Just got to the College of Winterhold and I have to ask

Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:48 am

Are game developers so unoriginal that the only symbol they could come up with for their mage college was an inverted 5 pointed star with an all seeing eye in the middle? This particular image is seeing its way into a lot of mainstream games these days and Im starting to wonder is it by design or are game artists lacking any originality. I wouldn't have noticed if I haven't seen the damn All Seeing Eye symbol in different variations in the last 4 games I've played recently.
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Joe Alvarado
 
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:54 pm

:/ Been an eye since Arena, so it's kinda traditional
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Kyra
 
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:27 pm

:/ Been an eye since Arena, so it's kinda traditional

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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:29 am

Connect the points of the star, and it looks like an inverted holy symbol of the D&D god of magic, Boccob. Eyes are just stereotypical in fantasy magic.
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:11 am

:/ Been an eye since Arena, so it's kinda traditional
Ive played the Fallout games but not the Elder Scrolls so this is news to me...thanks.
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:15 am

tod is luminaty
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:21 pm

Connect the points of the star, and it looks like an inverted holy symbol of the D&D god of magic, Boccob. Eyes are just stereotypical in fantasy magic.
Thats what I thought about the stereotypical eye symbol, but it just seems to be so popular in games that dont even use magic so I was just wondering if this stuff is by design or just random. Thanks for the response.
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:24 am

are all anarchists unoriginal for putting the silly A symbol up everywhere? if everyone used their own symbols, what would they mean to you?
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:34 pm

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