.hack is actually a game/anime - when you purchase the game, you get 
anther DVD with just the anime episodes.  The idea is that the episodes 
tie into the game's plot, providing cues, background, etc.

The game's first episode is set to be relesed in the US shortly.  It's a 
MMRPG/nonMMRPg game.  The story is that people playing thisi new online 
MMRPG are coming down sick (like Tad Williams Otherland, I guess).  So 
your character goes inside the game to find out what happened to his 
friend.  The game is not truly online - the emails you get a fake (this 
being on the PS2, BTW), but it's suppose to emulate the experience for the 
sake of the story.


On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Dennis Goens II wrote:

> Look it's Neve's Crossing! (A song from the Unreal
> Mission Pack) Very good one indeed. 
> 
> But now to go off topic but not off anime... Who has
> heard of ".Hack//Sign"? I've downloaded the fansubbed
> first episode and it looks relitively good. It's like
> taking Everquest and making an anime out of it, with
> the main character getting trapped in the game. Kinda
> like a Tron thing...
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> 
> --- NeveQueen@aol.com wrote:
> > Hihi all,
> <SNIP>
> > 
> > Heather
> 
> 
> 
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