I thought this would be a potentially useful thread that people can use, either as a reference point, or a reminder that someting they enjoy/know of has a list or structure, which they can use for memory purposes.
After re-reading Advanced Memory Palaces by Joe Reddington, his example of using the Batman villains from the major films (up to that point) as a list to encode the countries in OPEC, is a great demonstration of how to encode something you want to know with something you know so well.
This prompted me to use Pokémon as a resource, which worked to great effect - memorising the 13 nations in OPEC through the coincidental 13 major trainers in the original Pokémon games just clicked. However, there’s so many more things from the games that can be converted into a easy-to-remember list.
Off the top of my head, you have: the starters from each game, the gym leaders, the villains, the rodents from the first area, the birds from the first area, the Pikachu tributes, the champions, the legendary Pokemon, etc.
From this, I wondered if there are any other forms of media that equally have a degree of an inherent list/system to them that people might use? Off the top of my head you could use:
Taskmaster(/recurring TV Show) contestants: 5 contestants in every series, ordered by seats alphabetically. Know every one fairly well and imagine this would work with similarly-style TV shows.
Punch-Out fighters: Another game example, but I think it’s possible to make a list out of the fighters in the order the player faces them; all are incredibly exaggerated and stereotypical (the newest game on the Wii really lends itself to this exercise) that you can likely work well with to create memory palaces from.
Wrestling title lineages: I already am trying to use a lot of wrestlers in my PAO system I’m forming, due to how over-the-top and distinctive their characters can be. With that, I can remember the lineage of some titles quite clearly, especially when I was watching more regularly, and for that, I think it’s a useful idea to link them. On top of that, yearly competitions like the Royal Rumble or Money in the Bank also lends itself to this approach.
Phoenix Wright cases: Phoenix Wright games, likewise to Punch-Out and wrestling, is filled with really colourful writing and characters; I can see a degree of order in taking a case and having the progression go Victim → Accused → Guilty, but might be a bit tough to do chronologically.
I’m sure there’s a bunch more that I’m overlooking/not perceiving correctly, but I imagine others here might know a few others that can match the idea. Would love any other suggestions.
