It’s okay not to count on the Spanish Inquisition

For the longest time, individuals have criticized video video games for deriving an excessive amount of from Hollywood. It’s true. We all know Stable Snake’s design from the unique Metallic Gear is a copy-pasted Kyle Reese from Terminator. We additionally know Stable Snake’s look from MGS 2 is Snake Plissken from Escape From New York. Nonetheless, the tides are altering.

Latest years have offered a library of cases of Hollywood taking plenty of inspiration from video video games — even when it makes zero sense. Twitter consumer @DesFleurBleues found a scene within the new Russell Crowe movie The Pope’s Exorcist that makes an attempt to make a Spanish Inquisition reference. Courageous effort, however the movie finally ends up by chance displaying the image of a distinct, completely made-up Inquisition from the Dragon Age sequence.

Can we discuss how “The Pope’s Exorcist” (yeah that movie with Russell Crowe) makes use of the inquisition image from DRAGON AGE INQUISITION because the real-world-spanish-inquisition image?
(which was noticed by @DesFleursBleues ) pic.twitter.com/FubVAvNdsC

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Possibly that is the work of the particular Satan, however we must always think about different potentialities. Is that this what you get once you put AI in command of issues? Is that this what you get when all the analysis division is only one man googling the phrase “Inquisition”? How come a celebration of heroes from a extremely profitable online game garnered extra search engine love than an old-timey, torture-happy group? Until the producers have solid a tie-in that EA undoubtedly doesn’t learn about, somebody has tousled massive time.
This is what they have been searching for, in case anybody is questioning:

The movie premiered in early April, so it’s a shock it has taken so lengthy for anybody to note this. Possibly FleurBleues is the one online game fan who went to see The Pope’s Exorcist. Possibly the hundreds of memes ended up Psyop-ing us into not suspecting something relating to the Spanish Inquisition, however the reality is on the market now.

It is a victory for gamers in all places, although not for the devs of Dragon Age Inquisition. Yeah, you’re not off the hook for naming the heroes after one of many worst establishments in human historical past.