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Article #709921

Re: Daggerfall now FREE

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From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:10
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:20:18 -0700, Leo
<Anonymous@anonymous.com.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:23:00 -0400, "Jonah Falcon"
><jonah...@mindspring.com> blabbed:
>
>>That door creak is stock sound footage I've heard a million times, so it's 
>>funny to me.
>>
>>My favorite part of Daggerfall was that for the first time in a CRPG, I 
>>created my own character class. I always did thief + stealth magic.
>>
>
>	The sound I always hear over and over again in movies is a
>'scream' that I first remember hearing in fantasy general.  Maybe its
>a public domain scream or something, but everyone and their best
>friend uses it, especially in movies.  Very immersion breaking.

You are probably thinking about the Wilhelm Scream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

Its usually used intentionally in movies rather than -as is the case
with many other frequently-heard sound effects- because the producers
are too cheap to Foley their own ;-)
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