Recent content by El_Nastro

That question implies s.o.b.'s only happen in games when we've got a "massive two-handed sword". But that's not the way it is. For one, it's every type of weapon; 1-handed arming swords, cutlasses, staves, axes, crossbows, polearms, spears, rapiers...everything. Second, it's not just in...

OK, let's think about that. How far-fetched does it seem? I don't think s.ob.'s are as far-fetched as, say, unicorns. Back-scabbards are definitely within the realm of "physically possible". It is possible to wear a sword on your back, & it is possible to draw it from such a scabbard, & I...

Oh yeah, one other thing: Does anyone really think that ANY of the depictions of back-scabbards in games, movies, illustrations, anime, etc. were done because the artist/designer/costume designer/whatever was thinking about Chinese woodcuts or the Parisii? The answer is: no. None of...

OK, I'll amend my statement: We have exactly 3 pieces of evidence for the existence of back-scabbarding, and they're far from compelling. 2 come from Wikipedia & 1 from a museum replicas catalog. The first is an unsourced reference to texts and woodcut-illustrations depicting Mongols &...

Not buyin' it. I suppose there might be some technical issues involved, but that argument falls apart when we acknowledge that: A.) Not all games do swords-on-backs (Oblivion & Morrowind, for instance), so it can't be all THAT difficult. Besides, when I look at all the other aspects of...

Totally agree with the OP. Swords-on-backs have been a pet peeve of mine since...forever. Why do they do it? Because it's soooo keeeeeewwwwl. It's sooooooo 1337. It's like, totally, what a NINJA does, and it has more, like, STYLE. Also, because many of the people who make these...