tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post1317565539482774929..comments2023-11-03T03:44:43.512-07:00Comments on Single Edge Studios Blog: Container Destruction SimulatorJason Janickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571845720693197723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post-2566990172334829102012-05-29T21:41:13.961-07:002012-05-29T21:41:13.961-07:00Thanks for the info! I'm slightly worried that...Thanks for the info! I'm slightly worried that you all seem to know so much about torture, but I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for that.<br /><br />I hope ;)Jason Janickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04571845720693197723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post-89542786902187109042012-05-27T01:24:49.876-07:002012-05-27T01:24:49.876-07:00Oh darn. I forgot to also mention the Iron Maiden....Oh darn. I forgot to also mention the Iron Maiden. Fortunately for everyone here, I need some sleep pretty soon and that last comment ran me out of steam. I'll just leave you with two links.<br />Here ya go!! =^^=<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden_(torture_device)" rel="nofollow">The Iron Maiden</a><br />And a Diablo III player <a href="https://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5235704837" rel="nofollow">who is just as confused as the rest of us.</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691181341816476426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post-28520549974658831082012-05-27T01:18:40.624-07:002012-05-27T01:18:40.624-07:00Ooo!! Oooo!!! Finally I get to put my (small amoun...Ooo!! Oooo!!! <i>Finally</i> I get to put my (small amount) of knowledge around torture barrels to use!!<br />I remember reading encyclopedias all the time as a little kid. I'd just open it at random and read. Although it was a children's encyclopedia, I ended up learning quite a bit. Unfortunately, a good percent of this bit proved to be mentally scarring, BUT HEY! That's the price of knowledge. =)<br /><br />ANYHOO. Torture barrels. I remember seeing an article on torture in a (children's!!) encyclopedia. I was quite fascinated and I remember the old sketch that accompanied it. It showed two men shoving another man into a hollow cylinder (with a door in the front. Almost like a demented phone booth) with spikes sticking out from the <b>inside</b> walls. The article said that they would then roll the cylinder (with the man inside) down a hill.<br />Yeah. I was around 7 years old. And I absolutely loved it.<br /><br />There is another story of these barrels being rolled down hills. Eulalia of Barcelona, a 13 year old Christian who was put to death on the basis of her religion in c. 303, was put "into<br />a barrel with knives (or glass) stuck into it" and was then rolled down a street."<br />Unfortunately for her, this didn't kill her immediately. She was said to have been sentenced to 13 tortures. She was finally decapitated.<br /><br />The Spanish invented something somewhat similar:<br />"A barrel pillory, or Spanish mantle, torture method is quite similar. A barrel is fitted over the entire body, with the head sticking out from a hole in the top. The person is kept locked in the barrel, forcing him to kneel in his own feces."<br />Mmmm, feces.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalia_of_Barcelona" rel="nofollow">Here is the story of Eulalia.</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691181341816476426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post-86035210861011084592012-05-26T11:04:15.770-07:002012-05-26T11:04:15.770-07:00In Victoria, British Columbia, there is a wax muse...In Victoria, British Columbia, there is a wax museum that used to (maybe still does, not sure) feature torture devices such as the swinging axe and iron maiden. I remember being very freaked out by this as I walked through the moaning exhibits as a young boy.<br /><br />Anyways, one of the devices was a spiked box that could just barely fit a human who was hugging his knees tightly. Now imagine being placed into one of these things after the spiked lid was shut. You may be unharmed, but you know that moving an inch in any direction will get you pierced by the relatively tiny spikes. In fact, they would be so short that you would more likely die from madness and blood loss than from actual impalement. Psychological torture at its worst.<br /><br />Love the comic by the way. ^_^Aegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post-36143181579535278312012-05-23T21:52:37.905-07:002012-05-23T21:52:37.905-07:00Actually, now I'm wondering how you know so mu...Actually, now I'm wondering how you know so much about torture barrels . . . :)Jason Janickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04571845720693197723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812930407718856652.post-74009913789609304422012-05-23T08:20:58.797-07:002012-05-23T08:20:58.797-07:00You obviously just leave them in locations where t...You obviously just leave them in locations where they're likely to be found.<br />The true purpose of torture barrels is tormenting people by making them wonder what torture barrels would be used for. Just think of it, you're laying in bed awake, counting destructibe containers (because let's face it: counting sheep does nothing, besides maybe having you consider a vacation in Australia) trying to get some sleep. You're counting piles of bones, barrels, crates, maybe the odd urn and suddenly a torture barrel! You're not going to get any sleep that night, instead you'll wonder what the damn things are used for.<br /><br />Of course now I've told you so you should be safe.Astrusnoreply@blogger.com