A past-revealing flashback
Posted by Rebel Without a Sauce on July 11, 2008
I think this neatly explains all of the recent events in my life! Like those Capri pants I once bought… it was HIS FAULT.
Do you know what I think? Don’t say “yes” please because that means you have either developed terrifying psychic abilities or are just trying to irritate me… and the consequence for you is a slap either way. To everybody else, here is what I thought: this blog needs a little bit more of the “morbid” promised by the title… and I know just the ridiculously outdated game to reminisce about for that!
Space Station Silicon Valley
In Space Station Silicon Valley (not affiliated with the Uncanny Valley!… probably), you were a murdering robot named Evo! This particular robot (named Evo, it’s important) could use his robotic magic to possess the inanimate corpses of the animals he had killed, and then use their unique abilities to achieve his goals… to be honest his goals revolved around more killing! IT WAS A UNIQUE GAME.
It was one of the most acclaimed puzzler/murder simulator games of the 1990s, and the developers behind it went on to become Rockstar North. You probably recall something about them also making another great murder simulator, the Grand Theft Auto series.
And Lemmings! :O
ALWAYS PROVOKING CONTROVERSY!
Back to the game: it really was a great game, and it holds up well! The cartoony character and level design belied the very mature sense of humour it had, and if you’ve ever played Grand Theft Auto, you’d be familiar with the kind of ironic thing I’m talking about! Sheep, hippos, depictions of violence, etc, etc. In a lot of ways in reminded me of Meet the Feebles if I had been allowed to watch that when I was 10 and in dire need of some hormonal development, but unfortunately, I’m pretty sure that Peter Jackson had nothing to do with its development (note to self: find out if this is at all correct).
Plus, the sidekick character, DAN DANGER, kind of had a fuglified, “genetically spliced with a pumpkin”, Dilbert charm to him. That’s great too! I looked up a photo on Google Image Search for reference, without success, but I DID manage to find something even better:
- You are in serious trouble from a t rex today
And that is as terrifying a note as any to end this post on! I’ll finish with a link to an actual review, just in case a badly posed retrospective by a complete stranger on the internet isn’t enough to convince you of the merits… OF… SPACE… STATION… SILICON… VALLEY!
I will see you on Monday with an update to Hyrule On Life and perhaps a speeeecial, mystery bonus! For this weekend, I’ll just leave you with that amusing depiction of child abuse at the top of the page!
But then again it always is. :/
EDITED NOTATION: Wikipedia apparently considers New Zealand humour a valid topic for its own article! It’s ABOUT DAMN TIME. >:(
