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Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an Underpaid
Posted By: SeanDate: 9/19/02 6:48 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an Underpaid (Agent Cletus)

: I don't know if this helps any, but I remember that the crescent was the on
: the crown of the so-called Horned Goddess, who appears frequently in all
: sorts of ancient religions, especially those originating from Babylon (I
: may be wrong in my facts here). I think that was Ishtar, but she was
: really important as the wife/girlfriend of Baal, or whatever his name is.

: Perhaps it has to do with some hero-myth literature? The Kill Your Televison
: term may or may not have anything to do with the game, because I remember
: that it was actually part of Jason Jones' email signature or something. In
: spite of that, Marathon is purely Joe Campbell hero stuff, and there MUST
: be a godess figure in the game SOMEWHERE!!! Why not the spaceships, which
: almost all have crescents and moons for their "logos".

: In haste,

: Cletus

: "My...name..is not...Mr. Anderson. My...name...is BoB!!!"

Scott was obsessed with mythology. I think Marathon led him into it. He had an answer to everything, it was almost insane. Scott designed the Chimera logo in the end, everyone on the team at the time (I believe DOA and a couple others were present) submitted different logo designs. Scott's was, of course, the best and he won the contest (One month of free sushi). Interesting to note that the logo doesn't have to be 2D. Scott's overlay textures added a lot of depth and at one point we even had a fully 3d rendered chimera logo (alright, it was REALLY simple consisting of 3 spheres (one negative), but it was still a 3d logo!)

Of course, I'm glad Scott was such a stickler for the mythos. It led me to do a lot of heavy research in that area.

--Sean

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Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an Underpaid...Steve Levinson 5/28/02 3:04 p.m.
     Honk if You're an Underpaid... ArchitectureTru7h 5/28/02 4:34 p.m.
           Re: Honk if You're an Underpaid... ArchitectureSteve Levinson 5/28/02 6:57 p.m.
     Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an UnderpaidSteve Levinson 5/29/02 7:42 a.m.
     Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an UnderpaidC Lund 5/31/02 2:57 a.m.
     Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an UnderpaidSteve Levinson 6/28/02 11:43 a.m.
           Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an UnderpaidAgent Cletus 6/28/02 8:33 p.m.
                 Re: Rubicon Volunteers-Honk if You're an UnderpaidSean 9/19/02 6:48 p.m.



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