Thread:Nkershaw/@comment-2236231-20151212204035/@comment-2236231-20160611184844

The history behind the making of games is not something I am familiar with. The lore with in a game is another story. Like; I know how Galaxian, Galaga, and Gapulus are all connected. But that knowledge is a lot like knowing the history of the Federation (star trek) before the Enterprise series rewrote the old canon.

Did you know that Atari's Cosmic Ark is a sequel to Atari's Atlantis? Both end in certain defeat for the player, but still the games are- something. I lost my train of thought on that one.

I have also gotten stuck on playing Borderlands 2 and the Pre-Sequel so my mind is full of both of those. My fascination with the pre-sequel coming from the various Flash Gordon references in the game; two of which I have found- the SMG called Freezing Fridgia (Fridgia being a region of the Planet Mongo- a land so cold that only those born on Fridgian soil can survive for long; and the Kala Shield which is a reference to the the character of General Kala from the feature film. 'Charge the lightening shield!' hahha :)

I may be a young adult (early 20s) but I grew up playing Atari, watching Flash Gordon, Star Wars, Disney's Treasure Island, and Disney's Swiss Family Robinson, and Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- you could say that like Lt. Paris from Star Trek Voyager I am a tade out of time sinc with popular culture. I even go to you tube to listen to radio dramas; my favorite at this time being The Adventures of Phillip Marlow. I enjoy radio dramas enough to have taken the time to not only listen to every episode of The Adventures of Herbert Daring Dashwood and his Stalwart Ghoul Manservant Argile in Fallout 3 but also to seek out and find Rockopoplis myself! (Well I accidently stumbled upon it :/ but STILL! I was excited to make the find!)