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Go for the eyes, Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
— Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn · 2000
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is a berserker's war cry delivered as practical advice to a pet, and the whole character lives in that gap: terrifying, sincere and a little unwell. Boo's silent loyalty is what makes Minsc loveable rather than merely loud. Other games have since answered it, from Tali's go for the optics in Mass Effect to a Guild Wars shout and an Idle Champions ultimate called Go for the Eyes.
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In context
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Minsc is a Rashemi ranger who can join your party in the Baldur's Gate games, and Boo is the hamster he carries everywhere and insists is a miniature giant space hamster. The line is one of his combat battle cries: sent into a fight, he can bellow it at his rodent companion and then break into a roar. Jim Cummings voices Minsc in the original games. The pair began at the tabletop, in Dungeons & Dragons sessions run by lead designer James Ohlen, where BioWare developer Cameron Tofer played an unstable ranger with a pet hamster.
Sources (3)
- Baldur's Gate Wiki: MinscVoice-set tables, Battlecry1 entries; infobox voice actorReference checked
- Wikipedia: MinscConcept and developmentReference checked
- Wikipedia: MinscReferences in other mediaReference checked
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