Saga Star Wars Episode Zero: THE DIG

Let's Play THE DIG
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The Dig
An Adventure In Space and Time
by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg (with the help of a few game companies)
Das Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus in Bayreuth präsenteirt
eine neue Singspiel von Richard Wagner:
Wieland der Schmied
Mit vielen Dank an Herrn und Frau G. Ritter
1. Aufzug
1. Szene
A desert place. Thunder and lightning.

Enter the Players.

Enter the Man of the Hour.

Enter the Hour.


Enter the Machine.
Did you mean: The God Machine?
> yes

"Thanks, Google."
"INDIANA JONES?! You've got some nerve!"
"Do you realize what you've done?" / Ignorant fools! What have you done?
(cf. LOOM, a fantasy adventure by Brian Moriarty)


"It's the stuff that dreams are made of."
--The Maltese Falcon, 1941 film (actually the second remake of Dashiell Hammett's novel)
"For seventeen years, I have sought the black bird."
--Signor Ferrari, Quest for Glory II (referencing Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon)
"Rise, son of Cygna! It is the dawn of your seventeenth year."
--LOOM, by Brian Moriarty

"I can't reach it."
--Too many adventure games to note here
"Use your head!
Indiana Jones is supposed to be smart as a whip!
Whip the Grail!"
--Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure hint book

"Now, THIS is the cup of a carpenter."
--Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
You have found the Grail, Dr. Jones!

Now, what will you do with it?
> heal father
Which ones?
"From each according to his ability; to each according to his need."
--Karl Marx
"I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers."
--Henry Jones Sr. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
"Honk!"
--Harpo Marx, making a cameo in Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (assuming Silly Clowns mode is on)
"Go forth and multiply!"
--God, sealing a covenant with Abraham
"Go now and die in what way seems best to you."
--Steward Denethor, in The Return of the King (JRR Tolkien)
BEATRICE
Will you go hear this news, Signior?
BENEDICK
I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy
eyes—and moreover, I will go with thee to thy uncle’s.
--William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing

 

The Last True Secret of Brian Moriarty's THE DIG
“Rule One: The Doctor lies.”
Doctor (dok*tor) n.
Definitions:
1. English:
Physician; healer; medicus.
2. Latin
Doctor.
“Traduttore, traditore.”
--Italian proverb
traduce (tra*doose) v.
Definition: slander; defame; insult publicly.
traduire v.
Traduction en anglais: Translation.
"The ship is almost ready.”
--Cocytan Leader

"Go home and tell your people what has been accomplished here."
--Cocytan Creator

"Thank you, Boston."
--Cocytan Inventor

invenio v.
Definition:
1. Latin:
Present active inveniō, present infinitive invenīre, perfect active invēnī, supine inventum
I find; I discover; I come upon.

‘Yé! utúvienyes! I have found it! Lo! here is a scion of the Eldest of Trees!.’
--Aragorn Elessar, The Return of the King
Hey... there are four astronauts in this game... but five spires.
Or is that six?
NEW CHARACTERS UNLOCKED!
New Astronaut: Cora Miles

This character can replace Toshi Olema in THE DIG.
New Astronaut: Ken Borden

This character can replace Ludger Brink in THE DIG.
Achievement Unlocked!
"The Eye Will See"
> go back
"Finally, a good use for my extensive training."
--Professor Ludger Brink, geologist and archaeologist, The DIG
"Believe me, being alive is a LOT more fun than being dead."
--Dr. Toshi Olema, cyberneticist and CEO of OlemaCorp, The DIG
Achievement Unlocked:
Spacetime Four re-entered!
The LucasArts adventure game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis famously had three gameplay paths: Fists, Wits, and Team.
So, for that matter, did Sierra's Quest for Glory series: Fighter, Magic User, and Thief.
Lori Cole once said in an interview that the original Hero's Quest was meant to have four gameplay paths, each one defined by a different species: a Gnome thief, an Elf wizard, a Centaur archer, and a Human jack-of-all-trades.
But there is a fourth gameplay path already in the series, well known by now.
You unlock it by completing Quest for Glory II.
It's the Paladin.
But there are really six gameplay paths... because any character class can be "jack-of-all trades," simply by acquiring new skills on the introductory character creation screen.
And, of course, the Magic User becomes a Wizard in Quest for Glory II as well.
Potentiality has become actualized!
The Four Map Pieces:




I once asked Bill Tiller about the strangest rumor circulating about Brian Moriarty's THE DIG.
He said it was this: "Only left-handed people can get into heaven."
What use is a left-handed hammer?
"Sometimes, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs."
--Bernard Bernoulli, Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle
"Of what use is a newborn baby?"
--Benjamin Franklin
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"Why then should I give my readers bad lines of my own, when good ones of other people’s are so plenty?"
--Benjamin Franklin
"I close."
--Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address
"I am loth to close."
--Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address (as revised in collaboration with William Seward)
"I open at the close."
--Albus Dumbledore's Golden Snitch, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

 

Um, am I missing something here? This seems to have little to do with the SW saga, but I'll be happy to be proven wrong and refrain from locking the thread if someone can explain it to me.

 

I'm afraid that if I haven't made my meaning plain yet, I never will.

I submit this thread to your good judgment as a moderator.

 

My only guess is that this is some sort of mad, ultra meta pop culture collage touching upon, but not directly referencing, certain aspects of the Star Wars saga (the spires resembling the jedi temple, the repetition of "six").

Cryogenic , you're better at this than I am.

 

Uhhh

Shhh. Just drink your tea and close your eyes, I'll close the closet door and the monsters will be gone. I love you honey. Good night

 

Ohhhhhkaaaaaay...