The Ultimate List of Arcanum's Easter Eggs

Drog Black Tooth · Guest

Around a week ago I decided to make the definite compilation of all Easter eggs and pop-culture references found in Arcanum, since it turned out nobody ever bothered to make one. And here it finally is. Some of the things mentioned in this article could be common knowledge, some are rare, and some were never seen before. This isn't a complete list, however, it's obvious that there will be new additions, so I encourage everyone to contribute by sending me their finds.

Have a good read!

Dark Elf · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject:

Holy goddamn fuckit!

A good read indeed!

Thanks Drog.
_________________
If you can't be a good example, strive to be a horrible warning.

Minuos · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject:

Definitely a good read. Thank you for making the effort, Drog.
_________________

Xiao_Caity · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:20 am Post subject:

Kick arse! *is gonna try a lot of these next time she plays*
_________________

http://sinestris.livejournal.com

papa_dog_1999 · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:43 am Post subject:

I've never found the Smurf village.
Now I have to go look.
_________________
Brute fight? Dare ya!!

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Arthgon · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject:

Good Job, I shall definely try them out.
_________________
Ash: [talking to mirror] I'm fine... I'm fine...
[Mirror Ash jumps out of the mirror and grabs Ash]
Mirror Ash: I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?

Drog Black Tooth · Guest

Added a few more references and a large section dedicated to the epitaphs found in Arcanum's cemeteries.

light-servant · Untrained Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 8

Thanks for doing this, definitely worth reading.

DarkFool · Nemesis of the Ancients Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 2662

That's quite the list... I'll definitely go hunting for the smurf village now.

Thanks DBT! This is an awesome thing you've done.
_________________

rroyo · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:

Nice! Thank you.
_________________
If you can't go through a problem, go over it, under it, or around it.

DarkUnderlord

This is pretty cool.
_________________
Do you dare challenge DarkUnderlord?
---------------------------------
Fan Made Fallout: Project Leader
Terra Arcanum >> the World of Troika Games
Duck and Cover >> You're safe - and you know it!
RPG Codex - We're a bunch of angry cunts.
Tacticular Cancer # We'll have your balls #
Moo... Moo... I'm an Interplay Cow.

Complexity is only simplicity multiplied

Acrux · Untrained Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 3

And don't forget that Arronax is the narrator of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Muro Lightning · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject:

It's hard to call the fact, that a voice actor did work somewhere else besides a particular game an easter egg for that game. Here's an easter egg on Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky and Jason Anderson - they worked on Fallout! Woohoo!
_________________

Drog Black Tooth · Guest

He's not talking about a voice actor. How can you not know this famous book?

Regardless, I don't think that Professor Pierre Aronnax is in any way related to Arcanum's Arronax.

Muro Lightning · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject:

Ah, indeed have I failed in this situation. It would be impossible not to hear about the book, yet I have yet to find enough motivation to familiarise myself closer with Verne's writings, with reading "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth" being on my "to do" list.

Regardless, even if professor Pierre Aronnax isn't in any way related to Arcanum's Arronax in personality nor actions, the very name could have been borrowed from the book. Someone from the staff could encounter it, think "Hey, that sounds nice, why not place it in our game?" and then do so. I believe that's how Arroyo appeared in Fallout 2.
_________________

Acrux · Untrained Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 3

Yes, precisely what I meant.

DarkFool · Nemesis of the Ancients Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 2662

However, without any verification, I don't think such a fact is worth including.
_________________

mathboy · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject:

Acrux · Untrained Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 3

Joda · Untrained Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2

While picking up a package for an alchemist named Jongle Donne, the shopkeeper in Dernholm tells you, "That wizard is just a crazy old man," quoting Owen Lars from Episode IV.

The main character's companion and sidekick Virgil encounters his old mentor who turned him from a life of petty thievery, a priest named Father Joachim. In the good path, this encounter provides helpful information. In the evil path, Joachim appears to make a desperate plea for Virgil to stop, and when he refuses, tries to stand in his way. One of Virgil's taunts to Joachim is "Your powers are weak, old man," quoting Darth Vader from Episode IV.

Drog Black Tooth · Guest

Added. Thank you.

Joda · Untrained Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2

Unified Kingdom maybe United Kingdom.

Caladon might refer to Jerusalem cuz it's said that's the house Nasrudin's corpse.And Jerusalem it's the house of Jesus corpse.

Journey to the Center of Arcanum...once again Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth...

Muro Lightning · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject:

There's no such thing as a journey to the center of Arcanum, I believe. If your talking about the Void, that is most propably supposed to be a different dimension, a parallel universe, that sort of thing.
_________________

Aurdal · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject:

I beg to differ.
Or come to think of it, there is no such thing, but the reference is real.
_________________
I am not insane, this I can document.

Drog Black Tooth · Guest

Regardless, the name of the scrapped sequel is hardly worth including.