Half-Life Universe Twitter ARG?

There are these two accounts, @BlackMesaRF and @ApertureSciInc that seem like they’re pointing to an ARG. Both of them used to link to old ARG’s, and they’ve mentioned each other…

Images taken straight from google image search, low resolution and the banner based on a fan made logo and title - this isn’t going so well if this was an attempt to mimic Valve.

Its likely (at most) sort of a user created mod. If it is, it does look interesting, but at least they could have used different image. I recently created image of an Aperture lore, it’s not for public but even then I didn’t copy image straight from google.

I’ve kept an eye on this thing from time to time, but haven’t followed it closely.

The writing seems pretty elaborate and consistent with HL/Portal canon/lore. There have been some simple ciphers and interaction with the r/GameDetectives community, but so far, to me, this feels more like a fanfic, albeit a kind of interactive one, than an ARG.

A recent tweet was signed “lm”. A nod to Marc Laidlaw and what he did with the @BreenGrub thing a while back?

L.M. is an official character as well. In fact, he’s the administration secretary.

Founded in 2004, Leakfree.org became one of the first online communities dedicated to Valve’s Source engine development. It is more famously known for the formation of Black Mesa: Source under the 'Leakfree Modification Team' handle in September 2004.