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If you are one of the
many who savored every detail as you solved the Riddle
of the Sphinx or spent endless nights
searching for The
Omega Stone,
then strap yourself into your sarcophagus for Jeff and Karen Tobler
of Omni Creative are about to take you on
the adventure of a lifetime!

The
Tobler’s –simply not content to just release another
game – have decided to take their expertise to the next level and
have created a new online, monthly adventure e-zine – Egypt’s
Ancient Mysteries™ – that will
function both as an online community and as a lead-in to their next
game to be released late 2005.

Egypt’s
Ancient Mysteries™ (EAM-Zine) will feature interactive
3D reconstructions and relics, virtual explorations, custom developed
online games, photo exhibits, forums, polls, and more material that
will be available nowhere else. Plus, over the development of each
game the members of EAM-Zine will have first access to screen-shots,
demos, polling, etc. and first access to the new game upon release
at a EAM-Zine member’s discount of 25%.

Jeff Tobler offered us
a sneak peak at the subscriber’s portion
of EAM-Zine and it is hard to not be impressed by the wealth of available
information. In fact, we’re already hooked on The
Pharaoh’s
Tomb, an Egyptian-themed arcade/adventure game that is but one of
the numerous games already available. But EAM-Zine is much, much
more than just games and who better to describe its benefits than
Jeff Tobler himself:

Catching one’s breath…
an innate response we can imagine experiencing stepping into a
newly discovered Pharaoh’s tomb, or as one steps back upon hearing
a
loud rumbling, straining to see through the dust caused by the grinding ancient
stones, and finally exploring the newly revealed hidden passageway, lying
in wait over the millennia.

It also describes
our response when we conceptualized Egypt’s Ancient Mysteries™.
Mysteries explored and ancient secrets revealed… adventures in the making!

If you are
one of those souls who, like us, find the opening word picture
exciting
and
intriguing, you’re in good company. Egypt’s Ancient Mysteries™ steps
through time and walls and the tombs themselves to discover and reveal
that which has been sleeping under a secretive blanket of sand.

With you,
we are going on an extended journey back to ancient Egypt to
uncover mysteries,
explore tombs and monuments, examine sacred artifacts
and ancient
relics, and have a GREAT time doing so!

What’s so
unique about Egypt’s Ancient Mysteries™ and this perpetual
adventure? YOU!

You will
be involved, immersed. It’s an immersive journey, an interactive
journal, and
an adventure that continues on month after month, year
after year. This
format has all the elements of an intriguing adventure game, all
the information and research of a research journal, and all the
excitement of an actual
expedition.

You will
have the opportunity to be an Archaeologist, Egyptologist,
Explorer,
Adventurer, Scientist
and Antiquities Dealer, among many
more. Information
will be presented in a myriad of formats, including: video, narration,
journal entries, Quicktime VR, realtime 3D, and other technologies
that bring Egypt’s
Ancient Mysteries™ to life!

Karen, my
beautiful, bright, and lovely wife, as well as co-founder of
Omni Creative
Group, Int’l and Egypt’s Ancient Mysteries™, and I have been
on an ancient Egyptian adventure for several years now, starting
with our early ideas of a game that would take the player to the
Sphinx and Great Pyramid
and explore several mysteries surrounding the Giza Plateau.

And so it
was that 5 years later we completed the epic Egyptian Adventure,
Riddle of
the Sphinx™ (ROTS), and the rest, as they say, is history.
However, it was during that process, with the extensive and
exhaustive research we put into the making of ROTS, that our initial
curiosity of archaeology and
all things ancient Egypt turned into a passion for adventure
and exploration via the written word, interactive media, and ultimately
(eventually, for some
sites) a journey to ancient sites of interest!

Though a
life-long pursuit of “the ancient’s” secrets and
mysteries can be tedious, expensive, risky, time-consuming,
and generally
boring (see comparison chart), an extended journey with EAM is
inexpensive, safe, fun,
family-friendly, intriguing, comfortable, and you’ll learn
something new along the way.

Best of all this adventure
may be made solo or with other adventurers from the EAM community!

It’s another
unique feature of Egypt’s Ancient Mysteries™, and it is
with this community of like-minded adventures that
you will be able to share your experiences, form new friendships,
and gain life-long memories.

So, what are you waiting
for? Travel back in time, step into a world of hidden chambers,
treasure-cached
tombs,
and buried
secrets.

Journey into Egypt’s
Ancient Mysteries™ and join us
along with the EAM community for the
adventure of a lifetime!

Jeff Tobler
Calloused Scribe-In-Chief

Many online games throughout
the year, one epic Egyptian adventure game each year. Intriguing
articles and
state-of-the-art multimedia
exploring
the mysteries,
theories and archaeological activity of ancient
Egypt should make Egypt’s
Ancient Mysteries™ one of the highlights of 2005 and an experience not to be
missed by any true adventure gamer! And, of course, Just Adventure will continue
to be the first to provide exclusives on the ongoing adventure that will make
us all yearn for our mummies.