User blog comment:Toadgamer80/Some good and bad news./@comment-1874924-20120419024919

I've always had an interest in mythology and heroic legends. (The latter, in particular, has had a noticeable influence on my writing style.) This interest was also how I got into Dungeons & Dragons back in the '80s.

My own competition story has some mythology references, such as Noah buttering up some of the girls upon his arrival by comparing them to Olympian goddesses (Athena, Hecate, Hera and Aphrodite, to be precise.) Also, LTDI's random punishment challenge (canon "No Pain, No Game") won't be so random--it'll be based on the Labors of Herakles (Hercules), with the in-universe justification that "because TDI is nominally a kids' show, broadcast regulations require that we include a certain amount of educational content."