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What’s with the tagline “mother of all games”?
by wodenokoto 4y ago
What’s with the tagline “mother of all games”?
- strken 4y agoI believe it's a reference to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB.
- detritus 4y agoYour side poster red369's more likely correct, as "the mother of all battles" was quite a well-known meme during Gulf War I - especially given the MOAB was designed in the early 00s, which is a while after this game's release.
- red369 4y agoI’m going to offer a different suggestion to the sibling post, and say it’s probably referencing The Mother of all Battles - a phrase that kicked up a lot of fuss in 1991: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone#The_mother_of_all_X https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone#The_mother_of_all_...
- whicken 4y agoYes, that's exactly on point. The other half of the meaning relates to the quotes - it's not the videogame that's the "Mother of All Games" - it's war itself (meant cynically, of course). People in power scorching the earth is one of the oldest games.
- somat 4y agoI think it was a sort of in joke on a popular news topic in the era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon The press, I distinctly recall, liked to call it. "The mother of all guns" However I am unable to find a citation in the 30 seconds I spent looking for it.