Literally "God from the machine", Deus Ex Machina originally referred to Greek plays, where the "gods" would be lowered onto the stage in order to provide a quick resolution to the story. Today, Deus Ex Machina refers to any improbably and/or overly convenient character or mechanism that comes out of nowhere saves the character(s) from their doom.
For a hilarious send-up of Deus Ex Machina, check out the spaceship scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian.
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Get the deus ex mug."Deus vult" is Latin for "God wills it" and it was the cry of the people at the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095.
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Get the deus ex mug.Situation in which one escapes by means noone could distinctly or indirectly predict.
Plot device in which the author makes up stupid shit to save his character.
Plot device in which the author makes up stupid shit to save his character.
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Get the Deus Ex Machina mug.the best game ever (IMO). it combines a very large combanation of things. like, technecally it's a shooting game, but you don't have to kill anyone. they say to follow orders, but you can do whatever you want. like the hostages on the 2nd level, in normal games if they die it's Game Over. here you go up and slaughter them all and the guy goes 'OMG JC!!! ME DON"T BELIVE WAT U JST DID!!REPRT TO JOOS BRO RIGHT NOW!!' and you just keep on playing. the only way to lose is by dieing. there are also a huge number of ways to make every playthrough different. the NPC's react to all your actions differently. so one time they might be all 'la la la la la' and the next time they may be like 'WTF !'. there are also a number of different modifications and skills, everything from swimming to snipers to knifes to hacking to be able to "jump two storys high".
on, and BTW, if you have played Deus Ex Invisible War, please note that it is know to everyone who played both games that DX:IW is inferior to DX. so if you think it will be just like DX:IW, you're wrong. too bad about the only way to get it is my internet.
on, and BTW, if you have played Deus Ex Invisible War, please note that it is know to everyone who played both games that DX:IW is inferior to DX. so if you think it will be just like DX:IW, you're wrong. too bad about the only way to get it is my internet.
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