The Rorschach Inkblot Tests we have been doing every Friday have been an absolute blast. Some of the responses are hilariously entertaining, others are deeply insightful, but they are all quite interesting. Today’s inkblok test will be the last one (we’ll start a new activity next Friday) so let’s enjoy it!
Last week we used The Pit’s Halo 3 global heatmap as our image and for the first time, the most popular response was Halo related. It’s crazy it took this long! Another response that was heard a few times over is a personal favorite childhood toy of mine so I was excited to see that one as well. I didn’t see either of these things when looking at the image the first time, but once I read the responses, of course they instantly appeared.
NovaHunter first noticed the resemblance to a Grunt’s face. Spartan013nl, wolfy, Dan the Stick, Grady, MinkOWar, Socket29, Harbi Darbi, Wolf, and yayap_the_grunt all saw the same thing.
BlueNinja and BattleMaster25 were excited to see the AutoBot symbol from Transformers. Other people seeing Transformer related things were trigger119, Friedman, and Twilight Ronin.
More fun answers were about the Short Circuit robot (best. movie. ever.). RyJen saw him upside down, JawReich saw him going through a fire, and Azrylle just saw him like he is.
My favorite answer came from zukan who said, “That’s without a doubt a bottle of Chateau Petrus from the very good 1989 vintage.” Let me know next time you are serving that and I’ll head over for some dinner and fabulous wine.
On to this week’s image. We are wrapping up our Rorschach Inkblot Test kick with Foundry. It’s an interesting image and definitely has some potential. So tell me, what do you see? Remember, extra nonexistent points for originality. Let’s finish this with a bang!
Posted by Jim 028 on February 15, 2008 at 5:36 am
It;s wierd looking this time. I see a jester with to many limbs. An Octo-jester maybe.
Posted by Louis Wu on February 15, 2008 at 5:45 am
I see a starfish on an old-fashioned candlestick.
Posted by Nick Manning on February 15, 2008 at 5:49 am
definitley a face hugger from Alien
Posted by Anubis V0nG0dly on February 15, 2008 at 5:51 am
i see a couple of people doing capoeira, kinda cool.
shame this is the last inkblot test, twas fun while it lasted
Posted by Pixellated on February 15, 2008 at 6:18 am
I’m seeing the Biohazard symbol, clear as day.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Biohazard_symbol_(red).svg/376px-Biohazard_symbol_(red).svg.png
Posted by Parsifal on February 15, 2008 at 6:23 am
Including the level plan: Mugshot of a robotic Scots Terrier wearing headphones.
Excluding the level plan: Side view of a couple embracing belly-to-belly. The person on the left is wearing flares.
Posted by flying_squirl on February 15, 2008 at 6:29 am
Pirate ship
sideways Robocop head
see? yea, your right, it made more sence before i decided to put the pictures over em. but now we have to face the all importantant question, which is better? Robot/Pirate?
…i should get back to work.
Posted by RyJen on February 15, 2008 at 6:33 am
like louis, I see a starfish, in a jar…posibly in some high school science class.
Posted by -S- on February 15, 2008 at 7:01 am
an evil, evil octupus
Posted by w on February 15, 2008 at 7:16 am
spidey and doc oc fighting
Posted by Spyder on February 15, 2008 at 7:21 am
I thought it was a spider type shape, but then I looked closer at the middle and realised it’s more like a weathervane:
http://tinyurl.com/2ze9b5
Posted by Elnea on February 15, 2008 at 7:23 am
Oh, that’s CLEARLY that scene in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Los Ark where Indy and Marion are tied to a post and the angels of Death are whirling around them.
How can you guys not see that?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/LinneaRetina/2008/DrJonesHeatMap.jpg
Posted by XMixMasterX on February 15, 2008 at 8:02 am
It looks like the letter H with arms and a face…
Maybe it’s one of those missing H’s from the commercial
Posted by flying_squirl on February 15, 2008 at 8:04 am
@Elnea
HOLY MAGOLY!!!! your right!!!!
Posted by Darklotusspartan on February 15, 2008 at 8:10 am
I see the octo-references, the candlestick, and the lost ark scene.
I personally see somewhat of a scarab walker,
if you can get past the fact that the “legs” do look more like tentacles.
Though it looks more like an alien from the
War of the Worlds (book), or the Simpsons
Posted by Eloco on February 15, 2008 at 8:18 am
Thats a rocking chicken, you know like a rocking horse, but a chicken instead.
that is all,
JD
Posted by KTK8 on February 15, 2008 at 8:20 am
I see a Butterfly…..
Posted by ZZoMBiE13 on February 15, 2008 at 8:23 am
Mooninites. ;)
Posted by Tickler on February 15, 2008 at 8:48 am
A Chinese building on stilts with boat at the bottom. Both are shooting fireworks or missiles everywhere.
Posted by cleanitupjohny on February 15, 2008 at 9:03 am
i see a rooster holding abunch of sparklers
Posted by DragonKnight08 on February 15, 2008 at 9:09 am
Two headed fire breathig monster with tentacles.
Posted by Oyster King on February 15, 2008 at 9:48 am
Looks to me like one of the Flood Juggernauts that were deleted from Halo 2.
Or 40-Below standing victoriously over Flex (Both from Kameo).
Maybe I should play less 360.
Posted by nick manning on February 15, 2008 at 9:55 am
definitly a face hugger from the Alien movie
Posted by Phearlock on February 15, 2008 at 9:55 am
The first thing that struck me was that the middle red lines look a lot like a few mechs from the mechwarrior games seen from the front. (Hmm, the Shadow Cat especially)
http://www.1fsac.com/images/chassis-shadowcatbg.gif
http://www.tswn.com/modules/tutorials/images/mech_SHADOWCAT_2.gif
Posted by Dan the Stick on February 15, 2008 at 9:56 am
2 witches on top of, and whipping, a fire breathing dragon.
Posted by sander on February 15, 2008 at 10:05 am
a chicken on a pole
or
someone holding his index and pink up, while his arm is extremely skinny
Posted by Higgins113 on February 15, 2008 at 10:31 am
I see a starfish in front of a mic :P
Posted by BattleMaster25 on February 15, 2008 at 10:33 am
I see a pirate ship with it’s sails on fire!! OMG Abondon ship!!! Yarr
Posted by Talli on February 15, 2008 at 10:44 am
I see your mom’s face.
Posted by Grant on February 15, 2008 at 11:16 am
Hookahs! Those giant middle eastern bong things… erm… yea…
The term is hookah.
Posted by Sigafoos on February 15, 2008 at 11:33 am
An oil rig exploding at the top. Of course the oil is at the bottom, but I didn’t make the picture.
Posted by silvercube on February 15, 2008 at 11:33 am
Posted by Don on February 15, 2008 at 11:44 am
Happy Bunny listening to Headphones
Posted by BlueNinja on February 15, 2008 at 11:44 am
Something with tentacles… I think.
Posted by Nace on February 15, 2008 at 11:44 am
It is Crab People for 100% fact.
Posted by Twilight Ronin on February 15, 2008 at 11:45 am
I see a face hugger as well.
Posted by t0rm3n7 on February 15, 2008 at 11:48 am
wow…
cirque de soleil
Posted by Spiff on February 15, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I see a rabbid head from the rayman games.
http://i.modopo.com/cache/49aa70928eedf94ce2538182082f9ae0d4.png
Posted by Zeuss on February 15, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I agree with Pixellated. It’s definitely the biohazard symbol. Failing that, a face hugger.
Posted by SuperGirl Brig on February 15, 2008 at 1:01 pm
It’s a Demon shadow creature from ‘Ghost’ holding a red leather whip in his left hand and standing on a mountain of Heinz 57 ketchup while singing “Killing Me Softly” and considering making a late night run to White Castle.
Posted by NsU Soldier on February 15, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Looks like a tremor from the movie Tremors.
Posted by Azrylle on February 15, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Two guys, one taller, one shorter, both with big noses, standing back to back in a pose reminiscent of classic “dynamic duo” action movie posters, with flames coming up around them at their feet. And, of course, they have weapons held out in front of them in an “at ease” but still potentially lethal manner.
Very dramatic, I think.
Posted by Dallavalamp on February 15, 2008 at 1:39 pm
This looks like a cat head with really large ears.
Posted by nicole.j on February 15, 2008 at 2:26 pm
2 fire dancers standing back to back – male on the left, female on the right. And the swirls would be after images from the flame tipped batons.
Posted by triplehex on February 15, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I see two persons being healed in a spiral of ascending energy (like those on pc rpgs)
Posted by missyann on February 15, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Two people eating a huge, bloody hunk of meat???? While sharing headphones?
Posted by Gerry Sell on February 15, 2008 at 2:46 pm
One of those glass jars with the wire-clamped lid – one that was filled with leftovers, migrated to a dark place in the back corner of the lowest shelf in the refrigerator, and . . . OMIGOD! It’s alive – and radioactive!
Posted by aw3sumpunk on February 15, 2008 at 2:47 pm
All I see is a heat map, from what looks like inside a building, maybe in the basement of a building…
Posted by Loki on February 15, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Looks like an old fashioned Cyberman from the 1960s/70s era Dr. Who
Posted by nyota0uhura on February 15, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I see a primitive robot’s face that has a face-hugger attached to it (which is seen through a heat-signature camera thingy) :)
I’m sorry I discovered this so late, I would have loved to do the others as well!
Posted by tanaka on February 15, 2008 at 3:22 pm
it’s an elite’s hand
Posted by OmegaInTexas on February 15, 2008 at 3:56 pm
It’s Scroop, no contest
http://www.michaelwincott.org/Wavs/scroop01.jpeg
(played, oddly enough, by Halo 2’s prophet of truth)
Posted by Eric Standard on February 15, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Cthulhu.
Posted by crackers on February 15, 2008 at 4:38 pm
The thing on the cover of Hellgate London
Posted by ALTEX on February 15, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Definately gonna have to back up the ‘Indiana Jones/Ark of the Covenant/Angel of Death’ idea for this one, nice spot Elnea
Posted by J23 on February 15, 2008 at 5:34 pm
It’s a starfish. On a stand. Collectors Starfish???
Posted by wolfy on February 15, 2008 at 5:36 pm
it’s a head-crab trying to couple with Gordon Freeman’s head!
ARRGH! now i know how he’ll die >:(
Posted by the other dark on February 16, 2008 at 6:12 am
Poison headcrab from Half-life 2.
Posted by the other dark on February 16, 2008 at 6:21 am
Darn, beat me to it. Lol.
Posted by the light show on February 16, 2008 at 7:32 am
4 close planets orbiting a star
Posted by Socket29 on February 16, 2008 at 1:00 pm
It’s an octopus on a stick.
Calamari.
Oh wait that’s squid isn’t it?
Posted by Gr "monkeylizard" eg on February 16, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Something along the lines of
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg
Posted by Beefloafian on February 16, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Its a squid emerging from a lamp……genie style!
Posted by Falco on February 16, 2008 at 8:52 pm
A 2 headed atronach or some other monster with 3 legs holding a sword standing over a dead body.
Posted by yayap_the_grunt on February 17, 2008 at 11:52 am
its master chief and arbiter from the second-last cutscene in the covenant, standing back to back, with gravemind’s tentacles surrounding them.
Posted by bman on February 19, 2008 at 6:28 pm
i see… two octopuses screwing each other.
no doubt
Posted by Sara on April 3, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I see a two headed child listening to music.
Posted by YWinston on July 12, 2008 at 10:17 am
it look like a scorpio to me.
Posted by mike on July 31, 2008 at 11:24 am
I see a kevlar vest!
Posted by neomax on March 21, 2009 at 5:04 am
I would have to say it looks like two people putting on ski’s.