Thought I Might Point This Out

Sir Prancelot · Post by **Sir Prancelot** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:36 am

I was playing Metroid Prime the other day and I had one of those experiences where you see something that you should have noticed, but until that point you hadn't, and then you feel stupid because of it.

It's a door in Metroid Prime, yet it's also a Turquoise Hexagon.

Now, I don't know if this is a coincidence or not, but Metroid is a game that would make people nostalgic and look at their childhood in a different light (if however they played Metroid when they were young). Also, if this is meant as a reference, Music Has The Right To Children came out long before Metroid Prime was put on shelves, so there is potential that this is a little bit of BoC in this game....however, unlikely.

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:54 pm

hmm...
i always thought the soundtrack sounded more like bola than boc..

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:08 pm

Coincidence.

wwbjd · Post by **wwbjd** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:49 pm

747Music wrote:Coincidence.

Not necessarily.

What's to stop a developer from working bits and pieces of the things he/she likes into their work?

I may or may not be working on a project right now that may or may not have similar... nods.

Geodesic · Post by **Geodesic** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:57 pm

IoI, coincidence.

(parenthesis) · Post by **(parenthesis)** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:09 am

Joebot Kill wrote:hmm...
i always thought the soundtrack sounded more like bola than boc..

Yeah, metroid definitely has more of a bola feel.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:06 am

wwbjd wrote:
747Music wrote:Coincidence.
Not necessarily.

What's to stop a developer from working bits and pieces of the things he/she likes into their work?

I may or may not be working on a project right now that may or may not have similar... nods.

I'll acknowledge that there is a small possibility it might not be a coincidence. But Tim Horton's serves breakfast sandwiches that are hexagons. There is a possibility that's not a coincidence too.

What's this project you're working on? more secrets???

Julian Candy · Post by **Julian Candy** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:26 am

There's also a similar occurrence in Resident Evil 4, in one part you have to find two halves of a stone to open a door and they form a turquoise hexagon shape.

ever since I started listening to BoC I always notice that now.

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:27 am

I don't think so, Tim.

ninetyoneplus · Post by **ninetyoneplus** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:42 am

Coincidence.

Seriously, come on.

dp · Post by dp » Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:41 am

i can't help but to feel like this has been brought up before. maybe i'm wrong.

it's definitely a coincidence.

nick47 · Post by **nick47** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:01 pm

747Music wrote: I'll acknowledge that there is a small possibility it might not be a coincidence. But Tim Horton's serves breakfast sandwiches that are hexagons. There is a possibility that's not a coincidence too.

They DO?!

I was just up in your neck of the woods 2 weeks ago, went to tims, and didn't see no hex sammich

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:28 pm

nick47 wrote:
747Music wrote: I'll acknowledge that there is a small possibility it might not be a coincidence. But Tim Horton's serves breakfast sandwiches that are hexagons. There is a possibility that's not a coincidence too.
They DO?! I was just up in your neck of the woods 2 weeks ago, went to tims, and didn't see no hex sammich

Ya, it's only the breakfast sandwich though. and they only serve them in the morning.

wmarsh · Post by **wmarsh** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:46 pm

Another thing that couldn't possibly be a coincidence: hexagon rhymes with Mexican. I think you can figure the rest out for yourself...

Treefingers · Post by **Treefingers** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:44 am

A Boards of Canada fan invented a time machine and went back in time to invent Mexicans and extreme cases of colour blindness so that some people would see them as turquoise coloured.

dp · Post by dp » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:08 am

wmarsh wrote:Another thing that couldn't possibly be a coincidence: hexagon rhymes with Mexican. I think you can figure the rest out for yourself...

depending on how you pronounce hexagon.....

Vexille · Post by **Vexille** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:27 pm

It's coincidence* but kinda fun when you notice it. =)

Metroid blast doors or w/e you wanna call them have been around long before that boc album. Just not in 3d form.

Flagship · Post by **Flagship** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:45 am

ah this has reminded me how much I loved metroid prime 1 and 2 on gamecube, such expansive gaming, associate pure adventure with those memories !

dp · Post by dp » Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:57 am

why is this still in the BoC subforum?

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:49 am

dp wrote:why is this still in the BoC subforum?

why am i still in the BoC subforum?