AGS Cryptic

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Baron

So close!  Remember, it's a stapled stomach in Paris.

Baron

Oh, for the love of....

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hint: Google Translate (English ->French) "stomach" = l'estomac, le ventre, la caillette.
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hint 2:  What does stapling do to a stomach?
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Mandle

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Quote from: Baron on Tue 14/04/2015 02:00:39
Oh, for the love of....

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hint: Google Translate (English ->French) "stomach" = l'estomac, le ventre, la caillette.
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hint 2:  What does stapling do to a stomach?
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hint 1:
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Well, I'm thinking it's "le ventre" as this looks like the one that can be manipulated into saying something like "adventure"
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hint 2:
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It truncates it...This means we have to cut a piece out of the word I'm guessing...
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I'm starting to think that we have to go...

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Entirely French for this to work:

Fashionable: à  la mode, en vogue, chic, coquet
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AnasAbdin

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inventory?
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if it's correct then Mandle helped so much.
if not, then Mandle didn't help so much.

Mandle

Quote from: AnasAbdin on Tue 14/04/2015 15:04:34
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inventory?
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if it's correct then Mandle helped so much.
if not, then Mandle didn't help so much.

Ah you got it for sure:

The figuring:
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Fashionable = In
le ventre (with both ends truncated) = vent
The airport ID for Orly = ory
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Well done...and very nice puzzle Baron!!!

Baron

I thank you!  Although I think you might have solved it pretty quickly off the bat.... ;)

Mandle

Quote from: Baron on Wed 15/04/2015 03:42:42
I thank you!  Although I think you might have solved it pretty quickly off the bat.... ;)

Really? "Parsian airport" did not really imply that "stomach" was supposed to be in French...

It was kind of a double-hint that meant both "stomach" was in French and the airport's name was in France...

And THEN you even had to research the official call-sign of Orly airport to find out it was "ory"...

OFF THE BAT?!



Mandle

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Randomly poisonous in the game company that killed Ultima after missing an ol' whack and blite boardgame (5,7)

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Mandle

Small Hint:
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"after" is the break-point between the two word puzzles
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AnasAbdin

Quote from: Mandle on Sat 18/04/2015 16:13:24
Small Hint:
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"after" is the break-point between the two word puzzles
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Quote from: Mandle on Wed 15/04/2015 07:51:15


Haggis

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Ok, so the company that killed Ultima - would this be Electronic Arts? In which case, the poison part could be 'arsenic' which is randomly within the company name.
"missing an ol' whack and blite boardgame" - hmm, whack and blite... wait... black and white... boardgame... chess

So.... it's that rare old classic adventure game...  'Chess Arsenic'
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Mandle

Quote from: Haggis on Sun 19/04/2015 00:11:15
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Ok, so the company that killed Ultima - would this be Electronic Arts?
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The company in question is indeed "Electronic Arts", better known as...
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In which case, the poison part could be 'arsenic' which is randomly within the company name.
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It's more a synonym for "poisonous" rather than the name of an actual poison.
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"missing an ol' whack and blite boardgame" - hmm, whack and blite... wait... black and white... boardgame... chess
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"whack and blite boardgame" does mean "black and white boardgame", only a little scrambled ;) . But no, not chess: it's that other one...
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So.... it's that rare old classic adventure game...  'Chess Arsenic'
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That actually sounds like a great name for a game!!! The pieces are coated with arsenic and your character slowly dies the more moves it takes you to beat the villian...But yeah: no...
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Baron

You can check-out any time you want, but you can never leave! 8-)

Mandle

Quote from: Baron on Sun 19/04/2015 02:48:42
You can check-out any time you want, but you can never leave! 8-)



So yeah: major clue there from the Baron!

Anyone want to show the figuring or should we just call it solved and move on?

Baron

Oh fine.  Is it....

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Hotel Exotica? (roll)

To be honest, I have no idea how the "hotel" bit works out, but "poisonous randomly" = "toxic" mixed up -> "xotic", which itself is in "EA" for Electronic Arts, thus "ExoticA".  I got the rest of the way based on word count.
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An easy one.  E-A-S-Y.

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Mandle

Quote from: Baron on Tue 21/04/2015 02:42:37
Oh fine.  Is it....

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Hotel Exotica? (roll)

To be honest, I have no idea how the "hotel" bit works out, but "poisonous randomly" = "toxic" mixed up -> "xotic", which itself is in "EA" for Electronic Arts, thus "ExoticA".  I got the rest of the way based on word count.
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Correct!!!

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The "whack and blite (black and white) boardgame" was othello "missing ol'" so "othel" and the "whack and blite" indicated some scrambling so "Hotel"
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Mandle

Quote from: Baron on Tue 21/04/2015 02:42:37
An easy one.  E-A-S-Y.

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is the answer:
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"EASY"? :P
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Stupot

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"Blade Runner"?
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Baron

You are both kind of right, in your own peculiar way.  However this one is most definitely...

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AGS Related
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Mandle

Quote from: Stupot+ on Tue 21/04/2015 08:21:12
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"Blade Runner"?
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I'll tell you about my mother!
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