Anyone else notice the jokes here?
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 14:28
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I just found in Avernum 2 behind the shrine of crystals a vahnatai mage named mentos, and in the text when you talk to him it says his friendliness is a "fresh" experience, and he offers you candy that it says makes your mouth tingle. Anyone know of any other odd jokes like that in these games? -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 | Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 15:51
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I think I do. In Avernum 3 in the Portal Fort at the beginning of the game if you talk to the sage there it says he has a rainbow-colored pen. If you ask him why, he says it represents him and gives him pride. Lol. Basically, it's a deeply embedded reference to him being "fairylike". Posts: 131 | Registered: Wednesday, June 22 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 16:40
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There are a number of rainbows in Upper Avernum. I believe either Elspeth or Nancy also has one somewhere. Malloc and Calloc are functions as well as towns. Four characters from Trainspotting appear somewhere in Bigail. Shayder, I believe. One town has characters from Babylon 5. Again, I'm not sure exactly which, but I think it's Golddale. Krizsan Province and Lt. Mariann Krizsan in A2 are both named after Jeff's wife, of course, and there are rumors that all provinces in A3 are named after women who have been involved in Jeff's life. The GIFTS (Giant, Intelligent, Friendly, Talking Spiders) are loosely based on Spider, the company mascot tarantula. The Monastery of Madness and the Generic Dungeon are both obvious jokes. —Alorael, who is sure there are more. Probably a lot more. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 18:04
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The town of Wainscotting in A3. Wainscotting ... Wainscotting ... Wainscotting ... sounds like a little Dorset village, doesn't it? Wainscotting. Jeff left out the killer sheep that the Monty-Python sketch had though. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 18:40
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quote:What about footracer province? I doubt he knows a woman named footracer. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 | Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00 |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 18:59
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Footracer may not be a common surname but a Google search reveals that it certainly exists. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 19:27
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You're right, didn't expect that. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 | Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 20:31
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Not in the Trilogy, but in BoA, several South Park characters show up in ASR in Zaskiva. Well-known, but worth mentioning. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:04
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quote:Source. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 22:20
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Specifically, this bit of the chat: quote:From this, some have inferred that whoever Ms Midori was, Jeff doesn't like her very much any more. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Monday, June 27 2005 05:10
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Or Shirley Monroe, his ex-wife? There are also secret hidden strings in the Exile games. In Exile III, Anaximander strips for you, and there is anti-Catholic text in one of the previous games, as well as some lesbian references. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, June 27 2005 18:36
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The lesbian refrences is mainly two characters found in all 3 games (Nance and Elspeth), and is very strongly implied though not explicitly stated, but is by no means hidden. By the way, what do you have to say to anaximander to get that? -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 | Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, June 27 2005 18:38
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They're in the text of the game, but there's no way to actually trigger them in-game -- you have to poke around in the game files using a resource editor. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 02:55
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The hidden Nance and Elspeth strings are much more forward and explicit. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 10:06
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Characters called Patsy and Eddy (from the TV series Absolutely Fabulous) appear in Blosk in Avernum 2. In Avernum there's a fort called Saffron (another character from Ab Fab). Edit: Saffron is also a spice of course, so the latter could be a coincidence. But Patsy and Eddy live next door... Edit 2: Just noticed the sage in Blosk in E2 is named Saffron too. So that makes 3 characters in the same town. [ Sunday, August 07, 2005 04:03: Message edited by: Micawber ] -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 13:01
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I think it's probably a coincidence. Most character references are all characters and all in one town. Fort Saffron matches better with Fort Emerald. Both are named after substances that are also colors. —Alorael, who will now have to go poking around with a resource editor again to find more hidden goodies. And baddies. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 18:03
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Okay, Drakey, I give up. The Anaximander strings are easy enough to find, but where are the others? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, July 2 2005 20:57
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Ephram in Silvar mentions that some guys might be jealous of his big sword. Posts: 27 | Registered: Tuesday, June 21 2005 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Sunday, July 3 2005 04:52
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They're in E1 and E2 strings, but in a different place because they occur in dialogue (I think). In the Towns file, perhaps? -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, July 3 2005 17:44
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Thanks. I might get around to going on another fishing expedition for them later; I'll be sure to note their locations for posterity if and when I find them. [ Sunday, July 03, 2005 17:44: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Sunday, July 3 2005 17:47
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I poked around for a good, long while, but I didn't find anything. They're not in any obvious place. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, July 3 2005 18:10
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Is there a utility that can either search through a resource fork for specific pieces of text or dump the strings into a data fork? That'd make looking through it a lot easier. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Monday, July 4 2005 05:19
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I always used ResEdit. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, July 4 2005 06:33
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quote:Why, what's so awful about Midori Province? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, July 4 2005 09:31
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It's rather abused by its plague, don't you think? [Gah! A typo!] —Alorael, who thinks Monoroe really got the short end of the stick. Gale has golems and zombies who just can't hold their drugs. [ Monday, September 12, 2005 17:26: Message edited by: Internal Sanity Service ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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