finally, after almost two weeks of shipping snafus, here we are

@Moot @Crocabit (pouring diesel into my game controller) where we droppin boys

@KommaChameleon @Felthry @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit (listen i kinda actually want this bc i have a copy of VOOT for DC)

@Felthry @poss_bot @Galuade @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit Virtual On is a one-on-one mecha fighting game from the 90s featuring a behind-the-back camera and a dual stick control scheme. It's played split screen or on separate displays.

VOOT is "Virtual On Ontario Tangram", the Dreamcast version of the game.

@Felthry WHOOPS I kinda typed it wrong, it's "Oratorio Tangram". It's a pretty thesaurus name but

Oratorio = a large-scale opera
Tangram = a puzzle about rearranging shapes

So it's basically a fancy way of saying "Virtual On: Grand Remix". Tangram is also the name of one of the game's villains.

@KommaChameleon though I guess plenty of games have really strange names. Radiant Historia, Infinite Undiscovery, Exist Archive

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@Felthry Yeah. In many cultures, giving things foreign-sounding names gives them an air of mystery or prestige (e.g. you can order "filet mignon" but not "tender beef"). Japanese media often does this with loanwords from English or other European languages.

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