[Bendal Home]

I have only seen Venice in James Bond (I think) and in Dan Brown's Inferno, where you get a good description.

I guess the tourists would want to see the art as much as the gondolas and food.

[Omtose]

Present

[Kessobahn]

Kadagar Fant, on 17 October 2016 - 03:30 PM, said:

Kessobahn, on 17 October 2016 - 03:24 PM, said:

[...] one-of-a-kind architecture.

AKA no-one has made the same mistake since?

Exactly. But the world would be so dull and uniform without mistakes Did help them remain independent centuries after every other city in Italy was conquered though.

[Aranatha]

My only experience with Venice has been via Tomb Raider II. No crocs - lots of rats.

[Mockra]

The mosaics in St Mark's are impressive. The Doges Palace is arguably richer than the Versailles in its overal set-up

The food is over-priced, and all the side-streets are full of crumbling buildings

3 stars out of 5, would not buy property there. Florence is much cooler.

[Mockra]

Kessobahn, on 17 October 2016 - 03:37 PM, said:

Kadagar Fant, on 17 October 2016 - 03:30 PM, said:

Kessobahn, on 17 October 2016 - 03:24 PM, said:

[...] one-of-a-kind architecture.

AKA no-one has made the same mistake since?

Exactly. But the world would be so dull and uniform without mistakes Did help them remain independent centuries after every other city in Italy was conquered though.

I dunno, the Dutch built an entire country like that. See also, St. Petersburg

[Bendal Home]

Is Venice also the one in Assassin's Creed?

[Mockra]

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

Is Venice also the one in Assassin's Creed?

I think one of them. Maybe. I haven't played any of the AssCreeds yet.
Or it could be just a side-mission setting? I think 2 was Florence, then Brotherhood was Rome (?), and Revelations was Constantinople.

[Bendal Home]

Mockra, on 17 October 2016 - 04:03 PM, said:

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

Is Venice also the one in Assassin's Creed?

I think one of them. Maybe. I haven't played any of the AssCreeds yet.
Or it could be just a side-mission setting? I think 2 was Florence, then Brotherhood was Rome (?), and Revelations was Constantinople.

Lots of water in one of them, so that's why the question.

[Mockra]

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 04:08 PM, said:

Mockra, on 17 October 2016 - 04:03 PM, said:

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

Is Venice also the one in Assassin's Creed?

I think one of them. Maybe. I haven't played any of the AssCreeds yet.
Or it could be just a side-mission setting? I think 2 was Florence, then Brotherhood was Rome (?), and Revelations was Constantinople.

Lots of water in one of them, so that's why the question.

I'd have to wiki it. But water could also be Constantinople b/c there's a huge bay separating , halves of the city.

[Kadagar Fant]

Mockra, on 17 October 2016 - 04:14 PM, said:

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 04:08 PM, said:

Mockra, on 17 October 2016 - 04:03 PM, said:

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

Is Venice also the one in Assassin's Creed?

I think one of them. Maybe. I haven't played any of the AssCreeds yet.
Or it could be just a side-mission setting? I think 2 was Florence, then Brotherhood was Rome (?), and Revelations was Constantinople.

Lots of water in one of them, so that's why the question.

I'd have to wiki it. But water could also be Constantinople b/c there's a huge bay separating , halves of the city.

According to the wiki it is in all 3.

Wiki

[Mockra]

Skimmed the article, b/c plot spoilers.

The references list AssCreed 2, Brotherhood and the Revelations novel , as well as a few titles I don't recognize (hanheld games? Comics?)

So, technically 2/3 games in the AssCreed 2 trilogy.

[Eloth]

Checking in. Venice huh? You really should have stuck with canalligators.

[Bendal Home]

If your alone and you need a friend. Someone to make you forget your problems. Just come along, baby take my hand.


Gosh remember the vengaboys? Out of no where on the radio.

[Path-Shaper]

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 06:33 PM, said:

If your alone and you need a friend. Someone to make you forget your problems. Just come along, baby take my hand.


Gosh remember the vengaboys? Out of no where on the radio.

When I was in cadets growing up, I helped write our marching band's competition music one year, and we did a mashup of Vengaboys' Boom Boom Boom Boom and Parada des Tetas. It was glorious. The judges weren't particularly fond of our thrusting to the music. But I mean, what else are you supposed to do to Boom Boom Boom Boom?

[Path-Shaper]

Incidentally, I just realized that I had forgotten to post the RI PM, it has been added to the game specific rules post.

[Serc]

Mockra, on 17 October 2016 - 03:40 PM, said:

The mosaics in St Mark's are impressive. The Doges Palace is arguably richer than the Versailles in its overal set-up

The food is over-priced, and all the side-streets are full of crumbling buildings

3 stars out of 5, would not buy property there. Florence is much cooler.

Never been to Venice or Italy for that matter. I would much rather visit Florence.
All I've heard about Venice adds up to:

Not nice to live in
pleasant to visit
excellent to drive past (or in this case float.)

Architecturally I think they and the Dutch lead in explorations into buoyant architectural conversions.

I loved James bond set in Venice, That was loads of fun. The chair with a hole scene? OUCH! The mind recoils at the thought.

[Serc]

Aranatha, on 17 October 2016 - 03:10 PM, said:

I can't swim. Good thing croc poop floats. Um, it does float, doesn't it?

I have it on good authority that it does. Canalligators are a different story entirely.

[Serc]

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 06:33 PM, said:

If your alone and you need a friend. Someone to make you forget your problems. Just come along, baby take my hand.


Gosh remember the vengaboys? Out of no where on the radio.

what is a Vengaboy?

[Bendal Home]

Serc, on 17 October 2016 - 07:35 PM, said:

Bendal Home, on 17 October 2016 - 06:33 PM, said:

If your alone and you need a friend. Someone to make you forget your problems. Just come along, baby take my hand.


Gosh remember the vengaboys? Out of no where on the radio.

what is a Vengaboy?

https://www.youtube....?ci=FV0sW8wHxho