2011年2月17日星期四

some of us may have just learned that Galaga is was could-be part of ABC's convoluted hit

""""Whoa there, kids!""""Oh wow, Kotaku's Mike Fahey!""""That's right kids, and if you're confused by our reviews, you can just go to our review FAQ! There's no need to set cats on fire, no matter how good they may taste.""""Wow, thanks Fahey! Now seiko online we know!""""And knowing is half the battle!""""Proving that you can never know everything about Lost, some of us may have just learned that Galaga is was could-be part of ABC's convoluted hit.As I was listening to the summer edition of the official Lost podcast and trying to not count the months until the show's final season, I caught this video-game-related snippet.

It's at 17:24 of the August 6 installment, during a conversation with two of the show's executive producers.The men are discussing the recreational distractions that occupy the Lost writing office and turn to Alec Baldwin's favorite seiko for you pastime:Adam Horowitz, Lost Executive Producer: All I know is that there was a lot of Galaga in season three.Eddy Kitsis, Lost Executive Producer: In fact, the name of the sub originally was going to be — in fact, did we name it that? I can't remember.

We wanted to name it the Galaga because we were playing so much Galaga.Horowitz: [Lost co-creator] Damon [Lindelof] and I got into a vicious, friendly competition on Galaga.Kitsis: Yeah, Adam and Damon would literally play for 20 hours a day.Horowitz: The problem became that we both got so good at the game.And I will concede that nice seiko Damon ultimately did come off with the high score — although there is an asterisk attached to that, which is that he passed a million and then it goes back to zero, so the high score of mine of 970,000 is the one that's up on the board but he actually did get the high score...