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ATMachine · 07-31-2006, 04:58 AM

I absolutely love Days 8 and 9.

I LOVE that Robin chooses the name "Puck of Barnesdale" as an alias. Puck, of course, refers to the legendary trickster figure of English myth, who was immortalized by Shakespeare and is also known as "Robin Goodfellow." It's supremely fitting that Robin, a great trickster himself, would take the name of another such character who happens also to be a Robin.

And Barnsdale was actually the forest said to be Robin's home in the earliest Robin Hood ballads (as opposed to Sherwood, which almost everybody now associates with him). So taken as a whole, the name "Puck of Barnesdale" simply screams "I am Robin Hood."

Of course, the Sheriff is too dumb to figure it out.

Day 9. What can I say? It's hilarious. Absolutely superb writing.

Oh, it's sort of fun to visit Lobb on Day 9 when you're disguised as a Jeweler. He reacts differently depending on whether Robin has dyed his beard yet or not. Plus, when you enter the street outside his shop, you might be lucky enough to see another Easter Egg: a literal "bug in the game."

07-31-2006, 04:58 AM	#226
ATMachine Retired Buccaneer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 779	I absolutely love Days 8 and 9. I LOVE that Robin chooses the name "Puck of Barnesdale" as an alias. Puck, of course, refers to the legendary trickster figure of English myth, who was immortalized by Shakespeare and is also known as "Robin Goodfellow." It's supremely fitting that Robin, a great trickster himself, would take the name of another such character who happens also to be a Robin. And Barnsdale was actually the forest said to be Robin's home in the earliest Robin Hood ballads (as opposed to Sherwood, which almost everybody now associates with him). So taken as a whole, the name "Puck of Barnesdale" simply screams "I am Robin Hood." Of course, the Sheriff is too dumb to figure it out. Day 9. What can I say? It's hilarious. Absolutely superb writing. Oh, it's sort of fun to visit Lobb on Day 9 when you're disguised as a Jeweler. He reacts differently depending on whether Robin has dyed his beard yet or not. Plus, when you enter the street outside his shop, you might be lucky enough to see another Easter Egg: a literal "bug in the game."