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In the game Morningstar, what does the red herring do?
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As an idiom (figure of speech), a red herring is a device that distracts the audience but has nothing to do with the issue at hand. TV Tropes explains the meme and gives specific examples from TV, video games, etc. (Warning: spoilers galore!)
As an inventory item in Morningstar, the red herring does absolutely nothing.
At some point during the evolution of point-and-click adventure games, it became fashionable to include a literal red herring or some other stinky fish as a joke. I'm not certain who started it, though I personally blame The Secret of Monkey Island (LucasArts, 1990). In any case, the appearance of a conspicuous red fish in a video game is a pretty reliable signal that a lot of useless time-wasting is about to commence.
As an inventory item in Morningstar, the red herring does absolutely nothing.
At some point during the evolution of point-and-click adventure games, it became fashionable to include a literal red herring or some other stinky fish as a joke. I'm not certain who started it, though I personally blame The Secret of Monkey Island (LucasArts, 1990). In any case, the appearance of a conspicuous red fish in a video game is a pretty reliable signal that a lot of useless time-wasting is about to commence.
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Television tropes & idioms at http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.RedHerring
Played through the game itself at http://armorgames.com/play/3814/morningstar
Television tropes & idioms at http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.RedHerring
Played through the game itself at http://armorgames.com/play/3814/morningstar
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