One thing I've always wondered about 6:10, you see how the tree roots go into the sea? Can plants and trees survive on sea water? I know humans can't because it dehydrates them. Is seawater harmful to plants?
What I didn't like about this was not the participle himself, but how the eloquently spoken narrator (as well as the prince and the bookworm) treats the dangler as a valid and necessary part of speech, when in fact it's the name of a grammatical error. Fortunately, the designers did not script one elsewhere in the dialog, so at least they do know better.
Very true. One could make an argument that the "split infinitive" that the Bookworm (eventually) references is also a grammatical error, but KQ6 was one of the best adventure games of its time (and perhaps of all time), and to pick apart all the plot holes and errors in it would be rather foolhardy.
It'd be rather like complaining about not being able to carry inventory items in Myst.
That cold shoulder pun was amazing
jsh357 1 year ago
Eegad!
dac545 1 year ago
One thing I've always wondered about 6:10, you see how the tree roots go into the sea? Can plants and trees survive on sea water? I know humans can't because it dehydrates them. Is seawater harmful to plants?
Falchion1984 1 year ago
"Where are you going to" isn't even grammatically correct since it ends in a preposition. The correct phrasing is "to where are you going".
The Dangling Participle is a fraud.
Gradius6 2 years ago 2
What I didn't like about this was not the participle himself, but how the eloquently spoken narrator (as well as the prince and the bookworm) treats the dangler as a valid and necessary part of speech, when in fact it's the name of a grammatical error. Fortunately, the designers did not script one elsewhere in the dialog, so at least they do know better.
shadyparadox 2 years ago 3
Very true. One could make an argument that the "split infinitive" that the Bookworm (eventually) references is also a grammatical error, but KQ6 was one of the best adventure games of its time (and perhaps of all time), and to pick apart all the plot holes and errors in it would be rather foolhardy.
It'd be rather like complaining about not being able to carry inventory items in Myst.
... What? ;)
Gradius6 2 years ago
the tomato guy used to be my favorite when i was young. ahh... memories
Lilchan20 2 years ago 3
Alexander: "What makes you think i would WANT to be in that lame, barren, boring square-covered land anyway?" LOL
kipperthefrog2 2 years ago 2
queer looking...lol.
JoMammaSmurf 3 years ago
Man, I love this game. Thanks for sharing.
SpeaksTooSoon 3 years ago
Thanks for doing this, shadyparadox!
Kind of funny... I wrote a stage play based on this game many many years ago, and I might end up getting to have it produced and completed soon...
The play doesn't contain EVERYthing in the game... and there are TONS of changes... but it certainly captures the spirit of everything... :)
It's good to have this stuff for reference though--instead of having to replay the whole bloody thing... :) So thanks!
greytale 3 years ago 6
A play? Really? Tell me more about it <3 Thats a splendid idea!
Jyett 3 years ago
Well... it's hard to explain since... it'd be easier to just read it or see it performed.
I have to go teach some classes, but... with any luck SOMEday I'll get the help I need to have the thing seen through to full fruition on stage.
greytale 3 years ago
how did you get the music to sound so good?
i own the soundtrack released by queststudios, but i've never been able to actually play the game without that low-quality midi :(
NickelSamurai 3 years ago
To be honest, I'm just painstakingly editing the Soundtrack into the videos.
The lowest setting is to set output to SoundBlaster. DOSBox then plays the music, so it will sound equally bad on all computers.
If you set output to GENMIDI, you should notice some improvement. There's some variance though, because the signals are interpreted outside DOSBox.
The best option is to output GENMIDI to a MIDI synthesizer if you have one. I'm still able to do this on my old Win95 machine. Now that's fun!
shadyparadox 3 years ago
"EGADS! Is that cold!"
That always made me laugh when I was 5 :P
CSB 3 years ago 2