 Thursday, January 20th 2005 - [199]Guy Talk (4 of 23)
Original Commentary
Is Robert allowed to install games? Not really, but Robert is the only guy who actually checks the logs for inappropriate software - Terrence
Modern Commentary
I should have shown Robert handing Brisbane a copy of Final Battle Adventure Online or done more to make it clear via dialogue.
Final Battle Adventure Online is a massively multiplayer game that has shown up in You Say it First, Namir Deiter, and Nicole and Derek. I'm pretty sure this is the first time it's been mentioned in our comics.
You remember what I said a few months ago about using brand names or not? Well, in the first draft of the comic, it was Neverwinter Nights, a video game based on Dungeons and Dragons. It had come out a few years earlier and was rather popular. I had probably just started playing it or, perhaps, had intended to play it real soon.
I enjoy referencing things that I like. It amuses me and sometimes you have to amuse yourself first. But this time I was probably hoping that the name drop would be good for a bit of attention from the Neverwinter Nights community.
Isabel pointed out that folks who came here for Neverwinter Nights content wouldn't find anything of the sort besides an off-hand mention and we really shouldn't tie ourselves to other peoples' intellectual property.
She mentioned this to me after she posted the comic with the new name for the video game. This is good, because you shouldn't pretend to be something that you aren't just because you think it will make you popular. It almost certainly won't work; people can spot a phony.
This silly little computer game will be a larger part of the ND Unlimited universe than we could have imagined based on this humble beginning.
Probably should have had Robert talk the game up a bit more.- Terrence
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