Comments on: Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

adamvasco — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:55:05 -0800

Mañana November 2nd is the "Day of the Dead" Linked here two years ago; and adding a link for Spanish speakers. Perhaps most famously known through the Skull of Catrina by the late great José Guadalupe Posada. Some Quotes for the day. And finally why not participate if in San Francisco.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:59:19 -0800

Time to break out Grim Fandango on the ol' SCUMM VM.

By: cedar key

cedar key — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:12:37 -0800

"In Mexico, life isn't walled off from death. It appears more a continuum in which forces emerge from the dark and return to it."

By: Miko

Miko — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:52:45 -0800

Great culture link, thanks. I've been interested in the Day of the Dead since I read Ray Bradbury's Halloween Tree at a tender age. It appears in several of his other stories, as well -- it was one of his motifs. Fascinating.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:20:11 -0800

furtive, Grim Fandango sadly doesn't work on ScummVM due to its 3D-ness. It runs natively under Windows XP pretty well, though.

By: cosmicbandito

cosmicbandito — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:34:48 -0800

Miko, I read that when I was like 10 and had completely forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder!

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:32:11 -0800

It runs natively under Windows XP pretty well, though. Mine consistently locks up, tho, and I've been unable to replay the game for many years, now. furtive had me hoping and downloading, for a second there.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:58:54 -0800

I love this image of the Calavera of Don Quixote. ps, this needs a mexico tag