I really need a Warehouse 13 icon for this, but Stargate will suffice.
I've not finished the game yet. I might be halfway through? Three quarters? I tried to guess the play time and was way off (not that I believe the stated 12 hours, either they don't die as much as I do [very likely] or they aren't reading/watching all the stuff you pick up, in which case, what is the point?)
Um anyway. Thoughts. In no particular order.
1. The Janitor: Is Ahti the manifestation of The Oldest House? He's def not a normal ass janitor. Since a janitor can also be a custodian/caretaker (and The Board very much loves synonyms to express meanings) I presume he is how the House can interact with people.
1a. Does that mean the the House and the Board aren't necessarily on the same side? Who/Whatever the Board is it seems it can only interact via objects (the Service Weapon/Hotline) and objects aren't against the rules. The Hiss are invading/taking over and neither the House or Board seems to like that.
2. Polaris is going through Jesse and thus not breaking the rules on direct involvement, but also hates the Hiss.
2a. The House also seems to like Jesse. She wouldn't have gotten in if Ahti didn't let her. And the Board picked her as Director. Everyone likes Jesse.
2b. Is Polaris independent or a Board member? She only got Jesse to the House after the Hiss arrived. Is it coincidence? Did Polaris only just find a way in? Did she make a deal with the Board to get Jesse in to help stop the Hiss? Was she waiting for Jesse to be ready to be Director? If a deal was made was it with Ahti instead or both the House and Board?
3. Is the House meant to be neutral-ish ground that just stores objects and holds doorways?
4. More general setting/mood: the mix of American bureaucracy and folklore works really well. (How does the House feel like every single government building in DC I've ever been in) I sorta assume that any similar departments in other countries runs off local myth/legend/belief/culture. I'm going off Dr Underhill mentioning that she's on loan from another agency (and the British accent). I guess that, idk, lets call it MI-42 deals with like fairies and standing stones and the service weapon is King Arthur's sword and Robin Hood's bow (and Gimli's axe). And everything looks like either the Gherkin and/or Oxford. And instead of the National Enquirer and Roswell you have archives of The Star and jokes about Chavs. (I don't know enough to guess any other country tropes, Australia has combat magpies? but I would love to see what people think their county should have.)
I've not finished the game yet. I might be halfway through? Three quarters? I tried to guess the play time and was way off (not that I believe the stated 12 hours, either they don't die as much as I do [very likely] or they aren't reading/watching all the stuff you pick up, in which case, what is the point?)
Um anyway. Thoughts. In no particular order.
1. The Janitor: Is Ahti the manifestation of The Oldest House? He's def not a normal ass janitor. Since a janitor can also be a custodian/caretaker (and The Board very much loves synonyms to express meanings) I presume he is how the House can interact with people.
1a. Does that mean the the House and the Board aren't necessarily on the same side? Who/Whatever the Board is it seems it can only interact via objects (the Service Weapon/Hotline) and objects aren't against the rules. The Hiss are invading/taking over and neither the House or Board seems to like that.
2. Polaris is going through Jesse and thus not breaking the rules on direct involvement, but also hates the Hiss.
2a. The House also seems to like Jesse. She wouldn't have gotten in if Ahti didn't let her. And the Board picked her as Director. Everyone likes Jesse.
2b. Is Polaris independent or a Board member? She only got Jesse to the House after the Hiss arrived. Is it coincidence? Did Polaris only just find a way in? Did she make a deal with the Board to get Jesse in to help stop the Hiss? Was she waiting for Jesse to be ready to be Director? If a deal was made was it with Ahti instead or both the House and Board?
3. Is the House meant to be neutral-ish ground that just stores objects and holds doorways?
4. More general setting/mood: the mix of American bureaucracy and folklore works really well. (How does the House feel like every single government building in DC I've ever been in) I sorta assume that any similar departments in other countries runs off local myth/legend/belief/culture. I'm going off Dr Underhill mentioning that she's on loan from another agency (and the British accent). I guess that, idk, lets call it MI-42 deals with like fairies and standing stones and the service weapon is King Arthur's sword and Robin Hood's bow (and Gimli's axe). And everything looks like either the Gherkin and/or Oxford. And instead of the National Enquirer and Roswell you have archives of The Star and jokes about Chavs. (I don't know enough to guess any other country tropes, Australia has combat magpies? but I would love to see what people think their county should have.)
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