A fan points to a YouTube clip from the Wizard introductory gameplay movie, and the fact that the skeletons in it can be heard laughing. Not just the [WIKI]Skeleton King[/WIKI]’s “Who brings the warmth of life into my tomb!” roaring mockery, but the evil little “heh heh heh” sounds that the regular skeletons utter. Bashiok replies with… a link to content!
[BLUE]From the writings of Abd al-Hazir:
- “Furthermore, I have come to believe that a [WIKI]skeleton[/WIKI]’s intelligence is limited by the power and scope of the spell used in the creature’s creation. Theoretically one could have a single astute skeleton servant or a rather dense army of a hundred for the same expenditure of magical energy. I am at a loss to explain the average skeleton’s somewhat ludicrous mental predisposition, however. Perhaps the implausibility of its own existence makes the skeleton think it hilarious to hide in a barrel, cackling intermittently for some three hundred years until a victim happens by?”
And yes, it’s completely necessary and awesome that they laugh the way they do. We enjoy it intensely.[/BLUE]
The laughter is audible all through this clip, but especially at the :34 second mark. The question of how a skeleton laughs, when it clearly possesses neither tongue, lips, nor the ability to draw or exhale breath, is best not contemplated at length.