Inside jokes, references & more from The Incident

I nearly forgot my favorite one! It’s my favorite because...

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:54:00 -0400

I nearly forgot my favorite one! It’s my favorite because it references what is quite possibly going to be the greatest sci-fi film ever made, but it’s the simplest possible sprite. It’s a grey box, for crying out loud. Brilliant.

The clothespin sculpture, by Claes Oldenburg, which can be found...

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:36:00 -0400

The clothespin sculpture, by Claes Oldenburg, which can be found in Philadelphia.

The spear that pierced Jesus’ side: The Lance of...

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:34:25 -0400

The spear that pierced Jesus’ side: The Lance of Longinus.

More likely, considering context, the weapon from Evangelion.

Another great easter egg: On TV Forecast's iTunes page, one of the screenshots is highlighting an episode of Lost named "The Incident". (TV Forecast is developed by Matt Comi, same as The Incident, in case you didn't know).

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:19:49 -0400

Nice!

Giant propeller

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:55:00 -0400

From “Dave”:

Hint: mimes playing tennis. :)

Never seen it, but from that hint I’m guessing Dave suspects “Blow-up.”

UPDATE: Dave says “It’s Blow Up, of course! Neven says about 50% of the time it’s his favorite movie ever.”

Does knowing Neven personally constitue cheating? Hmm…

"Per Aspera" isn't Latin for "To the Stars". It's the "Through Hardship" part. Might want to edit that post.

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:27:23 -0400

Whoops! Thanks! I think that’s probably what the other guy meant, too.

Love the site, but you've got the "per aspera" reference the wrong way round: "ad astra" is "to the stars".

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:16:12 -0400

Yeah, I inverted the translation, following the way it was written in the wikipedia entry.

Just got a hot tip from you know who that I should look up the...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:06:00 -0400

Just got a hot tip from you know who that I should look up the film titles on this marquee. I’d heard of “Puma Man” and even seen it as a kid on Saturday afternoon theater. I had no idea that “Eegah!” and “Red Zone Cuba” were also real movies. Guess what all three have in common? The crew of the Satellite of Love have been subjected to all three.

A two-fer. Hanso’s on the left - Alvar Hanso, founder of...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:54:43 -0400

A two-fer. Hanso’s on the left - Alvar Hanso, founder of the Hanso Foundation, who funded the DHARMA Initiative. 815 on the right. That’s not just a street address, it’s also a reference, no doubt, to Oceanic Flight 815 from Los Angeles to Sydney.

No doubt short for Neven. I’d like to see what he’d...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:49:51 -0400

No doubt short for Neven. I’d like to see what he’d do with a real brick wall and can of spray-paint, and more than 40 pixels of space.

“Per aspera” is latin for “through...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:36:00 -0400

“Per aspera” is latin for “through struggle,” and is commonly the beginning of the phrase “per aspera ad astra,” or “through struggle, to the stars.”

This is a double-whammy. First, this is pretty much the story of the game. You’re climbing your way to the stars, literally. Second, I think co-creator Neven Mrgan probably knows this phrase because of its use in Star Trek. : D

This one was tough to track down. Those are Russian characters...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:32:45 -0400

This one was tough to track down. Those are Russian characters (TYHRYCKA). Attempting to Google them will lead you to the Tunguska Event: a mysterious explosion that occurred in 1908 in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Another of my favorites. This was the countdown clock on the...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:29:20 -0400

Another of my favorites. This was the countdown clock on the Swan Station (or “The Hatch”) on LOST.

One of my favorites. Portmeirion is an odd little village in...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:27:00 -0400

One of my favorites. Portmeirion is an odd little village in North Wales, designed and built to look like an Italian village, though it turned out to look more like a surreal futurist rendition - or a theme park. It was also the set for The Prisoner, a known inspiration for LOST.

Meeple? What a nerd! Co-creator Neven Mrgan is a big fan of the...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:24:00 -0400

Meeple? What a nerd! Co-creator Neven Mrgan is a big fan of the board game Carcassonne, which uses gameboard pieces like this to represent people.

A LOST reference to Hugo “Hurley” Reyes, I believe.

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:21:00 -0400

A LOST reference to Hugo “Hurley” Reyes, I believe.

Minot Air Force Base, site of a nuclear weapons incident in...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:26:00 -0400

Minot Air Force Base, site of a nuclear weapons incident in 2007.

An odd one. My best guess is that this is a reference to...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:23:46 -0400

An odd one. My best guess is that this is a reference to theVoynich Manuscript - one of the great mysteries of human history, an apparent ancient medical journal that seems to be filled with cryptographic messages that have yet to be deciphered.

It took me a minute to recognize this one. Here’s a...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:00 -0400

It took me a minute to recognize this one. Here’s a reference shot:

Who didn’t want one of these after seeing Back To The...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:17:00 -0400

Who didn’t want one of these after seeing Back To The Future II?