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I was just reminded that Sneak King exists and now we all have to live with that.

Issun

Issun

(He/Him)

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That's funny, the Game Grumps brought up their playthrough of this on their compilation today. Weird ass game.
 
When I was in college, one of my friends got ahold of a copy. I remember a raucous night of watching him play it and everyone going "Feed! Feed!" whenever he got near someone, just in case he forgot what the goal was.

Friends, many virtual burgers were served that night.
 
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Hank Morgan
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64 Points, 3 Lists, #14 Yorin Trouble ​
Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Traveler-Type: Whisked Away
Method of Transport: Crowbar

After receiving a blow to the head from a blow to the head during a disagreement with a subordinate, engineer Hank Morgan wakes up in Arthurian England. Morgan initially is met with suspicion and is threatened with burning at the stake, he manages to convince everyone he’s a sorcerer by remembering the date of a solar eclipse and claiming he did that. Soon he becomes a trusted “sorcerer”, gaining the ire of Merlin and using his knowledge of modern engineering to industrialize Camelot. Eventually, has a wife and child but his story ends with him fighting against all of Britain with himself and 52 other young cadets.


This is one of those stories that is both very well known but almost more for the framework rather than the specifics of the content. At least for me. Reading up on the story, I was surprised to see where the story goes and how it isn’t the character just being an unlikely defender of the realm but actually changing the entirety of society. The direction is far cry from Martin Lawrence in Black Knight. The main reason is because the story is actually a reactionary tale to the work of Sir Walter Scott. Mark Twain was not fond of Scott’s romanticization of the days of chivalry and decided to make a work that was about the benefits of modern society. Naive in some ways? Perhaps. But it’s something we can relate to now when the worst of society is pining for the good old days, not understanding the terrible stuff in the past because the idea of it is more comfortable than the reality.

I should note someone included the lead from the silent film who isn’t Hank Morgan but is about the character reading the original book and imagining himself as Hank Morgan so I included that too.


He's come a long way, baby.

 
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