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Maybe i'm reading too much into it...

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Greg Bates04 Jan 2010, 19:08as archived
Maybe i'm reading too much into it...
I'm probably reading too much into this, but I just started playing Killzone 2 today (got a Playstation 3 for Christmas), and I couldn't help but notice that your main character's name is "Sev" and the spaceship he arrived in is called the "New Sun." Anybody else caught any strange maybe-Gene Wolfe references in pop culture?
Lane Haygood04 Jan 2010, 19:17as archived
↳ in reply to Greg Bates
That seems fairly blatant to me. Sent from my iPhone
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On Jan 4, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Greg Bates <tedkennedyrolls at gmail.com> wrote: I'm probably reading too much into this, but I just started playing Killzone 2 today (got a Playstation 3 for Christmas), and I couldn't help but notice that your main character's name is "Sev" and the spaceship he arrived in is called the "New Sun." Anybody else caught any strange maybe-Gene Wolfe references in pop culture? _______________________________________________
Matthew Keeley04 Jan 2010, 20:21as archived
↳ in reply to Greg Bates
I don't think you're reading too much into this at all. I played the game myself and noticed it. Someone on the Killzone 2 team has good taste in literature — the second level is called Blood Meridian. Also, the main villain's rank is "autarch". Terminus Est appears as a sword in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Doubtless there are other Wolfe references in games too. I don't know if your PS3 is online at the moment, but if you want to add a fellow Wolfe fan as a PSN friend, my screentag is keeleymk. Mostly playing Uncharted 2 at the moment — highly, highly recommended. -Matt
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On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Greg Bates <tedkennedyrolls at gmail.com> wrote: I'm probably reading too much into this, but I just started playing Killzone 2 today (got a Playstation 3 for Christmas), and I couldn't help but notice that your main character's name is "Sev" and the spaceship he arrived in is called the "New Sun." Anybody else caught any strange maybe-Gene Wolfe references in pop culture? _______________________________________________
Greg Bates05 Jan 2010, 04:27as archived
↳ in reply to Matthew Keeley
Sent. Never found Terminus Est in SotN - maybe it's time for a 2nd run. I'll keep my eyes peeled for any two-headed bosses in Killzone, too.
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On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com>wrote: I don't think you're reading too much into this at all. I played the game myself and noticed it. Someone on the Killzone 2 team has good taste in literature — the second level is called Blood Meridian. Also, the main villain's rank is "autarch". Terminus Est appears as a sword in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Doubtless there are other Wolfe references in games too. I don't know if your PS3 is online at the moment, but if you want to add a fellow Wolfe fan as a PSN friend, my screentag is keeleymk. Mostly playing Uncharted 2 at the moment — highly, highly recommended. -Matt On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Greg Bates <tedkennedyrolls at gmail.com> wrote:
I'm probably reading too much into this, but I just started playing Killzone 2 today (got a Playstation 3 for Christmas), and I couldn't help but notice that your main character's name is "Sev" and the spaceship he arrived in is called the "New Sun." Anybody else caught any strange maybe-Gene Wolfe references in pop culture? _______________________________________________

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