[HN Gopher] Moai in Video Games
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Moai in Video Games
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 84 points
       Date   : 2024-01-09 13:32 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (moai.games)
 (TXT) w3m dump (moai.games)
        
       | cableshaft wrote:
       | That's a pretty neat project. It is a fairly common addition to
       | video games. Halfway tempted to add one to one of my upcoming
       | games just to get added to this list :P
        
       | novagameco wrote:
       | For a discussion of the Moai and what happened to them and their
       | creators, I recommend the book "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman
        
         | yreg wrote:
         | In shorter form, I recommend the 6th episode of the _Fall of
         | Civilizations_ podcast[0]. I 've found the topic super
         | interesting.
         | 
         | Both the podcast and the book shared by parent argue against
         | the previous Mulloy/Jared Diamond theory of ecological suicide
         | by building more and more statues.
         | 
         | [0] Easter Island - Where Giants Walked
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j08gxUcBgc
        
           | simonebrunozzi wrote:
           | Oh, interesting.
           | 
           | In a nutshell, what's the argument, compared to the "old" one
           | by Diamond?
        
             | yreg wrote:
             | The argument is that there is no evidence of collapse
             | before the arrival of Europeans. There is also no/very
             | little evidence of violence and warfare and no evidence of
             | cannibalism.
             | 
             | Something happened in the decades following the first
             | contact in 1722. Arguably the local population might have
             | faced high mortality rates due to European diseases. They
             | seem to have toppled the statues in anger toward their gods
             | for failing to protect the people.
        
       | dharbin wrote:
       | I don't think I even knew what those "Easter Island" statues were
       | called until I started playing Gradius games.
        
         | crazydoggers wrote:
         | Those Moai were the worst.. luckily there was up, up, down,
         | down, left, right, left, right, B, A
        
         | mayormcmatt wrote:
         | Thank you: this is exactly the game I was looking for in the
         | list, but forgot the name. It, too, was my first introduction
         | to Moai as a kid.
        
       | bitwize wrote:
       | Doo-aw! Doo-aw! Doo-aw! Dwa! Dwa!
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YImQl5jyUW4
        
         | dfxm12 wrote:
         | I can hear this comment :)
        
       | dfxm12 wrote:
       | What is Konami's obsession with Moai anyway?
        
         | alok99 wrote:
         | The FAQ states:
         | 
         | > Why so many from Konami?
         | 
         | > That's because of Yoshinori "Moai" Sasaki. (ref)
         | 
         | https://moai.games/faq/
        
       | debugloop wrote:
       | Love that they include GeoGuessr on their list :)
        
       | mgd wrote:
       | I love the dedication. Where else can you find obscure things
       | like this but HN
        
       | automatoney wrote:
       | Pretty interesting to have a list, but I was kind of hoping
       | there'd be more information. The FAQ is a good start, and there's
       | the link to wikipedia, but I was hoping for more insight than
       | "Moai are cool. And video games are cool." More information that
       | moves the site from a plain dataset to a more complex discussion.
       | Just as an example, I was wondering what present day Rapa Nui
       | people think of depictions of moai. Are there kinds of depictions
       | that they feel represent/misrepresent their culture?
        
         | yreg wrote:
         | > but I was hoping for more insight than "Moai are cool. And
         | video games are cool."
         | 
         | The project is likely "just" a meme:
         | https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moai-emoji
        
       | duxup wrote:
       | The Moai are cool.
       | 
       | The history of Easter Island ... really depressing.
        
       | guyomes wrote:
       | Not sure if that counts, there is also the lua game engine Moai
       | [1].
       | 
       | [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai_(software)
        
       | nineteen999 wrote:
       | Had to search for Space Harrier and was glad to find it in there.
       | Well done!
        
       | redbell wrote:
       | Nostalgic!
       | 
       | This triggers some strong haptic feedback in my heart about one
       | of the best games I've played in my childhood (in addition to
       | Super Mario, Double Dragon, and Metal Slug). It was a NES game
       | called _Moai Kun_ , and it is being featured on the site under:
       | https://moai.games/moai-kun/
       | 
       | I never made it to the end, so when I grew up, I looked in YT to
       | check if anybody does, and of course, if the _Tetris_ was beaten
       | by a teenager (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38841080),
       | why not _Moai Kun_?! A full gameplay can be watched here:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJiIfSniWIU
       | 
       | Anyone here had the chance to play this game?
        
       | computershit wrote:
       | They left out Civ.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2024-01-09 23:02 UTC)