toblix Posted December 11, 2008 What's up with all the recent downtime? Is it just podcast downloads (in which case, I guess you'll have that fixed soon) or does your mum pull out the power cord to the server when she's vacuuming your room? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted December 11, 2008 Workin on it (see discussion in episode 9 thread). Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted December 12, 2008 It was NeoGaf in the intarwebs with a fatpipe. Clue! (or Cluedo as we say in proper countries) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 12, 2008 Cluedo what the hell does that mean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Posted December 12, 2008 Hey, let me Google that for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 12, 2008 I know what it is, I just don't know what the word itself means. People always get really protective about saying "Cluedo" rather than "Clue," but I know what the word "clue" means and I have no idea what a "cluedo" is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted December 12, 2008 Derived from (and a pun off of) the board game Ludo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 12, 2008 Oh, I see. "Clue" is a better name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eljay Posted December 12, 2008 More likely a pun off of the Latin word Ludo for which the game Ludo is named..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrobbs Posted December 12, 2008 Ludo. Ironically using the latin name for the worst, most boring game in existence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted December 12, 2008 The movie they made was called Clue not Cluedo, so in your faces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrobbs Posted December 12, 2008 True, but the original game (i.e. Cluedo) came from the UK. Not that it matters, obviously. In the course of my investigations* about this I discovered it came from Leeds too. How exciting. *5 second lookup on wikipedia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted December 12, 2008 More likely a pun off of the Latin word Ludo for which the game Ludo is named..... Wikipedia made claims that Cluedo was in part derived from the Ludo boardgame, which is why the name was borrowed from it. Without that piece of info, I would go with the Latin. Also, yeah, "Clue" is a better name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salka Posted December 12, 2008 Nein, Cluedo is surely. It has a pun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 12, 2008 Nein, Cluedo is surely. It has a pun. "So we've got this elegant name, 'Clue,' what do you think?" "No, that's boring! We need a compound word, one that leverages the synergies of our game! Let's combine that word with the name of a different game! If it doesn't imply something already existent and comforting, it might frighten people off. Cluedo. It's like Clue, but it's also like Ludo. Get it? Cluedo." "Okay, I guess." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Posted December 12, 2008 Board game market realities Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 12, 2008 Cluedo: Ludo Evolved Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted December 12, 2008 True, but the original game (i.e. Cluedo) came from the UK. Not that it matters, obviously. In the course of my investigations* about this I discovered it came from Leeds too. How exciting.[/size] No I knew that after looking at the fine print in the instructions a few years ago, but the movie substantiates the name as Clue. Since it is after all, a movie based on a board game. Starring Tim Curry. As Gabriel Knight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted December 13, 2008 Yeah but it is an American movie, so the audience would have been confused by the name "cluedo". I mean just look at Chris now, he is expressing the classic signs of fear and confusion brought on by exposure to the word. Nobody knows why it has this affect on them. It's a genuine mystery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted December 13, 2008 Well either way, when am I getting a Monopoly movie? That one should be good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 13, 2008 Yeah but it is an American movie, so the audience would have been confused by the name "cluedo". I mean just look at Chris now, he is expressing the classic signs of fear and confusion brought on by exposure to the word. Nobody knows why it has this affect on them. It's a genuine mystery. I've explained why it has this effect on me! Well either way, when am I getting a Monopoly movie? That one should be good. http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/12/ridley-scott-passes-go-collects-200-to-direct-monopoly/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted December 13, 2008 I've explained why it has this effect on me! I think you are just rationalising what is actually a deep seated phobia (We need a Freud head smiley) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted December 13, 2008 http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/12/ridley-scott-passes-go-collects-200-to-direct-monopoly/ You just had to have that up your sleeve didn't you? And uh... Ridley Scott?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrobbs Posted December 13, 2008 http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/12/ridley-scott-passes-go-collects-200-to-direct-monopoly/ Oh god, no! 'Scraping the barrel' has never sounded so appropriate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
