Hensonverse Speculation and Commentary
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Here is this new thread I made for my TL that's basically inspired by this very thread:
Go check it out.
More Than Meets the Eye Guest, Speculation, Commentary and Idea Thread
Well, I thought why not, this is the thread where you can pitch ideas, make guesses, speculate, comment on and generally do whatever y'all want(as long as it's related to this TL)...
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I came up with a new concept.
Namely a controller for the Apple Ambrosia;
Nicknamed the "Panda" controller by fans, after the controller's monochromatic color scheme.
(it has iPod-style click wheels and GameCube-style L & R buttons)
Maybe in future consoles (Ambrosia 7th, 8th gens), it could evolve into something like this;
Sidenote 1: The "Panda" nickname was also chosen because the controller was intentionally designed by Apple to look adorable. Science shows that our brains are hardcoded to treat objects, inanimate or otherwise, with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing.
Psychological studies have been done whereby participants, when asked to harm an inanimate object, were less likely to hurt the object if it had a face. Participants in the study would happily bludgeon a potato with a hammer, unless you stuck some hair and a pair of eyeballs to the potato, at which point their moral compasses would obediently snap into place.
Same principle here. By making their controllers look like little panda faces, Apple hopes to spiritually disarm rage-quitting gamers (and in effect, prevent gamers from breaking their controllers). I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the tensity that might emerge from losing hard games.
Sidenote 2: Source for "future controller": here.
Any thoughts?
Namely a controller for the Apple Ambrosia;
Nicknamed the "Panda" controller by fans, after the controller's monochromatic color scheme.
(it has iPod-style click wheels and GameCube-style L & R buttons)
Maybe in future consoles (Ambrosia 7th, 8th gens), it could evolve into something like this;
Sidenote 1: The "Panda" nickname was also chosen because the controller was intentionally designed by Apple to look adorable. Science shows that our brains are hardcoded to treat objects, inanimate or otherwise, with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing.
Psychological studies have been done whereby participants, when asked to harm an inanimate object, were less likely to hurt the object if it had a face. Participants in the study would happily bludgeon a potato with a hammer, unless you stuck some hair and a pair of eyeballs to the potato, at which point their moral compasses would obediently snap into place.
Same principle here. By making their controllers look like little panda faces, Apple hopes to spiritually disarm rage-quitting gamers (and in effect, prevent gamers from breaking their controllers). I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the tensity that might emerge from losing hard games.
Sidenote 2: Source for "future controller": here.
Any thoughts?
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Another idea involving the Ambrosia:
If you download a song from the iTunes store on the console, and renaming the song "<<AMßΓ0SIA>>", the system would trigger a hidden credit roll.
Essentially this...
...but with an "Apple" flavor.
If you download a song from the iTunes store on the console, and renaming the song "<<AMßΓ0SIA>>", the system would trigger a hidden credit roll.
Essentially this...
Another Ambrosia easter egg:
If you start up the console on April 1st, the Apple logo would be replaced by a picture of a chicken nugget.
(namely this one, with a bite taken out of it (like the original logo))
This is a reference, not to anything Apple-related, but to the infamous rubber chicken toy, synonymous with April Fools Day.
This chicken nugget logo would end up becoming a meme in this TL.
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We'll let's wonder had Suddenly Susan and Veronica's Closet lasted longer? Might be 5 seasons TTL.
It sounds like Veronica's Closet only had high rating during its first season because it was sandwiched between to more popular shows and even that didn't help with its ratings. As for Suddenly Susan it sounds like it became a completely different and less popular show after almost everyone left during its fourth season. While it might be possible to extend Suddenly Susan to five seasons (assuming no one leaves) but I don't think Veronica's Closet can make it to five seasons.
I love it! It's so cute, especially that research.
What does that have to do with anything and what would happen?
Yeah, that would be quite funny. How would it even be possible for a logo in the interface to be replaced for 24 hours?
The layout for the "Panda" controller is as follows;I came up with a new concept.
Namely a controller for the Apple Ambrosia;
Nicknamed the "Panda" controller by fans, after the controller's monochromatic color scheme.
(it has iPod-style click wheels and GameCube-style L & R buttons)
Sidenote 1: The "Panda" nickname was also chosen because the controller was intentionally designed by Apple to look adorable. Science shows that our brains are hardcoded to treat objects, inanimate or otherwise, with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing.
Psychological studies have been done whereby participants, when asked to harm an inanimate object, were less likely to hurt the object if it had a face. Participants in the study would happily bludgeon a potato with a hammer, unless you stuck some hair and a pair of eyeballs to the potato, at which point their moral compasses would obediently snap into place.
Same principle here. By making their controllers look like little panda faces, Apple hopes to spiritually disarm rage-quitting gamers (and in effect, prevent gamers from breaking their controllers). I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the tensity that might emerge from losing hard games.
- Directional wheel (stand-in for D-Pad, left hand side)
- Action wheel (stand-in for ABXY, right hand side)
- Analog sticks (both sides)
- Shoulder buttons
- Trigger buttons
- Grip buttons (located in controller grips)
- Home button (Apple logo, a la XBOX)
- Plus and Minus buttons (essentially Start & Select, shared with the Wii)
Any thoughts?
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Thanks!
It functions as an easter egg, similar to the one on OTL's XBOX.
Internal clock built into the system.
The actual origins were that I was eating chicken nuggets, and I ate one until it looked like the Apple logo. A few moments later, I took a picture of the nugget, put it through PhotoPad (another program I use), and now we have the Apple Nugget.
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On this topic, I'd really like to see Psygnosis' WipEout franchise on the Ambrosia.
(Think about it, both WipEout and Apple have futuristic themes, and Apple has a game console now.)
You mean that racing game with the Y2K-esque aesthetic?
If so, then that would be the perfect fit.
Did you see what I wrote about the Dreamcast logo?