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An '''Alternate Reality Game''' is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions. ''Halo'' has had two ARGs: [[I Love Bees]] and [[Iris]].

During the summer of 2004, the website [http://www.ilovebees.com ilovebees.com] was used as a publicity site for [[Halo 2]], with the site being pointed to by adverts for the game during movie trailers. Ostensibly a beekeeper's personal site, the server appeared to have been taken over by an unstable [[A.I.]] whose thoughts are scattered on the site.

The front page had a counter counting down to July 27, 2004 (when it says "network throttling will erode"), August 10, 2004 (when "this medium will metastasize"), and August 24, 2004 (at 8:06 am, when it will be "wide awake and physical") - many thought something big would happen related to ''[[Halo 2]]'' on these dates, however it was only related to the ILB game. Currently there is a counter counting down to the day the [[Covenant]] will attack [[Earth]], over 500 years in the future.