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« on: November 07, 2009, 09:22:00 AM »
does he have a name?

and whats the name of his girlfriend?
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 09:49:53 AM »
Hi Smiley
His name is Josef, like the inventor of the word "robot", Josef Čapek. Wink
About his girlfriend, I don't know.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 06:55:15 PM »
Quote from: Nicosmos on November 07, 2009, 09:49:53 AM
About his girlfriend, I don't know.  Roll Eyes

"Jane" perhaps?   Grin
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 10:10:25 AM »
Quote from: Nicosmos on November 07, 2009, 09:49:53 AM
His name is Josef, like the inventor of the word "robot", Josef Čapek. Wink
About his girlfriend, I don't know.  Roll Eyes

I didn't know that...fun! Josef's girlfriend reminds me of Maria, as in Metropolis.
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2009, 10:05:53 PM »
Quote from: XplorX on November 08, 2009, 10:10:25 AM
Josef's girlfriend reminds me of Maria, as in Metropolis.

That's a much better similarity than my joke about Tarzan's Jane!  Oh but what a sad fate Maria suffers at the hands of the mad scientist!   Cry
How about this one: Josef's girlfriend could be named Rosie (after the robot maid from the '60s animated US T.V. series The Jetsons).
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2009, 11:26:22 PM »
Quote from: ABoretz on November 08, 2009, 10:05:53 PM
Quote from: XplorX on November 08, 2009, 10:10:25 AM
Josef's girlfriend reminds me of Maria, as in Metropolis.

That's a much better similarity than my joke about Tarzan's Jane!  Oh but what a sad fate Maria suffers at the hands of the mad scientist!   Cry
How about this one: Josef's girlfriend could be named Rosie (after the robot maid from the '60s animated US T.V. series The Jetsons).


No, Rosie is more like a fat auntie character while Josef's girlfriend is a hot-bot.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2009, 05:15:58 PM »
Quote from: ABoretz on November 08, 2009, 10:05:53 PM
That's a much better similarity than my joke about Tarzan's Jane!  Oh but what a sad fate Maria suffers at the hands of the mad scientist!

But is that Maria or is it Hel? So...maybe Josef + Maria = too much allegory, even if Metropolis and Machinarium both resemble Breughel's Tower of  Babel:

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/bruegel/babel1.jpg

And...maybe Jane is on the right trail. How about Jana, as in Karel Zeman's Vynalez zkazy (The Fabulous World of Jules Verne) ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsud8SjNJIs
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2009, 06:22:01 AM »
I love his dancing.
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2009, 01:33:01 AM »
Quote from: XQuest on November 11, 2009, 06:22:01 AM
I love his dancing.
Totally, I was going to make a thread requiesting that single set of sprites, haha.

I'd actually PAY for that set... I mean it. If you are out there and you can read this, I'm willing to.
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2010, 11:19:19 AM »
Awww it's better if he doesn't have a name Sad Part of Machinarium's magic is the ambiguity - everything is what you make of it, with nothing actually written down, so his name could be anything you wanted Smiley

and I hope this continues ★
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can't wait for Botanicula, Samorost 3 and Machinarium 2!
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