When Namco recently trademarked the name God Eater, the first thing I thought of was the book The Beast of Revelations: Comments on the God Eater by famous occult writer Aleister Crowley. I'm pretty sure Namco doesn't have anything quite as extreme as Crowley's vision of the God Eater in mind, but you never know, I guess.
That being said, the name conjures up visions of dark locales to explore and a possibly equally mysterious story. Who knows what Namco may have in mind, or if we'll even see this trademark come to light in the form of a game ... but it's fun to speculate.
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2:00 PM on 05.06.2009
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Also, this must be the ultimate sequel to Pac-Man.
Also, Colette, you get extra nerd points for knowin' about Crowley. It almost makes up for you not knowing that there was already a Wild Arms remake yesterday . . . almost.
Something that will be able to eat a god. likely packing it (or them if multiple gods) away into its gullet like a ... packing-away man... of sorts... But developed by namco?
Waitaminute!
Packing?? MAN??? NAMCO!??!?
OF COURSE!
PAC-MAN!
Pac of WAR Confirmed!
A game based on Crowley's ideas would at once be horrible and fantastic. What a concept. If they're not actually doing it, someone should.
Also, gatorsax wins.
Yeah... Crowley's a weird fellow. Surprisingly very few people know about him. I guess attempting to usher in a new spiritual era, and dieing a crusty, crotchety, pennyless old magus isn't the way to go down in history.
(Then again, look at Telsa. Inventing Alternating Current and Radio didn't make him that much more famous than Crowley).