an adult video VHS cassette (probably a Rodox video production). BoC added in the music.

 

It was the N64's "New Tetris" or whatever, made by H2O, which is/was in Vancouver, CA.

I think you mean Vancouver, BC. Or Vancouver, WA.

 

Vancouver is NOT in California.

CA can also mean Canada.

  On 4/1/2012 at 4:42 AM, Xyrofen said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 8:58 AM, vproc said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 12:09 AM, Xyrofen said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:25 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 3/29/2012 at 8:07 PM, GORDO said:

Long story short. Was reading this: http://www.cracked.c...o-games_p2.html about hidden easter eggs in videogames. The last bit is about pissed off programmers hiding text messages in the code, and ended up here: http://home.comcast....reak/Tetris.txt which includes the following bit:

  Quote

*** F003 *** Now that the show is over and we have jointly excersized our constitutional rights we would like to leave you with one very important thought. Sometime in the future you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next jury to complain about a book or even a T.V. program. If you could be told what you can see or read then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. *** F003 ***

 

So the programmers of Comcast's TV version of Tetris are BoC fans. Cool.

 

Just to be clear, the original speech (which can be heard on BoC Maxima, unaltered - at least the 'Boards of Canada' bit) was originally taken from an adult video VHS cassette (probably a Rodox video production). BoC added in the music.

 

It was the N64's "New Tetris" or whatever, made by H2O, which is/was in Vancouver, CA.

I think you mean Vancouver, BC. Or Vancouver, WA.

 

Vancouver is NOT in California.

 

CA can also mean Canada.

lol news to this Canadian.

"CA" is used in sports events to denote Canada on scoreboards and there also exists the ".ca" suffix to Canadian domains.

Nice find!

  On 4/2/2012 at 9:30 AM, Xyrofen said:

"CA" is used in sports events to denote Canada on scoreboards and there also exists the ".ca" suffix to Canadian domains.

Nice find!

Read that article and that rant as well. It was pretty entertaining.

And Joyrex, the guy states "Boards of Canada" in the rant. He doesn't quote the BOC Maxima version. So he was, indeed, referring to the BOC boys.

  On 4/5/2012 at 9:15 AM, Murveman said:

And Joyrex, the guy states "Boards of Canada" in the rant. He doesn't quote the BOC Maxima version. So he was, indeed, referring to the BOC boys Music Has The Right To Children version

Semantifix'd !

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Edit: Wut?

  On 4/11/2012 at 2:08 AM, Murveman said:

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Edit: Wut?

He was making it even more specific that the one in the video game code was the MHTRTC version (that says "Boards of Canada" instead of "pornographic film") and not the BoC Maxima version.

  On 4/11/2012 at 2:13 AM, Xyrofen said:

  On 4/11/2012 at 2:08 AM, Murveman said:

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Edit: Wut?

 

He was making it even more specific that the one in the video game code was the MHTRTC version (that says "Boards of Canada" instead of "pornographic film") and not the BoC Maxima version.

That's what I had thought, but I did state that it wasn't the BOC Maxima quote.

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