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Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - Champ721 - 04-11-2010
As far as I know, I'm the first to discover this. Sweet! Nice Easter Egg, Friction. Oh, and before you guys ask, this was in Black Plague in the room with the worm past the poison gas.
http://tinyurl.com/y2xr8wh
Or if the TinyURL doesn't work for some reason:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m304/Champ721/HPLovecraftPenumbraBlackPlague.jpg?t=1271019506
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - Sexbad - 04-11-2010
I never actually took note of what Lovecraft looked like. Neat find there.
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - graykin - 04-13-2010
Huh, I knew what he looked like, but would never have made the connection. Neat find indeed!
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - TheLittleGarfield - 04-13-2010
I wonder is there any more uncovered secrets in Penumbra..
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - Keeb - 04-13-2010
How can we confirm this? I'm not saying it's fake, I just wonder if that's actually what they did or purely coincidence. I do notice the connection - nice find.
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - Champ721 - 04-15-2010
Thanks. I am also curious as to whether or not they did it on purpose. I'm inclined to believe they did as they cited H.P. Lovecraft as a big influence on the game, but also because the similarities are indisputable. The nose and chin, especially.
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - Yuhaney - 04-15-2010
It's easter egg, just like the Freeman and crowbar in Overture.
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - nofsky - 04-16-2010
Good find! That certainly looks like him.
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - spukrian - 04-16-2010
Actually someone else has found this.. but it wasn´t that body, it was a different one...
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-1696-post-20447.html#pid20447
RE: Ha ha, I found H.P. Lovecraft! - Nothinglikesleep - 04-30-2010
And the book in the Library: Necronomicon, HP talks about it in several of his short stories or novels. The Mountain of madness (one of HP's stories) is supposed to have influenced Penumbra series. I'm going to read it, I think its a short read.