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Golem met a positive reception with 75% Metacritic score based on 6 reviews. [3] Adventure Gamers gave a 4.5/5 stars rating and said, "Golem is fun little puzzle-platformer with a top-notch presentation both in sound and art direction." [4] However, when the game was released, there were a few issues with the game controls. [5]
In Modern Hebrew, golem is used to mean 'dumb', 'helpless', or 'pupa'. Similarly, it is often used today as a metaphor for a stupid man or other entity that serves a man under controlled conditions, but is hostile to him in other circumstances. [1] Golem passed into Yiddish as goylem, meaning someone who is lethargic or in a stupor. [6]
One suggestion is that "Gollum" derives from golem, a being in Jewish folklore (Prague golem pictured). [4]The Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson, editor of The Annotated Hobbit, suggests that Tolkien derived the name "Gollum" from Old Norse gull/goll, meaning ' gold '; this has the dative form gollum, which can mean ' treasure '. [4]