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Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
this is the space to talk about things that dont make sense in videogames

like, what does the R item in Contra even do??
why did the shadow guy in darksiders suddenly switch to R-rated language after 90% of the game was pg-13? it was really out of place, like whaaat?
was the guy in the boat in Ken's stage in SF2 really Q?

lets discuss

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Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
GRAVEYARD DUCK in castlevania 2 isn't a translation

Bicyclops
Aug 27, 2004

how come everyone loses their memories at the end of quintet games?

Plebian Parasite
Oct 12, 2012

how is minecraft worth 2 bil

Seshoho Cian
Jul 26, 2010

Shifty gimbal
Dec 28, 2008

Hey you... I got something to tell ya
Biscuit Hider
That loving Mario64 goomba

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

No Such Thing posted:

how is minecraft worth 2 bil

MineCraft is awesome.

Seshoho Cian
Jul 26, 2010

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

why is the last of us considered one of, if not the best game of all time

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

just once id like to know what mario is thinking.

red plastic cup
Apr 25, 2012

Reach WITH IN To your LOCAL cup and you may find A Friend And Boy...

He'ss in jail

darealkooky
Sep 15, 2011

You sayin' I like dubs?!?
the biggest mystery in all of gaming is that people continue to play sf4 despite it being blatantly worse then half a dozen older games capcom made, as well as several newer games made by other companies

Seshoho Cian
Jul 26, 2010


but why?

Mach2
Feb 28, 2014
the real question my dear op is

is it in you?

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?

he went sideways once

ForeverSmug
Oct 9, 2012

It is a mystery why games Let you input names in mixed case when all in game characters use all upper case for nNames

When I get into a game and realize this has happened I always quit the game and generally never start it again



gently caress games that.do this

The Belgian
Oct 28, 2008
What's up with all those pipes in mario games? someone must have built them, but what for??

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

The Belgian posted:

What's up with all those pipes in mario games? someone must have built them, but what for??

for all the flowers to grow

The Belgian
Oct 28, 2008

VideoGames posted:

for all the flowers to grow

but some pipes dont have flowers and the flowers are angry and want to kill mario

who would want that?

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

The Belgian posted:

but some pipes dont have flowers and the flowers are angry and want to kill mario

who would want that?

they are angry because the missing flowers have been eaten by turtles that an unruly king has unleashed upon a kingdom. sadly, mario is caught in the crossfire as the flowers anger is misdirected.

The Belgian
Oct 28, 2008

VideoGames posted:

they are angry because the missing flowers have been eaten by turtles that an unruly king has unleashed upon a kingdom. sadly, mario is caught in the crossfire as the flowers anger is misdirected.

thanks, another vg mystery solved :)

extremebuff
Jun 20, 2010


this loving confounded me as a kid like why is there a green thwomp in jail

then again in M64 pink bob-ombs were at war with black bob-ombs, the mario universe seems like a series of racewars

Mach2
Feb 28, 2014

Bobnumerotres posted:

this loving confounded me as a kid like why is there a green thwomp in jail

then again in M64 pink bob-ombs were at war with black bob-ombs, the mario universe seems like a series of racewars

And the black ones were the bad guys. makes u think

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

The Belgian posted:

thanks, another vg mystery solved :)

i try to help when I can. :) much like poirot I am a detective. but a game detective.

bonzibuddy64
Jan 5, 2007

by XyloJW
Why is there an islamic chant in old gold cartridge copies of Ocarina of Time, but removed from newer rereleases?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGnJF1R0WU


Well, this video from Pop Fiction at GameTrailers explains that it was a stock sound effect from a pack of samples, and was removed during development to avoid controversy, since the chant is a Muslim prayer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U34MFcJdGCo

Soral
May 30, 2009

pop fiction is gay

ForeverSmug
Oct 9, 2012

It is a mystery why anybody gives a loving poo poo about muslins

SeXReX
Jan 9, 2009

I drink, mostly.
And get mad at people on the internet


:emptyquote:

ForeverSmug posted:

It is a mystery why anybody gives a loving poo poo about muslins

They got tricked into thinking that if you say a thing about a muslim then the nearest one will break into your house with a machette and behead you. This would obviously extend to include accidentally listening to one of their chants

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen

ForeverSmug posted:

It is a mystery why anybody gives a loving poo poo about muslins

its a pretty good fabric dude

metricchip
Jul 16, 2014



What does it mean?

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
Why does Bowser have four or five different block placements in SMB3?

Ragg
Apr 27, 2003

<The Honorable Badgers>
Why in the MotherShitting oval office-Hitler can I not use a Phoenix Down on Aeris?

Babylon Astronaut
Apr 19, 2012
the r makes your gun shoot faster. who is bower jr and the koopa kids' mom?

Bored Online
May 25, 2009

We don't need Rome telling us what to do.
its a mystery how all these garbage games get funded

psymonkey
May 22, 2006

This post is full of pretty awesome holes. I like all the holes in this post.
The R in contra lets you auto fire so you don't have to tap the button.

They realized that was dumb and just gave you auto fire in the later games, thus no R.

extremebuff
Jun 20, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CvJqzYpWms solve this mystery

psymonkey
May 22, 2006

This post is full of pretty awesome holes. I like all the holes in this post.

Probably has something to do with "actually programming code" while playing the game, disguised/styled on as rhythm inputs. A similar concept to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZ2NNYySuE where these nerds will explain it better than me.

psymonkey fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Sep 21, 2014

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012


He probably crushed someone to death

extremebuff
Jun 20, 2010

psymonkey posted:

Probably has something to do with "actually programming code" while playing the game, disguised/styled on as rhythm inputs. A similar concept to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZ2NNYySuE where these nerds will explain it better than me.

he didn't overload the memory or anything, the glitch involves waiting for a specific frame. theres some sort of security hole, on a frame a few mins in he can inject arbitrary code and jump to the ending. the menu song was just entertainment till then

just wonder why such a huge glitch would be tied to waiting 4 minutes and resetting

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Mach2
Feb 28, 2014

Babylon Astronaut posted:

the r makes your gun shoot faster. who is bower jr and the koopa kids' mom?
Me. I am their mum.

Dongslayer. posted:

its a mystery how all these garbage games get funded
Most people are garbage. Most people like garbage games, and garbage music, and garbage movies, and garbage books.

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