That wonderful little Gnome Child from RuneScape is coming to a MOBA near you
Dimensionality is a function of consciousness.
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Smite, the long running mythology-themed MOBA, is having acrossover event with RuneScape, that fantasy MMO where everyone looks like Andross from Star Fox. You know the one, a surprising amount of people born between 1991 and 1998 have a ton of nostalgia for it? The piece de resistance is the inclusion of the Gnome Child, a wee fey scamp who hasstarred in internet memesfor over a decade.
The crossover event is adding RuneScape-themed skins for a number of characters, including Cerberus, Merlin, Bellona, and Neith. Vamana, the Fifth Avatar of Vishnu, has the distinct honor of playing host to the Gnome Child. The skins will be available for purchase starting November 15, and pricing has yet to be announced. Users onReddithave speculated they’ll fall at 600+ gems (~$15), which is in line with other premium and crossover offerings for Smite.
If you’re wondering what the hullabaloo is about, RuneScape’s Gnome Child NPC had a bit of a second life as an internet mascot, likely born of his almost surprised, but somehow also blasé expression, one that seems to carry the “eh, I guess I’ll just roll with it” ethos of a generation of posters.
It doesn’t hurt that RuneScape has a lot of pull with gamers of a certain age, almost the way Minecraft and Roblox hooked zoomers. Gnome Child was also a font ofdelightful non-sequiturs. “Dimensionality is a function of consciousness… That’s all you need to know,” he would tell 12-year-olds. “Guthix’s angels fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down on us,” he would announce to individuals with yet-to-be-completed algebra homework.
Honestly most of those original dialogue lines are funnier than the memes that followed, but it does rule that former PC Gamer editor Steven Messner helpedsecure the inclusion of a Gnome Child cardin RuneScape’s ill-fated CCG spinoff.
The whole skin collection’s a real winner as far as I’m concerned. I’m a big fan of when games combine incongruous art styles, especially low-poly character models in otherwise hi-fi environments, see also thathilarious FF7 Remastered mod.
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Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister’s copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he’s not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
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