Kyshakk Koan Sss-Chah Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 according to a lot of people, a good way to not get a really big job is forgetting to untag yourself in embarrassing facebook pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Originally Posted By: Sss-Chah according to a lot of people, a good way to not get a really big job is forgetting to untag yourself in embarrassing facebook pictures. Slashdot ran a piece on employers advising their HR department to stop doing that to avoid discrimination lawsuits. So in the (rather ironically, but this board is curse-free) censored words of Randall Munroe, "be lovingly intimate with that natural fertilizer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt aka Ravenwing Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Originally Posted By: Arancaytrus "be lovingly intimate with that natural fertilizer". Oh Aran, I do wish you wouldn't take things so literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I've found another possible Spiderweb Software cameo in the Foglios' Girl Genius - A Professor Strout is mentioned here. Given that Professor Vogel and General Krizsan are also in the cast, and Jeff also gave cameos to Foglio, I doubt it is coincidental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Sorry to be a necromancer, but could the green fyora you're asked to kill in G5 be a cameo for Dikiyoba? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Very, very unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 I'll go one step further: definitely not. Jeff has never put forum members in his games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Delicious Vilsh doesn't count? I mean, it's pretty sublte, but it is there. Edit: Nevermind, I forgot he was a Beta Tester. The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 DV is definitely not a cameo. As answered earlier in this thread: Originally Posted By: Thuryl Vlish have canonically tasted terrible ever since G1, in order to discourage predators from eating them. That's where DV's name came from in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I just realized that E3's Unspecified Services may take its name from the Office of Unspecified Services in Infinite Jest. There's a gap of a little bit less than a year between the book's publishing and the game's release, which puts the games development at the perfect time for Jeff to read and be taken with the novel. —Alorael, who supposes a lessening of appreciation for the book over the years between E3 and A3 could also account for the agency's unfortunate name change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Bump. A6 brings new cameos into the fray. Neko and Case, two farmers near the beginning of the game, combine to form the name of solo and New Pornographers singer Neko Case. —Alorael, who is sure there are more things out there waiting to be found. Go get 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Spddin Ignis Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Wasn't resnick in G3 named after a grapics designer for the pictures that they show at the beginning and end of games... Ben Resnick ? Not a celebraty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Bump. A6 referencesplz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Unplayable Playable Character Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES A6 referencesplz Sorry. Would if I had any, but I don't. These aren't really cameos, but it's still something on names, so I think it's alright. During a playthrough of G1, I noticed that a couple of names have meanings in Russian (or maybe another Eastern European language). Two that I remember are the servant mind in the Abandoned School whose name was Povralus, and a Sholai in the Refugee cave whose name was Solyniy(sp?) In Russian, Povralus could translate into "the liar" (a shame that he actually tells the truth) and Solyniy would pretty literally mean salted, or salty (covered in salt). I got a laugh when I read a dialogue that went something like "he points to himself and says "Solyniy" ". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Milla Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 A3 reference.Quite sneaky infact: In real life there is an type of apple called a mcintosh. In A3/E3 there is an apple tree near wainscotting which the games call Macintoshes. Apple...Macintosh. Well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Apple named its computer line after the McIntosh apple cultivar, which is very popular in North America. So any sneakiness here was by Steve Jobs, not Jeff Vogel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Apple named its computer line after the McIntosh apple cultivar, which is very popular in North America. I'd been wondering about that, but was too lazy to ever verify it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Milla Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Just saying Jeff could have spelt it McIntosh in the game but as he went straight to Machintosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Originally Posted By: Milla ...he went straight to Machintosh. "Machintosh - the apple that can break the sound barrier!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Mackintosh — the apple that cuts you first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Something else Steve Jobs and Jeff Vogel have in common: having creations with the same names as their daughters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I knew it! *googles iPod Jobs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 No, that's his cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug GIFTCockroach Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Neko and Case, the farmers, are located a hut in the eastern Webbed Woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Upon Mars. Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Heustess in G1, location the sentinels, refers to work buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Correct, or almost! Nice catch. Brent Heustess was a G1 betatester. He's worked in Texas for years, it seems, so not a work buddy. But he was also active on Usenet throughout the 90's, which might be his original connection to Jeff. Among other things, he appears to be an expert on Cthulhu as well as the person who suggested putting Sylak items into Avernum... which makes him the godfather of Xian Skull. AnthonyKes and Danialmida 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 Bump, in case a purge comes along when we're not looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Do you know something we don't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted September 19, 2010 Author Share Posted September 19, 2010 No. Well, not about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Tirien Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Slarty knows something. That or he had the foresight to save this from a possible purge. Which means he still has sanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Slarty's sanity is of course long gone, but moderators are issued cynicism canisters. Cynicism is kind of like sanity, except without the unfortunate side effects of reason and empathy. Plus it's cheap, if you get it wholesale, and Jeff does, because we go through a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted September 19, 2010 Author Share Posted September 19, 2010 Death, or pseudopods; cynicism, or spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Fearstung Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Vladimir and Estragon, a beggar and the sergeant in Dharmon in A6. Main characters of Beckett's "Waiting for Godot". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Secret Asian Man Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I registered an account just to resurrect this thread - in Avernum 6, the team of Raiders sent to help you reopen Fort Draco are named after characters from the TV show Mad Men, but with subtle spelling changes: Raider Rumson - Freddy Rumsen Raider Halloway - Joan Holloway Raider Stirling - Roger Sterling Raider Olssson - Peggy Olson (my favorite) Additionally, I played through Avadon as a Shadowwalker named Omar after the character from the TV show The Wire, and, in an incredible moment of synchronicity that blew me away, in the endgame, Miranda paraphrases one of Omar's most famous quotes in an amazingly relevant way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Peggy Olson is, of course, the best character. Thanks for the contributions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 No Don Draper, Pete Campbell, or Bert Cooper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 A4 - Abisynthe the Bandit Queen Topic discussing her Quote: Many characters in my games are named after people I know in RL and in games. Abisynthe was a really cool person in my last EQ guild, so I named a character after her. - Jeff Vogel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I wonder if Jeff has used names from the British TV show Last of the Summer Wine? If he hasn't, I wonder if he has any plans to do so? Post #533 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Perhaps he's never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Perhaps he's never heard of it. Then he is lucky. MeetCrib9119 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: Micawber Perhaps he's never heard of it. Then he is lucky. Seconded. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Bump for heavy revisions, incorporations and additions to the list (in the first post). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk springacres Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 In V2, one of the rebels near the Remote Tower in Blackwood is named Elspeth. Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe the name Miranda appears in King Lear; rather, isn't she one of the main characters from The Tempest? (Cordelia is a name from King Lear, though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 [A3] Jeff = His name, on the generic dungeon. ----- -Nightwatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Toast Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Hello, just de-lurking to note a reference I don't see on the list. There's an area in Geneforge 2 with a servile named Manny and a Shaper named Bernard. Bernard and Manny are the main characters of the show Black Books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_books). Jeff seems to have a love of British comedies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Black Books No. http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Books Yes. Welcome to Spiderweb Software, sanity please leave the your door. The Black Books fill your head with a sea of visions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Hello, just de-lurking to note a reference I don't see on the list. There's an area in Geneforge 2 with a servile named Manny and a Shaper named Bernard. Bernard and Manny are the main characters of the show Black Books (http://en.wikipedia....iki/Black_books). Jeff seems to have a love of British comedies. Haha, excellent catch! ...now I want to rewatch Black Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 So apparently this was linked on a reddit AMA. Maybe we should update it for the first time in 4 years? I know there are a few recent post-updates missing from the list, I'll add those in with the other new stuff. I need to go through the last 3 games at some point, but any contributions from others are welcome too. I guess I also need to start specifying if a name is new to the new set of Avernum games, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 i don't know if this belongs here but in A2CS the item description on towels is a reference to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Mea Tulpa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It was that way in A:EFTP also if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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