Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Drowned God

Drowned God

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 31, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:03, 14 October 2016 (UTC)



Drowned God is a 1996 science fiction adventure game developed by Epic Multimedia Group and published by Inscape. The game advances the conspiracy theory that all of accepted human history is false and the human race's development and evolution have been aided by extra-terrestrials. The player attempts to uncover the truth within the game by traveling to a variety of different worlds, interacting with historical and fictional characters, and solving puzzles. The game is based on a forged manuscript written by Harry Horse in 1983. After facing legal trouble and fines when he attempted to sell the text, Horse shelved the text for more than a decade before deciding a first person adventure game would be the best way to tell its story. Producer Algy Williams hired a team of multimedia artists and programmers to help Horse develop the game. Upon its release, it sold well, but faded in popularity due to software bugs. Its concept and visuals were widely praised, but its gameplay, audio, and puzzles received a mixed reception. A planned sequel never came to fruition.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Halo 3: ODST September 22, 2016
 * Main editors: Torchiest
 * Promoted: 19 December 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: 20th anniversary of release date, and a great weird and creepy topic for Halloween
 * Support as nominator. —Torchiest talkedits 18:00, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Strongly oppose if Half-Life 2: Lost Coast runs three days earlier, support otherwise. (IMHO Halloween needs to be sent the same way as AFD, but in this case there's a genuine date connection.) &#8209; Iridescent 18:16, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support for several reasons. I see a 20th anniversary as more significant than an 11th. Also, while not directly related to Halloween I see the creepy tone giving this a better date connection than Half-Life 2 does for the 27th. Finally, I believe it would be more interesting to have a less mainstream title up.