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I promised a small Ordeal Call 3 reference thread, so we're getting one. I've seen people claim that OC3 was an excuse to put more Fate/Extra into FGO. I went in expecting Extraverse and more Cyberpunk. I instead found Nasu writing an elaborate homage to New Wave science fiction.

Finally, Edison's Spirit Phone is an actual mystery from real life. Was it real? Was it a shitpost? For reasons unknown to me, there's only a French Wiki article discussing it. Blavatsky and Olcott are mentioned! fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9...

I promised a small Ordeal Call 3 reference thread, so we're getting one. I've seen people claim that OC3 was an excuse to put more Fate/Extra into FGO. I went in expecting Extraverse and more Cyberpunk. I instead found Nasu writing an elaborate homage to New Wave science fiction.

Beckman is a SE.RA.PH reference, but it's also a Silicon Valley reference. I have a whole headcanon here, I'll spare you all for the moment.

I promised a small Ordeal Call 3 reference thread, so we're getting one. I've seen people claim that OC3 was an excuse to put more Fate/Extra into FGO. I went in expecting Extraverse and more Cyberpunk. I instead found Nasu writing an elaborate homage to New Wave science fiction.

Instead, we get a Dark Star reference that might also be a very convoluted Total Recall reference. The "talking to a bomb" bit is probably a reference to the film Dark Star, co-written by Dan O'Bannon. O'Bannon also co-wrote Total Recall, which was adapted from a Dick short story.

I promised a small Ordeal Call 3 reference thread, so we're getting one. I've seen people claim that OC3 was an excuse to put more Fate/Extra into FGO. I went in expecting Extraverse and more Cyberpunk. I instead found Nasu writing an elaborate homage to New Wave science fiction.

As for Dick, his novels Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said are referenced in Section titles The alleged Human-AI War in 2299 seems to be inspired by his short story Vulcan's Hammer. The Kiara subplot might be inspired by We Can Remember It for You Wholesale

I promised a small Ordeal Call 3 reference thread, so we're getting one. I've seen people claim that OC3 was an excuse to put more Fate/Extra into FGO. I went in expecting Extraverse and more Cyberpunk. I instead found Nasu writing an elaborate homage to New Wave science fiction.

The title is referenced during the Epilogue by Andersen. Both plots involve an AI running a lunar colony (HOLMES IV/BB Dubai) full of humans who can no longer return to Earth. Both AIs are originally formless but gain human-like appearances, albeit through different circumstances.

I promised a small Ordeal Call 3 reference thread, so we're getting one. I've seen people claim that OC3 was an excuse to put more Fate/Extra into FGO. I went in expecting Extraverse and more Cyberpunk. I instead found Nasu writing an elaborate homage to New Wave science fiction.

New Wave SF dates back to the 1960s and 70s. The writers most heavily referenced in OC3 are Robert A. Heinlein and Philip K. Dick. There's others that pop up as well, like Frank Herbert. Asimov isn't New Wave and note how the OC3's AIs discuss moving past the Laws of Robotics that Asimov codified.

I’ve joked about my “FGO Prophecies”, which is where fanfic ideas I’ve written somehow later pop up in canon. Up until now, it’s been strictly a comedy bit. The references to an AI Waiter and Iceland in OC3 are uncanny in the context of my fic Overture To A Double Feature. It’s genuinely spooky.

I think what broke me is that it’s specifically a QUANTUM AI in Iceland. I used quantum AI mechanics to hand-wave some of the scifi bullshit in Overture To A Double Feature. I also know a major character in Overture, a character who is minor in canon, is referenced later in OC3.

The first video game where I strongly remember the game was Qbert, but I don’t remember the system. The first game+system origin combo was Joust for the Atari 2600. With arcades, it gets a little strange. Road Runner is burned into my brain. I don’t remember my first pinball table, though.

#FGO Anniversary stream time!