tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post7723975166855987014..comments2024-03-28T23:14:06.156-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Dusk of the Gods: 2 DownCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4522407539619783722019-05-24T05:50:27.440-04:002019-05-24T05:50:27.440-04:00In Curse of Monkey Island, adventure game from 199...In Curse of Monkey Island, adventure game from 1997, you can check time (set in Windows) on a clock tower and voice actor acually reads it! :) I just love this kind of attencion to such small, insignificant, time and money wasting details :DKoksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63454576447580744452018-02-06T08:50:00.261-05:002018-02-06T08:50:00.261-05:00There is a relationship between Greek and Norse my...There is a relationship between Greek and Norse mythology as both descended from proto Indo-European religious beliefs, along with Celtic, Roman, Slavic, Baltic, Hittite and various Iranian and Indian religious systems. <br /><br />There's versions of Three Fates in almost all of them, Norse Norns, Greek Moirai, Roman Parcae, The Hittite Hutena, Lithuanian Deivės Valdytojos, South Slavic Sudenicy and Albanian Fatit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6394841144011450682016-08-10T03:20:47.466-04:002016-08-10T03:20:47.466-04:00Civilization 4 still has this feature, plus the ab...Civilization 4 still has this feature, plus the ability to set an alarm to tell yourself to stop playing and go to bed. Speaking of which...Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78237360556000911622016-03-26T00:06:34.028-04:002016-03-26T00:06:34.028-04:00I Googled it to see if it's mentioned elsewher...I Googled it to see if it's mentioned elsewhere, but it turn out it's "Mary" who is not amused, obviously a reference to the infamous moral crusader and busybody Mary Whitehouse. IIRC she's even prevented the inclusion of a Red Light district in Dun Darach.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74813545630185448022016-03-21T19:43:22.647-04:002016-03-21T19:43:22.647-04:00Your wifi has turned sentient?! I knew it. World i...Your wifi has turned sentient?! I knew it. World is ending.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44541629107248479802016-03-19T05:30:28.210-04:002016-03-19T05:30:28.210-04:00It would've funny if the Marvel films had used...It would've funny if the Marvel films had used a pronunciation of Bifrost that is closer to the original one. Instead of Bi-frost, the name sounds a lot like beef-roast :))Zalmoxisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1209372475143066592016-03-14T21:13:31.299-04:002016-03-14T21:13:31.299-04:00Waitaminit. When did I say that you'd "ha...Waitaminit. When did I say that you'd "have to be precise and careful discussing old Norse beliefs"?<br /><br />And why would I need to pick a fight with an Anonymous guy who might not even have skin and is actually a reptilian alien disguised as some grandma's pet cat?Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89244477078297219402016-03-14T20:23:24.740-04:002016-03-14T20:23:24.740-04:00Wise users with internal drives did, in fact, run ...Wise users with internal drives did, in fact, run a shutdown command. It was usually called, "park" or "parkdisk" and would move the read heads to the outermost section of the disk to reduce the odds of damage caused by vibration or power irregularities when restarting... (It ceased to be necessary when the hardware designers realised that they could just make the heads do that automatically when the power was cut.)<br /><br />Issuing this command was then followed by pulling a manual switch that usually made a very nice, audible click or thunk. tlhonmeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256644187305759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58101841269559664752016-03-14T20:16:49.632-04:002016-03-14T20:16:49.632-04:00Have you ever actually read Celtic and Norse mytho...Have you ever actually read Celtic and Norse mythology? "Trolling" trusting people is a major, recurring theme, engaged in by heroes and villains alike...tlhonmeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256644187305759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73497433789438970662016-03-10T22:31:25.104-05:002016-03-10T22:31:25.104-05:00Let me get this straight. We have to be precise an...Let me get this straight. We have to be precise and careful in discussing this old Norse belief but can be dismissive in talking about the misguided Christians. Got it.<br /><br />And I do hope that this is just the case of getting up on the wrong side of the bed not the case of thin skinned guy picking fight on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22378580343075905572016-03-10T18:33:40.808-05:002016-03-10T18:33:40.808-05:00Then again, these containers are a godsend (geddit...Then again, these containers are a godsend (geddit? Dusk of Gods? Right, never mind) if you're a hoarder. <br /><br />Sure, it may weigh more but it gives more space. Which is, in itself, a very interesting mechanic.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17022042348093391242016-03-10T18:29:35.111-05:002016-03-10T18:29:35.111-05:00@Anonymous - Yeah, you're right. Thanks for be...@Anonymous - Yeah, you're right. Thanks for being pedantic. Want a stick up your @$$ while you're at it? Fine, replace the "general Christian faith" instead of the Bible but whatever misguided concepts of Christianity they got from.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82516725821403421332016-03-10T17:42:14.242-05:002016-03-10T17:42:14.242-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7241030688431963822016-03-10T14:07:34.686-05:002016-03-10T14:07:34.686-05:00RE: snapping line. I think I've heard an old N...RE: snapping line. I think I've heard an old Norse myth about someone (probably Thor) going fishing and accidentally catching Jormungandr, so maybe look for fishing gear?Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10375525655608696832016-03-10T11:31:12.214-05:002016-03-10T11:31:12.214-05:00Neopaganism has very little to do with actual myth...Neopaganism has very little to do with actual mythology, it's mostly invented. Better links would be:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fates<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai#Cross-cultural_parallelsVKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23945965275810481812016-03-10T09:35:50.628-05:002016-03-10T09:35:50.628-05:00There's some relevant information on the topic...There's some relevant information on the topic here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Goddess_(Neopaganism)Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82130492934815240452016-03-10T07:39:37.267-05:002016-03-10T07:39:37.267-05:00Celtic Morrigans are also prophetesses, among othe...Celtic Morrigans are also prophetesses, among other things. Mythology is just full of unexplicable coincidences like this. In Ossetian pantheon, for example, there's a god Syrdon who is basically a carbon copy of Loki - but there's no evidence of any sort of contacts between the two peoples. Moreover, there are plots and characters in Ossetian epic poems that are strikingly similar to those of Popol Vuh - a case where direct or indirect influence is completely out of the question. Mythological archetypes aren't necessarily vague and generic, more often than not they tend to be awfully specific.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71815592740748366752016-03-10T03:05:23.125-05:002016-03-10T03:05:23.125-05:00Triplets of women who tell the future is a little ...Triplets of women who tell the future is a little more specific than just triplets. I remain convinced that there's some kind of relationship.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23761945557948123352016-03-10T00:48:54.742-05:002016-03-10T00:48:54.742-05:00Actually there's no "Trinity" in the...Actually there's no "Trinity" in the Bible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46965920771467021902016-03-10T00:39:25.637-05:002016-03-10T00:39:25.637-05:00"She was otherwise going to have to sleep wit..."She was otherwise going to have to sleep with them to get the necklace."<br />Wow... the world's oldest profession almost recruited a Norse Goddess into its fold.<br /><br />The guy in wolf cloak is a Vargulf (Celtic/Nordic werewolf); and is probably Sigmund. Sort of like Berzerker (werebear). From their folklore, these warriors have to skin the animal they wish to turn into, perform a ritual to enchant the cloak so that they could turn into its animal form. I didn't know it's transferable, though. A little sketchy here.<br /><br />If Beowulf is featured here, I wonder if Sigurd and Arngrim (also in Valkyrie Profile) would appear as well.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68121782459167830912016-03-10T00:30:38.022-05:002016-03-10T00:30:38.022-05:00Wrong autocomplete typo of the day... :)Wrong autocomplete typo of the day... :)Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10003133718345346422016-03-10T00:29:11.363-05:002016-03-10T00:29:11.363-05:00You forgot the most important thing: Rick Riorden ...You forgot the most important thing: Rick Riorden wrote about both of them :) I haven't started on Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard yet but both my son and wifi loved it and are pestering me to read it.Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81420689853300582132016-03-10T00:19:34.018-05:002016-03-10T00:19:34.018-05:00Triumvirates are everywhere. Heck, even the Bible ...Triumvirates are everywhere. Heck, even the Bible has the Holy Trinity. Buddhism has Buddha, Dharma & Sangha as the 3 Jewels. Witches exist in Covens of threes. Christmas Ghosts come in trios as well.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9919543659503073682016-03-09T23:57:07.196-05:002016-03-09T23:57:07.196-05:00There are certainly a lot of similarities between ...There are certainly a lot of similarities between Greek and Norse, at least on the surface. Both traditions have a father at the head of a large and jumbled family, some of whom get tacked on from odd directions. Both mythologies have a place on high where they all live. Both sets make a big deal about having 12 primary gods, though when you dig deeper it's extremely unclear which 12 are the "real" 12, as the lists shift depending on the telling. Both sets have giants/titans as adversaries -- with some differences to be sure, but also plenty of similarities. There's even comparisons to be drawn between the Norse gods' love of mead and the Greek gods' ambrosia.Quirkzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409671254311123117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15783679024592823262016-03-09T22:42:07.825-05:002016-03-09T22:42:07.825-05:00The mythological Mimer would have been the inspira...The mythological Mimer would have been the inspiration for the "mimir" skull-that-dispenses-wisdom from the Planescape pen-and-paper setting. The Planescape mimir, in turn, almost certainly inspired Planescape: Torment's Morte (who notes his similarity to a mimir himself).A. Freednoreply@blogger.com