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* " | * "[T]he things it takes pictures of come true" is a reference to "[[wikipedia:Say Cheese and Die!|Say Cheese and Die!]]" | ||
* "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the NES game [[Wikipedia:Snake Rattle 'n' Roll|Snake Rattle 'n' Roll]] which was one of the first to use a 3-D environment, and which name was in turn based on the classic rock and roll song [[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]] first written by [[Wikipedia:Big Joe Turner|Big Joe Turner]] and later made famous by [[Wikipedia:Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley & His Comets]]. | * "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the NES game [[Wikipedia:Snake Rattle 'n' Roll|Snake Rattle 'n' Roll]] which was one of the first to use a 3-D environment, and which name was in turn based on the classic rock and roll song [[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]] first written by [[Wikipedia:Big Joe Turner|Big Joe Turner]] and later made famous by [[Wikipedia:Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley & His Comets]]. | ||
*"4-D" is a somewhat-common way of referring to [[Wikipedia:video|video]], in this case alluding to the fact that the picture not only includes three dimensions instead of two, but also is a picture of something that is still moving. | *"4-D" is a somewhat-common way of referring to [[Wikipedia:video|video]], in this case alluding to the fact that the picture not only includes three dimensions instead of two, but also is a picture of something that is still moving. | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 21 August 2009
4-d camera
This is a simple camera with a dark secret -- the things it takes pictures of come true! Actually, the things it takes pictures of are already true by definition, but this makes them come true again... later.
Type: combat item
Selling Price: 45 Meat.
(In-game plural: 4-d cameras)
Recipe
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box | spring | |
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nothing-in-the-box | beer lens | |
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4-d camera | ||
When Used
- Without a shaking 4-d camera in inventory:
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| With a flash of light and an accompanying old-timey -POOF- noise, you take snap a picture of him. Your camera begins to shake, rattle and roll. | ||
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- With a shaking 4-d camera in inventory:
You've already got a camera with a monster in it. You should probably deal with that one before you take another one.
- Against a monster that can't be copied
This moment is too horrifying to commit to film. You can't bring yourself to snap the picture.
References
- "[T]he things it takes pictures of come true" is a reference to "Say Cheese and Die!"
- "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the NES game Snake Rattle 'n' Roll which was one of the first to use a 3-D environment, and which name was in turn based on the classic rock and roll song Shake, Rattle and Roll first written by Big Joe Turner and later made famous by Bill Haley & His Comets.
- "4-D" is a somewhat-common way of referring to video, in this case alluding to the fact that the picture not only includes three dimensions instead of two, but also is a picture of something that is still moving.
Collection
- 🥇: eav (#22185), qWErTyaznMAN123 (#1587123) - 2,000
- 🥉: Aerin Frost (#784567) - 1,700
- #4: Rutabega (#183581) - 1,128
- #5: Mistress of the Obvious (#845708) - 300
- #6: Skent (#1076753) - 151
- #7: Artie Effham (#976900) - 145
- #8: Darkling (#1687415) - 100
- #9: shkspr (#1443477) - 48
- #10: SupernovaMe (#867763) - 42
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