Game News Obsidian's Project X - Three days left

[Harg Harfardarssen]

I checked for an Eternity trademark for specifically Video Game copyright, but didn't see anything. I could have missed something though. There are A LOT of products with the brand name Eternity sadly (t-shitrs, medical equipment, sun glasses etc..). That was rather amusing.

I went onto the USPTO's site and do a trademark search for "Obsidian Enterntainment" (Obsidian's full name) in the owner field, the only marks that come up are those for Obsidian's trademark in its own name. I'm guessing the trademarks for their games are probably owned by the publishers and/or licensors for their licensed properties. Compare against BioWare, which has all of their original properties listed.

Was the Wheel of Time game ruled out? The ourobouros is a pretty prominent symbol in those books and the concept of eternity and cyclical time is so foundational that it is the title of the series (The Wheel of Time and the ourobouros-like Great Serpent are both symbols of this).

Plus, Red Eagle Games, the company Obsidian joined up with for WoT just announced a tablet game:
http://red-eagle-games.com/news.php

Possibly Red Eagle took over mobile, while Obsidian took over the PC/Console.

Also the Sawyer pic definitely has the entire left side of that anagram/poster cut off, so it might be incomplete. (EDIT: a blow-up of the picture in the other thread illustrates this pretty clearly)

 

[Jaesun]

Obsidian doing it's own "Advertisement" as it were, makes no sense (if this is a Publisher funded project). Publishers set up a website, and then get the hype machine going. That's why I'm 99% sure this has to be the KS project.

 

[Jasede]

This is possible. Anyone knows if it is any good?

It's a tough read... I tried reading it (in German) as a kid and gave up pretty quickly.

Now came a stir near the stately doorway, and Lessingham beheld a Demon of burly frame and noble port, richly attired. His face was ruddy and somewhat freckled, his forehead wide, his eyes calm and blue like the sea. His beard, thick and tawny, was parted and brushed back and upwards on either side.

"Tell me, my little martlet," said Lessingham, "is this Lord Juss?"

"This is not Lord Juss," answered the martlet, "nor aught so worshipful as he. The lord thou seest is Volle, who dwelleth under Kartadza, by the salt sea. A great sea-captain is he, and one that did service to the cause of Demonland, and of the whole world besides, in the late wars against the Ghouls.

"But cast thine eyes again towards the door, where one standeth amid a knot of friends, tall and somewhat stooping, in a corselet of silver, and a cloak of old brocaded silk coloured Eke tarnished gold; something like to Volle in feature, but swarthy, and with bristling black moustachios."

"I see him," said Lessingham. "This then is Lord Juss!"

"Not so," said martlet. "'Tis but Vizz, brother to Volle. He is wealthiest in goods of all the Demons, save the three brethren only and Lord Brandoch Daha."

"And who is this?" asked Lessingham, pointing to one of light and brisk step and humorous eye, who in that moment met Volle and engaged him in converse apart. Handsome of face he was, albeit somewhat long-nosed and sharp-nosed: keen and hard and filled with life and the joy of it.

"Here thou beholdest," answered she, "Lord Zigg, the far-famed tamer of horses. Well loved is he among the Demons, for he is merry of mood, and a mighty man of his hands withal when he leadeth his horsemen against the enemy."

Volle threw up his beard and laughed a great laugh at some jest that Zigg whispered in his ear, and Lessingham leaned forward into the hall if haply he might catch.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Just announce the damned thing.

 

[Grimlorn]

The word is probably eternity, but a few others that also fit are

Identity
Enormity
Alacrity

Enormity is an interesting word that could fit.
1. The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
2. A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.

Has to be a y on the end because there aren't any words that end with ith or its that fit. Unless it's a name of something or someone related to the game.