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Due to an overflow of
trivia feeds and research, we have decided to make a full section
about Xenogears Trivias. We have also included names of the people
behind the game, like the singer who did the vocals of "Small
of Two pieces", etc.
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Multiple
Personality Disorder -- Fei's problem |
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Trivia from:
Nutz |
Trivia:
Fei's multiple personalities
might sound a bit too far-fetched for the lot of you, but in
actuality, it's a psychological
true case. This disorder
is best described as "the existence within one person two
or more distinct personalities, each with his own life history
and patterns of behavior". Citan Uzuki wasn't joking around when
he explained Fei's personality to Bart. |
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Most of these true-to-life cases
root from childhood wherein the patient has experienced sever
physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. Overwhelming
trauma from abuse may trigger amnesia
as a barrier to seal off the traumatic experience from consciousness.
As the abusive incidents recur over time and are constantly pushed
off away from the consciousness, these dissassociated painful
memories become linked by common emotions (oftentimes hate and anger) and eventually form the basis for
the separate personalities. Believe it or not, 0.1%
of America's population suffer from this abnormality. |
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The
Name "Id" |
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Trivia from:
Nutz |
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Trivia:
Ever wondered what
Id meant? Id, in the world of Psychology, is one
of the 3 key subsystems that lies within a human's personality. The other 2 are ego
and the superego, but we'll not discuss about them
now (hey, if you want me to explain about these two, then just
mail me). |
The Id contains the innate, primitive,
biological drives of man such as hunger, thirst and aggresion. These drives are basically of two
types,
(1) constructive
drives
(2) destructive drives and aggressive urges
The first type provides energy for the libido, while the second
type tends toward self-destruction
and death. Thus, "Id"
is man's basic instinct to seek gratification either by construction,
or destruction. Controlling Id is the ego, backed up by the superego
(otherwise known as the conscience).
Since there was a splitting in Fei's personality, his ego and
superego was detached from his Id, cancelling out any control
over it whatsoever. Fei's Id, existing within a personality of
its own, can now fully exhibit itself without censure. |
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Nanomachines
and Nanotechnology |
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Trivia from:
Nutz |
Trivia:
The word "nanotechnology" has become very popular and
is used to describe many types of research where the characteristic
dimensions are less than about 1,000 nanometers. In Krelian's works, it mostly dealt with the manipulation
of cells in their smallest form. You see, cells are composed
of atoms. |
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Manufactured products are made
from atoms. The properties of those products depend on how those
atoms are arranged. If we rearrange the atoms in coal we can
make diamond. If we rearrange the atoms in sand (and add a few
other trace elements) we can make computer chips. If we rearrange
the atoms in dirt, water and air we can make potatoes. These
arranged atoms (artificial, in a sense) have the capacity to
self-replicate (just like any cell), and thus form
a "colony" which in turn forms the whole
of the manufactured "being". Nanotechnology have, in
our time, reached outstanding results, but is nothing to what
Krelian did in the Xenogears. |
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Additional
Trivia from: Lejya |
Trivia:
Nano machines are actually
machines that are small enough to work at a cellular level. |
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The
3 Wisemen (MAGIS) |
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Trivia from:
Alessandro
de Frede |
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Trivia:
Have you noticed that
the names of the three sages Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar are
the names of the "Magi Kings"? These were, in the catholic
tradition, three oriental kings, who had an incredible knowledge
of astronomy . |
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Observing the passage of a comet
of incredible beauty and rarity they foretold an exceptional
event for the humankind. They followed the comet until they came
to Christ
Child and offered to "the
king of the kings" gold, incense and myrrh. The episode
is not related in the canonical gospels, but in the apocryphal
ones. In Italy, the tradition says the Magi arrived to Jesus
on 6th January. Thanks Alessandro for the info! |
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What's
with the opening phrase "I am Alpha and Omega..."? |
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Trivia from:
Nutz |
Trivia:
This phrase was perfectly
taken from the Christian
Bible, specifically in
the Revelations book, Chapter 1, verse 8. This book was written
by St.
John during that time when
Christians were being persecuted because of their faith. The
phrase, according to St. John's articles, came from God himself. |
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