Capelworth Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 I've read that Black Isle Studios was named by Mr. Urquhart for Scotland's Black Isle. I was simply curious if there's any story behind the name "Obsidian." Is the Black Isle in Scotland composed of obsidian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diogo Ribeiro Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Obsidian comes from the Obsidian Earring that the Nameless One used in PS:T. Rumor has it it was based on one of Feargus' secrets (wearing earrings). >.> <.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 When a man works with obsidian, if he breaks it apart there will be many tiny, even microscopic shards floating through the air that will cut the man up pretty badly. That might have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Could also be something as simple as a word association. Obsidian = black rock = Black Isle. Wonder if I will get a warning from the moderators for doing word associations “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Obsidian is volcanic glass, so maybe it has something to do with Monsieur Caen "erupting" all over the place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus131 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Obsidian sounds cooler the Black Isle, propably all there is to it... Opus131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellester Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Obsidian comes from the Obsidian Earring that the Nameless One used in PS:T. Rumor has it it was based on one of Feargus' secrets (wearing earrings). >.> <.< Well I Life is like a clam. Years of filtering crap then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth, end of story. - Steven Erikson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawe Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Obsidian comes from the Obsidian Earring that the Nameless One used in PS:T. Rumor has it it was based on one of Feargus' secrets (wearing earrings). >.> <.< Well I?m glad it was based of Feargus? earring, because I heard the other option was naming the company off the pet name Feargus? gives to his belly button. Now that was lecherous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 I think it's the longest word the design team can spell correctly. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guaigean Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 I think Gorth might be on the right track. A bit of a twist on words allows them to carry the same basic title, with no copyright issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roshan Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Obsidians not a bad name though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karzak Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Obsidian is black and hard! Who chose that name? Let's keep the T&A in FanTAsy ***Posting delayed, user on moderator review*** Why Bio Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Obsidians not a bad name though. Shame the image on their homepage looks like a bloodclot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magena Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Obsidians not a bad name though. Shame the image on their homepage looks like a bloodclot. yeah, I've noticed that depending on the monitor I'm viewing it from it really changes in how great it looks...or how totally discusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueTrance Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 It's so easy on the eyes, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Obsidian is black and hard! You sound like you're describing a coloured pornstar.. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrogen Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Obsidian is black and hard! Who chose that name? Sometimes. and sometimes it is red, and others it is a nice rainbow color. Growing up, I had thought it was always red, because that is the color of most of the arrowheads that I would find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 If you want to see something really cool, go check out some snowflake obsidian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roshan Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Obsidians not a bad name though. Shame the image on their homepage looks like a bloodclot. yeah, I've noticed that depending on the monitor I'm viewing it from it really changes in how great it looks...or how totally discusting. I have honestly never seen a more boring and negligible logo. Maybe they thought that making it the worst logo there is would make it easily recognizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tingeling Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I think the logo on the main site looks like something from Alien. Obsidian is black and hard! Yeah, and Troika sucks. "McDonald's taste damn good. I'd rtahe reat their wonderful food then the poisonous junk you server in your house that's for sure. What's funny is I'm not fat. In fact, I'm skinny. Though I am as healthy as cna be. Outside of being very ugly, and the common cold once in the blue moon I simply don't get sick." - Volourn, Slayer of Yrkoon! "I want a Lightsaber named Mr. Zappy" -- Darque "I'm going to call mine Darque. Then I can turn Darque on anytime I want." -- GhostofAnakin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magena Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I think the logo on the main site looks like something from Alien. Obsidian is black and hard! Yeah, and Troika sucks. yeah, it does, and that is what I first thought of. but my computer at home is darker than the one at school, and at school it looks much nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargallath Abraxium Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Obsidian is black and hard! Who chose that name? Sometimes. and sometimes it is red, and others it is a nice rainbow color. ...ye've been doin' some strange things wit' it, then... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weiser_Cain Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Obsidian is black and hard! You sound like you're describing a coloured pornstar.. Where are you from? I haven't heard 'colored' since that 'All in the family' marathon... Yaw devs, Yaw!!! ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roshan Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I hear the word colored a lot. Ex. "The house is colored red" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkan Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I hear the word colored a lot.Ex. "The house is colored red" Racist pig. "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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