Lina Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Was Whispering Rock inspired by anything? Down here in Florida, there's a psychic community called Cassadaga. It's known as the "spiritualist camp." Could this have influenced Whispering Rock summer camp in Psychonauts? It seems like more than just a coincidence. Observe: Whispering Rock: rough translation of Indian name ingame. I forget what the Indians originally called it (it tells you at the timeline in the parking lot) Cassadaga: Secian Indian name for "Rocks beneath the water" Whispering Rock: chosen because of the meteor psitanium underneath the land giving everyone enhanced psychic abilities. Cassadaga: "The location was chosen for its unique energy level." Whispering Rock: Psychic summer camp. Cassadaga: "Spiritualist camp" (with psychics) No one can live in the community otherwise. Whispering Rock: there's always glowy orbs when you run around camp, day or night. (Ooo, pretty.) They could be bugs but... daytime lightning bugs? Cassadaga: Has a lake that they dump the cremated remains of their past community member psychics into, creating one of their famed orb photo-taking locations. (aka for the non-paranormal, take a photo at their lake and you can see the so-called "spirit orbs") That's all the similarities I can think of... unless Whispering Rock was founded around 1894. I've been to Cassadaga before. A somewhat quaint location, but very popular around Halloween anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCheez Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Well, you made my Psychonauts 2 Conspiracy look like it was written in 3 minutes (which it was!) and so now I say, hey wow, that's neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Woah...that's really weird. You get a Charlotte for your investigation!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashi An'krekku Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 ...MY MIND HAS BEEN BLOWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90SK Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Well, all good ideas come from somewhere. Thanks for shedding light on this most intriguing discovery. Someone should e-mail them about this. Get some answers, you know? It would be neat to know the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 We can't handle the truth. I know, I've tried to handle the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetz Darke Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Ooh, that's cool ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 It is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetz Darke Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I meant what Lina was saying ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 But still, what she said was Jolly Good! Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Surely Psychonauts was inspired by these psychic camps. Most of them run in the same vein as the one you described where you live. So while it may not be a coincidence, it's a sign. A sign that the developers do they're homework. Or are pyschic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Woah, the people who created psychonauts....being psychic! Woooooahh, duuuuuude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Woah, the people who created psychonauts....being psychic! Woooooahh, duuuuuude. Meanwhile in SchaferMan's Fortress of Awesome...-tude... SchaferMan:Yes... they still have no idea I am influencing their thoughts... mwahaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Tim Schafer's controlling my mind? The FIEND! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashi An'krekku Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Only one question remains, and it will never be answered in out lifetimes... WHAT IS RAZ'S LAST NAME? ...YES THIS WAS ON THE TOPIC OF DOUBLE FINE MYSTERIES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Aquatto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Only one question remains, and it will never be answered in out lifetimes... WHAT IS RAZ'S LAST NAME? ...YES THIS WAS ON THE TOPIC OF DOUBLE FINE MYSTERIES! It's Aquato. Our professional team of professionals confirmed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashi An'krekku Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Professional team of profressionals that are so completely professional that they can be called "pros"? Oooooh. Yays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetz Darke Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Surely Psychonauts was inspired by these psychic camps. Most of them run in the same vein as the one you described where you live. So while it may not be a coincidence, it's a sign. A sign that the developers do they're homework. Or are pyschic. Hehe that'd be cool. Nice icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Hehe that'd be cool. Nice icon. Hey you can't be a Matt fan without the Bender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetz Darke Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Hey you can't be a Matt fan without the Bender. Haha...too bad that show isn't on that often anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Haha...too bad that show isn't on that often anymore. There's rumors floating around of a renewal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashi An'krekku Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 There's rumors floating around of a renewal... I want sexy new Futurama goodness, so let us hope they are true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoidish Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 They are true. David himself came up and admitted to working on some of the scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetz Darke Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Cool. Technically you can still see it at 11:00 over the week on Cartoon Network, but it'd be nice to see some new episodes and more air time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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