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DOTT represents history 23 May, 2006, 18:16 / 12 comments

By Remi


Or so resident LucasArts thinker elTee set out to prove with his HS120 - Writing And Representing History assignment. Completely dedicated to Day of the Tentacle, this might lead some of you to just blow it off as elTee's online persona finally taking over his day to day personality, but it's actually well researched and written. Plus professors love stuff like this. (Trust me, I wrote something similar about Donald Duck back in the day.) And Jake Rodkin is a source, and he is a top scholar as we all know.

But anyway, why are you reading this? Go get educated with Mojo!
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  • scabb on 29 May, 2006, 22:21…
    "Titular tentacle" should get it full marks.
  • elTee on 30 May, 2006, 13:28…
    Amazingly, actually, I got a 70 for it (borderline first!) Not bad considering it's the only History module I'm doing; I think it must have been a combination of what Remi said about the tutor liking it because it's 'wacky' and everyone else writing boring essays about Braveheart.

    I'm on the second assignment now, just started - factual representations this time, not fictional. And it's in for thursday :(
  • itchythesamurai on 30 May, 2006, 06:42…
    Anyone else subscribe to Tits and Tentacles? I thought it was a pretty underground mag...
  • Scummbuddy on 25 May, 2006, 06:15…
    I didn't get cited for scanning in the Historical Accuracy pic? This is an outrage! I demand "Scummbuddy" be put in every footer, just so your paper gains credibility. Surely your teacher has heard of me.
  • nahmed on 24 May, 2006, 07:58…
    There is a format called 'PDF', which is universally readable.
  • Jake on 24 May, 2006, 22:34…
    There is a thing called 'reality', where most people live, in which doc files are used by nearly everybody. There are also a zillion and one programs that can open a .doc on every operating system.
  • totoro on 24 May, 2006, 19:33…
    How about this:
    http://indac.uni-koeln.de/hosted/neochrome/kagami/dott.pdf
  • Remi O on 24 May, 2006, 16:10…
    Fascinating insight.
  • itchythesamurai on 24 May, 2006, 13:31…
    Thanks for sharing...?
  • elTee on 23 May, 2006, 19:30…
    I don't actually think Jake even wrote that page I sourced him on, but I couldn't put "ATMachine" in my assignment.
  • Gabez on 23 May, 2006, 18:57…
    Hehe, very good... I think comparing stuff in computer games to what they're supposed to be portraying in real life is actually very interesting (as I discovered in Knossoss!)

    But now I want you to write me a thesis, dammit.
  • itchythesamurai on 23 May, 2006, 18:47…
    I bet Jake gets cited as a source all of the time in papers. With my snide comment out of the way, it was a pretty interesting read.