Waiting For Hasselhoff 99
Gamasutra has another in its series of articles about games from Schadenfreude Interactive. The highly unusual developer has gained acclaim for its Cthulu Karts title, and the Gamasutra site looks at what it was like getting mega-star David Hasselhoff to do voice work for their game. From the article: "When we heard Mr. Hasselhoff would be in nearby Frankfurt for an appearance, we jumped at the chance to have him record a few lines. Crispin was somehow able to get Mr. Hasselhoff's agent to agree. How he was able to explain what Cthulhu were, and why they were racing karts, I do not know (I will tell you, though --Cthulhu are a race of hideous godlike trans-dimensional monsters created by author H.P. Lovecraft. They are racing karts because, well, karting games were popular at the time)."
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Mainly because of "The Call of Ktulu" by Metallica
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Uh, are you saying you would pick option 1, or that you are number 1?
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(or at least everyone else was too embarrased to say anything)
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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No, actually it's just there to make it more obvious that it's C code.
And yes, it does compile if you wrap it in a main() function
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To the best of my knowledge Patrick McGoohan also never said "If i aren't a number, then please free the memory at location man!"
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No-one knows the true pronunciation of this elder god's name, for those unfortunate enough to stumble upon it, invariably utter it aloud, resulting in the summoning of this dread being to the mortal realm, whereupon it devours the souls of anyone nearby.
That said, I prefer 1) Cuh-thoo-loo
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That said, I prefer 1) Cuh-thoo-loo
Well, you're obviously wrong. I mean, you're still alive, right?
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Not a race, not an elder god (Score:2)
You're a bit closer than TFA, but Cthulhu is neither the name of a race, nor an elder god (although he is very old and worshipped). According to Cthulhu Mythos, Great Old Ones are a race or group of very powerful, godlike beings distinct from elder gods or outer gods, and Cthulhu is one of them. Lovecraft himself was a bit more fuzzy on the subject, and in most stories Cthulhu is the only one who gets called "the Great Old One". General "Old O
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ttyl
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Chew Through You (Score:2)
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(You insensitive clods)
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1. Cuh-thoo-loo
2. Cloo-thoo
3. Cuh-loo-loo
4. Cuh-thu-luh
5. Cuk-koo
I think its pronounced "Hooka Chuka" [youtube.com]
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Michael
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However, the generally accepted (and much easier) pronunciation is Cuh-THOO-loo. This is how it's pronounced by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society (http://www.cthulhulives.org), as well as the organizers of the Necronomicon sci-fi/fantasy convention held annually in Tampa, FL (http://www.stonehill.org/necro.htm), whom I know IRL.
I believe that pronouncing it "AIIEEEEEEE!!! THE MADNES
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AaaaaaAAAaaAAGHGKKKGK!
Cthulhu Is... (Score:5, Informative)
Cthulhu is a unique, singluar and fictional deity invented by HP Lovecraft. The description given fits Lovecraft's Elder Gods, as well as a horde of more mortal monsters he created in support of his pantheon.
Yes, I'm being pedantic.
Yes, I'm probably missing the point.
No, I don't care.
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> Yes, I'm being pedantic.
But...!
> Yes, I'm probably missing the point.
er....
> No, I don't care.
Damn, checkmate.
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Your are right He is singular, thank goodness.
No you are not. When you get to make a race of the singular, alert the Gandalfs; Wizards of great renown, The Conans; Barbarian Kings, and the Bushes; a group of presidents that...nah, lets not do that one.
You might be missing the point, but it is a good one to miss. But again if you would like the other side, consider that after the Trilogy of Tolkien was on film I had to drag out the Silmarillion to convince someone that 'Balrog' was a race n
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AWESOME!
*hits the gas and zips along at a roaring 15mph with a look of fishpeople murdering glee in his one brown and one blue eye*
*twitch*
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No no. Cthulu Karts is a race.
fandom beyond the color of space (Score:1)
Funniest thing I've read in months.
Worth remembering that the vast majority of Lovecraft's output was letters. (That'd be snail mail, with stamps, for you youngins.) Most of the "mythos" is the work of obsessive fans. Frank Belknap Long & Clark Ashton Smith are unfairly neglected. Long's work was closer to Lovecraft's but acknowledged the existence of the outside world. Children, sex, jobs, that sort of thing. Clark was a rare word vomitorium. He knew what the words mean
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2 there can be a race of one
For x = 1 to 3
"repeat after me 'Haster'"
next x
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knight rider move?!?!? (Score:1)
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I'll let you come to your own conclusions about Mr. Hasselhoff's schedule keeping abilities.
It's too bad. I really wanted to license that German Deathmetal song.
Ja! Ja! I eat vermin
Yeah! Yeah! Taste them squirmin'
All alone or on a cracker
I am a maggotsnacker
Die! Die! Die! Die!
Ja! Ja! Ja! Ja! etc.
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For those who don't know... well, the name of their company is awesome. Schadenfreude is a German word that describes feeling joy over someone else's sorrow (literally "damage joy," if I recall correctly). Imagine the feeling of watching a gaming opponent fail miserably. It usually has a negative connotation.
Except when you use it to sell Cthulu Karts. That's frickin' awesome. Better than sharks with laser beams.
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Why would someone write a song with a line that goes "the the the the"?
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Can't resist (Score:5, Funny)
DEW ARMY FTW (Score:2)
Better yet, DEW!!!!! [ytmnd.com]
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Not much, since anyone who has watched much saturday night live knows that Hasselhoff is a mega-star in germany, and jokes about it grew stale years ago.
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Ten seasons of Baywatch plus spinoffs. Show in 140 countries.
he was moderately successful with his stupid "Looking for Freedom" song eons ago
That entire album went triple platinum. Subsequently, he has had 6 more albums reach platinum.
That's better than 99% of signed musicians ever do. So, if that's not enough to be a "mega-star" then what does it take? 8 platinum albums?
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Well, him and KITT. He could not have done it without his little buddy.
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when did muscians bacome stars?
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Some musical mega-stars might be Elvis, The Beetles, Ozzy Osborne, and Michael Jackson.
Simply being succ
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Please try to follow along. I never claimed any such thing. From my original post:
Hasselhoff is a mega-star in germany
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Then you fell off the path at the start. The article is written by a German, in Germany talking about a German game production.
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He's like the non-Sci-Fi version of Shatner.
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How ... canyoupossibly...compare David Hasselhof to the Rock-it-man! [google.com]
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1)Knight Rider. Awesome show, he drove a talking car.
2)Baywatch. He got to stare at Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra half naked every day.
2a)He made a shitload of money doing that
3)He's a rock star in some countries. WHo the hell doesn't want to be a music star?
4)He played a concert at the fall of the Berlin Wall.
I'd trade for his life in a second.
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Considering they both probably get laid way more than I do, yes. In half a second.
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5: He was in 'SpongeBob the Movie'
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He was in over 100 movies/tv shows
The newest listing in imdb (currently in preproduction) is...Knight Rider, the movie . He plays "Michael Knight"
William Daniels, who was the voice of K.I.T.T., was in about as many movies/tv shows as Hasselhoff. An impossible range of shows from Knight Rider to Faery Tale Theatre to Galactica 1980.
I liked him in Knight Rider as a kid, but after I grew up never respected him. I had no idea he had such a pr
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He bought the rights to Knight Rider and Baywatch. That was smart. Damn smart. Those two alone are likely to return enormous royalty checks for the rest of his life. I chuckle at the idea of him starring in some big dramatic role, but mega-star? Nah. Dude did a few years of a couple of cheesy shows, became a household name, and has enough money to shut either of us up permenantly.
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Kay: A person has taste. People are dumb, anxiety-ridden, cliquey herd animals and you know it.
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Watch out for the Trans Am! (Score:3, Funny)
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I heard that he drove a cdr.
Cthulhu Karts (Score:2)
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THE HASSELHOFFIAN RECURSION [post-literate.com]
Behold, and weep.
You can thank me later. Muah hah hah hah!
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