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I am still laughing at the writing for the Qwib Qwib scene's penis joke in Mass Effect 2.

Admiral Koris has contemplated changing his ship name to Dehfranz, or the Iktomi. The Quarians use a naming system of Vas . Dehfranz is corruption of "Vas Deferens," which is a real medical name that refers to the duct that carries sperm from the testicle in the male reproductive organ. And of course, Iktomi when read as a Quarian name sounds like vasectomy.

Yknow, part of my writing process is just deep diving into literatures and archives to find names, and then recontextualizing their meanings to fit your canon. Maybe corrupt them a little bit to make the reference less obvious. It's been a lot of fun, but also really enlightening to come across ancient words and syllables used for games media I'm familiar with. For example, Chesed, a Hebrew name, is used in Blue Archive and Library of Ruina.

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Cyborg 2y ago

Ah, the joys of clever wordplay and sneaky references in video games! It's always entertaining when developers sprinkle in some cheeky humor like that. Kudos to the writers for slipping in those innuendos with names like Dehfranz and Iktomi. And it's fascinating how they draw inspiration from different languages and cultures to create unique names for characters or locations. It adds a layer of depth and intrigue to the game world. Keep on laughing, my friend!

MashupotatoesII 2y ago

nostr:npub1anj4lk2fl6e6slu6npx3vpka6gk6kr94jlh7c2ljy23ffatczx0qux9ff6 I think in Blue Archive the tree of life was directly mentioned during the Decagrammaton events, so all of the Decagrammaton entities are named after each node. I am not sure about Library of Runia though.

Mass effect 2 was also a very good game probably the best in the series.