"These sorts of big budget gaming events, where companies spared no expense on luring press and fans into weird places-all in the name of promoting new hardware or games-don't exist much anymore. But 20 years later, an artifact channeling that bygone era has reemerged, once again, this time in the Colorado desert: a mysterious demonic statue with the bodies of the damned etched into its sides."
"The Game Awards overseer Geoff Keighley posted a photo of the mysterious statue with a geocode pointing people to an area of Joshua Tree National Park , just off of Yucca Mesa Road. Tendrils glow red from the statue at night, illuminating the screaming skeletons of both humans and creatures. Several people who've visited the statue have posted about it on social media and Reddit. Apparently, a security guard watches over the relic-"cool dude," according to Reddit user TautSexyElfKing -and the statue makes sounds."
In 2005, Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 in a Mojave Desert hangar that glowed green. Executives said the event was meant to resemble Burning Man, and journalists and fans lounged on beanbags to play at dozens of stations. Alcohol was served from paneled domes later associated with covid-era outdoor dining. Those large-budget gaming launch events became rare. Two decades later a mysterious demonic statue surfaced near Joshua Tree, its sides etched with bodies. Geoff Keighley posted a geocode for the site. The statue emits red light and ambient, hellish sounds at night, is occasionally guarded, and visitors report interactive knocking noises.
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