[KappaWing]

"There are more things in heaven and earth (Horatio), then are dreamt of in your philosophy" ~Hamlet: AI SV

I just read this part in Hamlet the other day. Caught my attention for sure! I always thought this quote stuck out oddly in Petrarch's monologue, since it wasn't well integrated and it pointed to an otherwise unmentioned audience, but now that I understand the context of the original quote, I see it was a cool thing to do.

Are there any other Shakespeare references in Freespace 2? Names, situations, or other allusions?

[Mobius]

Fortunately not, I hope.

[Snail]

Well... Two cruisers might be named after the two brothers in the Scottish Play I think. The Melchom (Malcolm) and the Bane (Donalbain). They appear alongside each other, so it could be possible it drew inspiration from the Scottish Play.

[Droid803]

I liked how they used that quote - it was very well done.

Also - It's Macbeth! My only superstition is against having superstitions.

[MT]

I liked how they used that quote - it was very well done.

Also - It's Macbeth! My only superstition is against having superstitions.

 Aaah! "Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends." Aaah-haa!

[Polpolion]

Hey, didn't we used to have a stickied thread here where people tried to do this stuff for the entire campaign? I think I'd like to try and restart that.

[karajorma]

Singh started one.  I don't think he got very far though. What he had was in depth but he only covered the first 3-4 missions IIRC.

[Polpolion]

Do you have a link to it? I'll see what he has and see if I can start something up like that on my own.

Actually, if anyone wants to help, we can divide up the campaign and go through it.

[Mobius]

Where's that thread by Singh? I remember it, but I don't remember its title.

What he had was in depth but he only covered the first 3-4 missions IIRC.

Yeah...I remember that it was short and covered stuff like a RL ship whose name was Impervious (the NTC Impervious might have been inspired by it).

[Mongoose]

I've deleted two completely off-topic posts spurred on by yet another misuse of that goddamn necrothreadage beam.  I'm seriously considering recommending to the greater powers that be that anyone using that beam inappropriately receive a swift ban; at the very least, I'd love to see it banished to the pits of hell from whence it came.

Now, much more on-topic, I remember that thread too, but I also couldn't remember its name.  Thankfully, the search function managed to be useful for once, and I stumbled across these two threads that I think fit the description.

[Galemp]

Sheesh. It's from DECEMBER. Not a necro. If it's more than 18 months then yes, it's a necro. Tone it down, guys.

Mongoose, thanks for the links and for contributing to the thread.

[Polpolion]

Thanks for the links! If I get some free time, I'll try and analyze some more missions, but until then, I'll leave those threads where they are.

[Nissan]

This is kinda unrelated, but I just remembered something.  Shakespeare was famous for writing dozens (hundreds?) of sonnets, and in literature, they classify sonnets based on the rhyme scheme.  There's three major types: Shakespearean, Spenserian, and... Petrarchan, named after Francesco Petrarch.

It's kind of a vague connection, so I'm guessing that's more a coincidence than anything, but it's still pretty neat.

(yay for 10th grade Brit Lit)

[Lucika]

I've read somewhere that the first letters of the last 13 lines of the original version (never read it in English) of Hamlet read together is a statement "I am gay" - or sg with the same meaning. Is that true?

[Charismatic]

Freespace 3: Shakesphers revenge

[General Battuta]

Shakesphere?

[Rick James]

Shakesphere?

I sense an idea for a new superweapon coming on.

[Droid803]

Planet-quake weapon?

[Killer Whale]

Light through yonder window breaks out with an awesome beam.

[Kie99]

Christ there is so much bollocks talked in this forum, desperate attempts to be funny from people who quite clearly aren't.

Where's that thread by Singh? I remember it, but I don't remember its title.

What he had was in depth but he only covered the first 3-4 missions IIRC.

Yeah...I remember that it was short and covered stuff like a RL ship whose name was Impervious (the NTC Impervious might have been inspired by it).

Here are the two threads in which Singh did reserach into "Fs2's vast depths"

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,35521.0.html
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,35225.0.html