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DeathSpank/Humongous possible interlinks

Cyrus7Cyrus7
edited May 2010 in General Chat
The fortune cookies from DS look very similar to the ones in Spy Fox:
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And by the way, Spy Fox involved chickens and a chicken martial art known as Cock a Doodle Fu. Given that Ron was the one behind its development, I find it hard to believe in coincidence. Have you noticed any more links between DS and Humongous games?

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  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited May 2010
    Hey it looks just like this fortune cookie I found!

    fortune-cookie.jpeg

    Wait that's how every fortune cookie looks... Is there anything special about the Spy Fox cookie that leads you to believe it's some sort of in-joke that there is one in DeathSpank?
  • NagaokaNagaoka
    edited May 2010
    The sky is blue in both those games! Further investigation is required!



    Have you seen a fortune cookie before? The way they're drawn in both of those screenshots is rather different from each other, was there something else that made you think they were related?
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited May 2010
    Don't mock the poor fellow*, I think he has a point. Ron seems to be using the same hint system in DeathSpank as he's used before, and the Chickens might also be an homage. There are pirates in DeathSpank too, nobody would call it outrageous to see that as an homage to Monkey Island. I think it's perfectly plausible.

    * I'm bringing it back
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited May 2010
    Ah the fortune cookie was the hint system? I see.
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited May 2010
    Jake wrote: »
    Is there anything special about the Spy Fox cookie that leads you to believe it's some sort of in-joke that there is one in DeathSpank?

    You guys obviously didn't look closely enough. It's difficult to see in the DeathSpank screenshot, but here's an enlarged version:

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  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited May 2010
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    You guys obviously didn't look closely enough. It's difficult to see in the DeathSpank screenshot, but here's an enlarged version:

    I don't believe it! It's like Ron's laughing at us!
  • PinchpennyPinchpenny
    edited May 2010
    Fealiks wrote: »
    Don't mock the poor fellow*, I think he has a point. Ron seems to be using the same hint system in DeathSpank as he's used before
    Jake wrote: »
    Ah the fortune cookie was the hint system? I see.

    The fortune cookie wasn't a hint system in Spy Fox. The note inside it contains the access code to the Spy HQ, one of the very first puzzles in the game. After that the item serves no use.
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited May 2010
    Pinchpenny wrote: »
    The fortune cookie wasn't a hint system in Spy Fox. The note inside it contains the access code to the Spy HQ, one of the very first puzzles in the game. After that the item serves no use.

    Oh right, I must have remembered wrong. I played it a long time ago. I do remember the part, though, where Spy Fox turns out to be a giant mecha robot thing and goes crazy on the citizens of New York with his laser eyes and fire-breathing giant Parrot sidekick... some things you just don't forget.
  • Cyrus7Cyrus7
    edited May 2010
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    You guys obviously didn't look closely enough. It's difficult to see in the DeathSpank screenshot, but here's an enlarged version:

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    :D OK, I probably got a bit over the top. With all those game-related speculations and theories, it's hard not to start seeing things.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited May 2010
    *gasp!* That fortune cookie referenced Spy Fox! But ... it also misspelled SpyFox ... *gasperation!* It's obviously a clue! A clue that leads to ... Cincinnati Ohio, home of "The Center for Grammar Research and Development". Cincinnati, also the home of the Cincinnati Bengals whose team colors match the San Francisco Giants, which means Gilbert is moving back to the Bay Area! It all makes sense now!
  • HaydenHayden
    edited May 2010
    Could it be possible that Ron is just fond of fortune cookies in general. If I designed/created multiple games, then I'm sure that they would both include the things that I like.
  • Cyrus7Cyrus7
    edited May 2010
    I would rather say he's fond of chickens. SOMI had rubber-chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle, Spy Fox had chicken knuckles and Cock a Doodle Do, and DeathSpank... you know ;)
  • HaydenHayden
    edited May 2010
    ...and might I add that you are all horrible, horrible people for mocking poor Cyrus...

    Actually, it was kind of hilarious.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited May 2010
    Cyrus7 wrote: »
    I would rather say he's fond of chickens. SOMI had rubber-chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle, Spy Fox had chicken knuckles and Cock a Doodle Do, and DeathSpank... you know ;)

    Hey yeah, good point, haha!
  • LuigiHannLuigiHann
    edited May 2010
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    You guys obviously didn't look closely enough. It's difficult to see in the DeathSpank screenshot, but here's an enlarged version:

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    Oddly enough, that's exactly what the Fortune Cookie said in Spy Fox
  • Cyrus7Cyrus7
    edited May 2010
    If the discussion continues in the same spirit, it may eventually result in someone making a joke game or Flash animation about DeathSpank and Spy Fox ;)
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited May 2010
    All the more incentive to keep the discussion going!
  • Cyrus7Cyrus7
    edited May 2010
    A new DS trailer. Nothing Spy Fox-ish this time ;)
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited May 2010
    Lena_P wrote: »
    *gasp!* That fortune cookie referenced Spy Fox! But ... it also misspelled SpyFox ... *gasperation!* It's obviously a clue! A clue that leads to ... Cincinnati Ohio, home of "The Center for Grammar Research and Development". Cincinnati, also the home of the Cincinnati Bengals whose team colors match the San Francisco Giants, which means Gilbert is moving back to the Bay Area! It all makes sense now!

    I'd just like to point out that missing the space in "SpyFox" isn't a spelling error >.>
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited May 2010
    Fealiks wrote: »
    I'd just like to point out that missing the space in "SpyFox" isn't a spelling error >.>

    I think her point was that adding a space is misspelling it.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited May 2010
    Deathspank reminds me of the old, highly underrated LucasArts PSX game Herc's Adventure
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