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March 18

Symbols in a bomb defusing game

I recently watched a playthrough of the videogame Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and there is a section that involves identifying a set of glyphs or symbols that the "bomb defusing" player needs to set via a number pad in a correct order. However, many of these symbols are very clearly letters from the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, and one symbol is literally just "æ". Of course, I imagine that the average North American teen or perhaps young adult playing this game is not going to know immediately what the Cyrillic alphabet looks like, but I am now curious: does this game have Greek or Russian locales or translations, and if so, are the symbols changed as a result of overwhelming familiarity by people living in those Balkan or Slavic places compared to North American players? Because I can imagine that to a Russian teen playing this game and reaching this particular section, it is the equivalent of seeing the letter И and saying, "Ah, thats an I. Easy enough". --72.234.12.37 (talk) 06:26, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually Latin not Cyrillic - "æ" is a distinct letter in modern Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic, but is a bit old-fashioned in English. Our Æ article explains all. Alansplodge (talk) 20:31, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know that "æ" is a Latin/Scandinavian letter and not a Cyrillic one; I just pointed that one out in particular because of how easily identifiable it is, well to me at least. I don't know about other people, but when I see a "glyphs and symbols" section of a game, I expect more random little doodled lines and scribbles and less letters that are borrowed from another alphabet. --72.234.12.37 (talk) 03:29, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Do they have locale translations? Yep. Do they change the symbols? Nope - you can download a copy of each manual on their website here. Nanonic (talk) 20:52, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 19

Songs’ authorship

Why Wikipedia pages on specific songs do not systematically report the song’s author(s), i.e. the writers of the song’s music and lyrics? 2601:14D:8A00:49F0:7C49:A835:3EA3:7391 (talk) 15:43, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My impression is that they normally do. Can you give an example of an article where this information is not given? --Viennese Waltz 16:57, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 20

American film unreleased in America

I was watching this video on YouTube.[1] It's a trailer for a movie called Lady Driver. When I tried looking for copies on eBay, the only versions I get are German imports. I'm really interested in buying at least a couple copies of Lady Driver. Will it ever be released in the USA?2603:7000:8100:F444:6158:4881:2118:B5D3 (talk) 11:50, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to your link, it is available on Netflix. Did you try Netflix? Are you attempting to get it on DVD? I think that's unlikely these days.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:47, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 21

Lone Ranger goes to the Dump

My daughter was watching an old episode of Animaniacs titled "Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump Dump Dump"; an obvious reference to the Lone Ranger Song (William Tell Overture) spoof that we used to sing as kids going to the dump on a Saturday. I cannot find any source that tells where this originated. Any help? Thanks. Maineartists (talk) 14:44, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The earliest reference I can find in Newspapers.com is from 1968. And it's the answer to the question, "Where does the Lone Ranger take his garbage?" --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:57, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many such rhymes seem to date from the childhood of the Baby Boomer generation in the Anglophone universe; it was the first generation of the mass media of radio and television, and the common shared tropes among the entire populace made such childhood parodies common at the time. Jingle Bells, Batman Smells also dates from the same time period, as does Comet (to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March. The generation before had, to the same tune, Hitler Has Only Got One Ball. That song was fairly context dependent, but my own children (Gen Z or later, depending on how you define it) still sang the "Comet, it makes your teeth turn green" song in the early 2000s. --Jayron 32 18:16, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another one from that era was "I'm popeye the sailor man / I live in a garbage can..." --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:16, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's curious how all these songs have the same aesthetic quality (for a certain value of aesthetic). I don't know what term to use for that. Maybe melody type or modal frame, or just rhythm. Songs of this particular type must somehow beg for parody (at least in around 1955). To add one to the pile: Happy birthday to you, you belong in a zoo, you look like a monkey, and you smell like one too. Card Zero (talk) 18:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Er, TV may not have been a mass medium in the 1930s, but radio was. --184.144.97.125 (talk) 20:19, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe I said that it wasn't. Anyone, for the record, can learn about the history of radio at History of radio. --Jayron 32 10:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was disputing the assertion that Baby Boomers were "the first generation of the mass media". No big deal. --184.144.97.125 (talk) 21:42, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball Bugs. As always, thanks. I think you may have answered it. Maineartists (talk) 20:55, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 23

Dates of Supermoon Festival

Hi. While fixing up Zee Live, I noticed that the Supermoon section of it was quite bare. I couldn’t really find much on the dates of the festival, so I went here. I know that the first festival took place sometime in June 2019, but I don’t know anything else. Thanks in advance. Speatle (talk) 13:17, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm vague on what Zee Live Supermoon is: it seems to be several things. Previously, "Supermoon House Party" was a two-day live stream music-and-comedy event on Facebook and Youtube, 7th and 8th August 2020. The most recent incarnation of it I found was a page presenting Supermoon as a 3-day concert tour, which happened on 12th December, 17th December, and 19th December 2021. This does not seem to have featured "entertainment acts from around the world" but specifically rap acts from around India. Perhaps the entertainment acts from around the world was a different year. I get the impression Zee Live are making it up as they go along. I couldn't find anything billed for 2022. Card Zero (talk) 19:08, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here’s something on another Supermoon . I’m not sure if this means this is the first edition of Supermoon or just a different spin on it. Ill try to dig up the source where I found the date for the first festival. Speatle (talk) 21:10, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

East Is East (1999 film) - Sajid's coat

In the 1999 British film East Is East, why did the youngest Khan child Sajid wore a parka coat in and out doors and never took it off until the end? 86.130.219.54 (talk) 19:24, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because that is how it was written. It is a work of fiction. If the answer is not supplied or implied in the script, there is no answer, only speculation, which is discouraged on the reference desks. Having said that, maybe he simply liked his parka. Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:20, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kenny! 41.165.67.114 (talk) 10:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 24