sywren Report post Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) Grigore Ureche (NPC in EVTR) was a Romanian author. I haven't read anything by him, but I lived on Strada Grigore Ureche and asked about it once. Edit: there may also be a city of breasts or some other reference to breasts, but I could be translating that wrong, and I'm forgetting where I saw it. Edited July 11, 2008 by sygon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted July 11, 2008 Edit: there may also be a city of breasts or some other reference to breasts, but I could be translating that wrong, and I'm forgetting where I saw it. There is no such reference in the game that I know of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Addienne Report post Posted July 11, 2008 The best 2 was orasul curvelor and Pula's tavern:) rofl i still can't stop laughing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
extrapolation Report post Posted July 19, 2008 The new engineering god is called LaForge - just like the chief engineer on the Enterprise in Star Trek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted July 19, 2008 There are two more references in the engineering god thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
extrapolation Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Well the priest is called diesel, which is funny, but does that count as a reference? Dunno about the other one, maybe i should visit the temple. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ermabwed Report post Posted July 19, 2008 Well the priest is called diesel, which is funny, but does that count as a reference? Diesel, Rudolf. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muly Report post Posted July 22, 2008 OK, who's the showtunes fan? We all know that "One" is from the musical "A Chorus Line," right? One...singular sensationDa da dum da dum dee dum! (OK, so I don't know the words...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Talixim Report post Posted July 22, 2008 umm nooo get real people... One = Metallica song, not some snobby, posh musical number or whatever. Same goes for Harvester of Sorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shujral Report post Posted July 22, 2008 "Hunting rabbits in the Elysian Fields" is a reference to Greek mythology, thats where certain uber-cool people went when they died, iirc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruella Report post Posted July 22, 2008 "Hunting rabbits in the Elysian Fields" is a reference to Greek mythology, thats where certain uber-cool people went when they died, iirc. Almost One of the three parts of the Underworld, a final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. It was called Elysium though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shujral Report post Posted July 22, 2008 not bad then, uber-cool is synonymous to heroic and virtuous, no? "Shujral has discovered the one ring to rule them all." - Lord Of The Rings reference. "Shujral was playing paintball at Paschendale." - Site of a major WWI battle, although I thought I've seen it spelled differently. I believe its also a song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DinkyDee Report post Posted July 23, 2008 There are two more references in the engineering god thing. Rudolf Diesel was a communist! "Shujral was playing paintball at Paschendale." - Site of a major WWI battle, although I thought I've seen it spelled differently. I believe its also a song. The Third Battle of Ypres is commonly known as Paschendale. It was a pointless bloodbath... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruella Report post Posted July 23, 2008 "Shujral was playing paintball at Paschendale." - Site of a major WWI battle, although I thought I've seen it spelled differently. I believe its also a song. Yeah, this one is interesting While Paschendale is a title of Iron Maiden song, Passchendaele is where one of the most bizzare battles of the World War I took place - due to a weather the entire battle was fought in thick mud ... The allies lost 140.000 soldiers to move 5 miles into German territory (2 lives per inch) What's interesting, same Iron Maiden song contains such line: ""Drown in mud, no more tears." Familiar ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boognish Report post Posted August 18, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Actually, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead_(Babylon_5) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XenaMT Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Kane - Desert Pines NPC "She may not be much to look at, but she's got it where it counts. She made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs." verbatim quote from Han Solo in Star Wars - Episode IV - A New Hope Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dewillem Report post Posted August 18, 2009 i thought i saw lenny saying some phrases from maiden (killers) and system of a down songs. the highway to hell is an AC/DC song and 'found the meaning of life' could be another monty python reference :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leelablassblau Report post Posted August 18, 2009 uhm well...not really a reference, but (really!) EVERYtime when i read "You hurt yourself and lost x healthpoints" Johnny Cash starts singing in my head "I hurt myself today..." :-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popeye Report post Posted August 19, 2009 "Hunting rabbits in the Elysian Fields" is a reference to Greek mythology, thats where certain uber-cool people went when they died, iirc. Almost One of the three parts of the Underworld, a final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. It was called Elysium though Elysian Fields From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields in Elysium were the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boognish Report post Posted August 20, 2009 Elysian Fields is a Megadeth song, it's the "hunting rabbits" that I don't get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenMikac Report post Posted August 20, 2009 "In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields in Elysium were the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous." Why would you connect that with Megadeth song? People seem to take references from very subjective point of view, like this and like "Antisocial", for chris sake, its just opposite of Social and its totally logical, no need to make references on that one ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boognish Report post Posted August 20, 2009 It's obvious that there are many references to heavy metal songs in the game. I plan to find them all and list them here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites