Henry’s dog
Posted on June 17, 2008
Filed Under: Play
Tagged: easter eggs, indiana jones, lego, video games, xbox 360
While playing LEGO Indiana Jones, I stumbled across a photo of a Malamute tacked to a post. As it turns out, during the 1970s, George Lucas had a Malamute called Indiana, hence the name.
Movie fans will recall that Indiana Jones’ real name is Henry Walton Jones Jr. (based on George Lucas’ real name, George Walton Lucas Jr.). In the third movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, we learn the origin of the name from Henry’s father, Professor Jones, played by Sean Connery, In a conversation with Sallah, Professor Jones explains, “We called the dog Indiana”.
Indiana Jones: I like “Indiana.”
Professor Henry Jones: We named the *dog* Indiana.
Marcus Brody: May we go home now, please?
Sallah: The dog? [starts laughing]
Sallah: You are named after the dog? HA HA HA...!
Indiana Jones: I’ve got a lot of fond memories of that dog.
[quote source: ]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/quotes]
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Posted on June 16, 2008
Filed Under: Play
Tagged: family, indiana jones, lego, video games, xbox 360
Just finished playing LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures on the Xbox 360. What a fun game!!
The gameplay is very similar but more polished than the 2 previous LEGO Star Wars titles. Hats off to Travellers Tales, the developers, for bringing yet another great, family-friendly title to the Xbox platform.
With the exception of 2 grinding achievements ("How we say goodbye in Germany” and “Trouble with her is the noise"), the achievements were easy, most of which could be picked up during normal gameplay or in Free Play mode.
Co-op is similar to the Star Wars titles, letting players drop in or out at will. The control mapping is simple and intuitive—my 7 year old daughter picked it up in an instant and we enjoyed playing though several levels together.
If you’re looking for a fun summer title, definitely consider picking this one up—especially if you play with your kids.