Well, I've been having glimpses of bits & pieces for an idea for this topic flash through my mind/subconscious here and there for awhile now.
Up until now - I've either forgotten about it -OR- I just needed more time to figure out how I wanted to explain it/put it together.
I was also just going to do this under the 'umbrella' of the "
VGCollect Anonymous" topic/thread (*Also* started by someone incredibly cool & awesome; for those of you who might not have already known this:) -BUT- I decided not to because I think (that if there's enough interest, discussion, and contributions to this topic); that, it would be better off as it's own 'stand-a-lone' kind of topic.
The *
POINT* of the topic is to mention, add, and/or talk about things that you've seen/heard in video games (any games of any genres -on any platforms- would be just fine), that are based-on/inspired by origins/events in reaL life.
One example (actually...*Shitloads* of examples:) could come from the
Shin Megami Tensei series of games -because- there are so many demons, God(s), and mythologies that just about all of their monsters & demons (read *Fusions*) are obviously based on varying real life religions & mythologies.
So, let's try to add more specific examples (I'm *Much* smarter, in a well-rounded way) thanks to things in video games inspiring me to research & learn about the real life origins that they were based on...
I'll kick things off with a few, quick examples:
- In
Shadow-Hearts: Covenant - the town that you begin the game in ("
Domremy") is not only a real town -but- it's where Joan of Arc is from,
- Joan of Arc is known as (in French) "
La Pucelle". In English, this translates to "
The Maiden"; hence, giving a bit more significance to (the title) of a game such as
La Pucelle: Tactics,
- Also from
Shadow-Hearts: Covenant; the sword power upgrades that Karin collects are bits & pieces of pages of a real life, Wagnerian opera ("The Ring" aka "Nieberlung"(sp?)), and, one more - just to through a Disgaea game (actually, (2) games) into my examples =
- One of
Desco's (most powerful) special skills/magic attacks is called..."
Yog Soggoth" -which- is from HP Lovecraft's (starting with Cthulu; iirc) mythology/cosmology of "
The Great Old Ones / Gods".
I *LOVE* this kind of shit!
If you do too...jump right in
