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Rook Museum ... +1 !!

I won't do any spoilers, but to the devs: as a cultural heritage professional, not only do I _love_ the Rook Museum, but you folks nailed it.  +1 to all of you.

Posted 16 months ago by Gloopy Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • +10,000 (from another CHIP)

    Can't wait for the Hall of Records, omg!!
    Posted 16 months ago by Sheepy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Please open the Hall of Records!!!

    Also, Greeterbot lol :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Joe Blow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • TS - You guys ROOK, er, ROCK!
    Really, really great!!
    Posted 16 months ago by Stormy Weather Subscriber! | Permalink
  • + bunches of 1s !!
    Posted 16 months ago by Firestone1960 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Huh? What I miss?
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's a quest
    Posted 16 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Loved it. Minor point: I couldn't really click on the bot for a while because there were people in front, and at first I couldn't even see it because there was a crowd. Maybe if it's a little higher?
    Posted 16 months ago by girlhacker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Loved it -- but could there please be captioning for everything?  I can't always make out what recordings say.
    Posted 16 months ago by knitmeapony Subscriber! | Permalink
  • you don't need to click the bot.

    walk in front of the cluster of people, hit enter, select bot, hit enter.
    Posted 16 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OMG LOVED THE ROOK MUSUEM.

    (Now I wonder what's Concept_Jetpack?)
    Posted 16 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ooh, nice.

     reminded me of the Dharma Initiative videos
    Posted 16 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • IT WAS AMAZING!!! I want to go back!
    Posted 16 months ago by daniel5457 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You will be able to go back and visit any time you want soon (but not till next week).
    Posted 16 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow! You guys just keep raising the bar! It just keeps getting more and more awesome :D
    Posted 16 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome thanks Stoot, loved my first visit, look forward to going again next week :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +a gazillion.  It was awesome.
    Posted 16 months ago by Circe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +11leventy. Amazing! 
    Posted 16 months ago by Caesura Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The pictures on Google+ are amazing!
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • so great! you guys are the best. (greeter bot is the cutest!!)
    Posted 16 months ago by emdot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well done Devs!
    Posted 16 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stellar! Thank you.
    Posted 16 months ago by Christine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Brings back memories of vacations and school trips to museums.
    Posted 16 months ago by Suzy Spring Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *applause* Bravo!
    Posted 16 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • loved it!
    Posted 16 months ago by Wrendolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Best quest ever. Best. Best.
    Posted 16 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • + a bajillion. LOVED this. We need even more stuff like this! More backstory!
    Posted 16 months ago by Arii Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Super nice!  Great narrative voice :)
    Posted 16 months ago by MzMunchken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes and nice pictures on the wall, enjoyed the story/experience a lot +1s to all who worked on the idea
    Posted 16 months ago by Phochai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • it roocked. 
    Posted 16 months ago by coolbettycakes Subscriber! | Permalink
  • new place, new quest. im lovin this! thanks.
    now we know more about rooks.
    Posted 16 months ago by GiaTori Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Spolier if you've not visited yet! Rook Museum
    Posted 16 months ago by Morticia Addams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LoveLoveLoveLoveLove.
    Posted 16 months ago by Nutmeg Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I too thougnt it was amzaing (and I have been tramping around museums for weeks). It was simple, full of information and was a clean design. I would absolutely love to see more there to know about my past. Possibly artifacts from the previous peoples before the glitches or artifacts we can find in Kajuu and the like?
    Posted 16 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Rook Museum. Fantastic! Love it, very nice surprise. Thank you. 
    Posted 16 months ago by tweetypie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Rook Museum is amazing! And Greeterbot is absolutely adoreaballs.

    (Are there subtitles? It was fun listening but some folks may not be able to.)
    Posted 16 months ago by Nyx Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was also going to mention the need for (optional) subtitles. So far, this is the only place I noticed where you must listen to the audio.
    Posted 16 months ago by BarryW Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The writing is incredible. Great quality work you guys. I'm so proud to be playing this game.
    Posted 16 months ago by EgIantine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have to say, this is THE BEST thing I have seen in this game to date.  I really hope there continues to be more things like this.  I thought you couldn't top the Plexus, but I was so wrong!
    Posted 16 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WOW! I can't think of a better way to present the Rook tutorial. Absolutely wonderful! Hmm... there's still at least one section of the tower that isn't open (east side)... if that place gets any cooler my head just might explode!
    Posted 16 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I know this is redundant, but plus one for me as well.

    I must admit I'm not terribly interested in the things the rocks have to say, particularly once I discovered they didn't have any bearing on the game itself (yet?), but this was a really engaging and fun way to make me care about the mystery of just wtf is going on while delivering a tutorial which might be a bit dry if Rocko just explained it all in a big wad of text.

    Also I love museums.

    Will there be an aquarium?

    It particularly stood out because I perform a lot of tasks mindlessly at this point, but I had to pay attention here.  Turned off the global chat and everything.
    Posted 16 months ago by Biff Beefbat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not to spoil for anyone, but the way the pictures were interactive as well as some of the displays, I never ever expected to see all those really great features!  It seems like it took a lot of work, and it was well worth every second because it is the coolest thing I have seen in game!

    Sorry, I know this is all really redundant, but I just can't believe how cool this feature was.  Everything was PERFECT
    Posted 16 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I object to the content of this museum as being 100% anti-Rook propaganda. I, and the other Rookists of Ur, protest the exclusion of the OTHER aspects of the Rooks existence.

    (no but really amazing job)
    Posted 16 months ago by Sir Poox Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Things I hope are in the hall of records: push button to hear good night groddle song, the old bunch o' flowers gravestones, a memorial to Game Neverending. (OK that last one was not really Glitchen, but maybe it's like ... pre-historic times.)
    Posted 16 months ago by girlhacker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hall of Records would be excellent!
    Posted 16 months ago by MeherMan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Video! Re-experience the whole museum quest!! Click click click!
    Posted 16 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the museum and everything in it. Except...

    I have to say I winced a bit when I saw the Rookian script- too much of an Arabic flair for my taste, and with the Middle East being Western entertainment's 'bad guy' of choice nowadays, it just seems...well...I would have strayed well away from the possible propagation of the stereotype, if it were me designing the script.

    Intellectually, I may recognise (hope, rather) that this was not the intention, but my first, gut reaction was what it was, and I think it's worth mentioning. Even if it's possible that I'm over-reacting.
    Posted 16 months ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had the same feeling, Cefeida. The writing did look alot like Arabic.
    Posted 16 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought it looked like runes, personally.
    Posted 16 months ago by Sir Poox Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I loved the Rook museum! I went through it on Saturday, and I thought that was awesome!
    Posted 16 months ago by WhizGidget Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Heya, someone mentioned elsewhere that their machine speakers were broken and she/he couldn't hear the voiceovers, which made me think of another player who has announced that he/she is deaf...so I was wondering if we could get a transcript of the voice over text in this thread or elsewhere..and then maybe add some captioning to the Museum?
    Posted 16 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to the subtitles, forgot to mention that. The game should be 100% accessible to deaf people, it's the easiest disability to accommodate for in this case and there's no good excuse not to do it right from the get go.

    That, and you'll probably have a lot of non-deaf people who just don't have speakers or headphones who might still want to play.
    Posted 16 months ago by Cefeida Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love this place!! The design is perfect
    Posted 16 months ago by Codex Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love it!  Can't wait for more to open!
     It was beautifully done.  Kudos to the people who worked on it!
    Posted 16 months ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Museum was fun and oooh, a little scary!
    While not deaf I am hard of hearing and it was a little hard to hear and I wonder if I missed something as there is mystery in the visual.
    Posted 16 months ago by Joy Subscriber! | Permalink