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Message: 2811

Author: soa1000

Date: 26/04/2002

Subject: Re: Radiohead / Future Games

 

> As a Radiohead-fan myself, I would love to see some references in
> MM/JSW games! I haven't included any in my games so far (and I

doubt I

> could make them fit the Goodnite Luddite concept), but I have a

couple

> of Radiohead room-ideas lined up for, say, Party Willy.

That would be cool to see

> As for the abstract lyrics, it will be an intriguing artistic
> challenge to impart the atmosphere of a Radiohead song to a JSW

room!

Indeed. I wanted to incorporate some Godspeed You Black Emperor
(esoteric Canadian post-rock band) references into my game, but since
they're almost entirely instrumental it can be difficult. I did
create a room called Electrical Storm though, which reminds me of them

> The lyrics of Amnesiac are more concrete than those of Kid A. For
> example, "Pyramid Song" lends itself to a fairly literal "Pyramid
> Screen" interpretation - if I see a room in Soul Miner with a river

at

> the bottom and horizontal black-eyed angels, I will know that you
> stole my idea! ;-)

Heh. There *is* an angel in Soul Miner in fact, but its source is a
lot more obscure. I might attempt to translate some of the lines from
Idioteque, which was my favourite track off Kid A

 

 

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