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    Remaking Commander Keen

    Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta

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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    Make it more modern? So I take it there's a stage where you bang your hot 24 year old English Teacher?
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    Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... was starred Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... was unstarred
    Image of Akihiko Akihiko
    11/24/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: Correction, hot 24 year old BABYSITTER. You know, after you save her from the aliens :)

    #speakup
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    Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... promoted this comment Akihiko was starred Akihiko was unstarred
    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/24/09

    @Akihiko: Old Hotness: Horney young abysitters

    New hotness: Horney Young Teachers.

    #speakup
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    Image of Akihiko Akihiko
    11/24/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: Touche'.

    #speakup
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    Image of develin develin
    11/24/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: Actually babysitters beat teachers 4:1 by results on Google, which kind disproves your theory :O
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    Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... promoted this comment develin was starred develin was unstarred
    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/25/09

    @develin: Takes a while for the new trend to actually filter out to the masses.

    #speakup
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    Image of develin develin
    11/25/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...:
    Actually Google Trend kinda verifies that ....
    [www.google.com]

    #speakup
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    Image of mrantimatter mrantimatter
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    when I asked Carmack about doing a remake, his main concern was that there really wasn't the same market for remakes of retro PC games that there was for retro console games.

    He did say that if they ever did another plat former, it would probably be Keen though.
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    Image of ninjaDance ninjaDance
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    One of the Commander Keen series, along with Doom 2, were my first (and only!) PC games for quite some time. I recall trying to play Keen with a flight-intended joystick.

    There were an immense amount of pogodeaths.
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    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    There are so many good games from the Epic/iD/Apogee library to choose from for remakes: Halloween Harry, Bio Menace, Jason Storm, Jill of the Jungle, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, KEEN...

    Unfortunately, in the era of big-budget blockbuster games, these old decaying IPs will just fall by the wayside. :/
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    Image of LunaEclDark LunaEclDark
    11/24/09

    @mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: I want to see the Epic Pinball revival! :D :D :D
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    mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta promoted this comment LunaEclDark was starred LunaEclDark was unstarred
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    11/24/09

    @LunaEclDark: I have a friend who made an Android machine by gutting the artwork on a Addams' Family machine. It's pretty awesome.
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    I still have Duke Nukem and Commander Keen shareware on floppy disks floating around my desk. I need to do some reorganizing.
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    Image of Fwiffo Fwiffo
    11/24/09

    @High Speed Indeed: you've had the same desk layout for over 15 years?? Kudos.
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Fwiffo was starred Fwiffo was unstarred
    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    11/24/09

    @Fwiffo: I just keep a lot of old junk I don't really need. It's great for nostalgia purposes.
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    Image of Destruction Destruction
    11/24/09

    @High Speed Indeed: Ah I love those Shareware discs. Remember my dad used to get them with Old PC mags. "180 GAMES ON ONE CD!!!" Before steam there was sending postal orders in the mail.
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    Image of Uckofay Uckofay
    11/24/09

    @Destruction: I still have Cyber Dogs
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    High Speed Indeed promoted this comment Uckofay was starred Uckofay was unstarred
    Image of Niomo Niomo
    11/24/09

    @High Speed Indeed: I have them as well, but in some box somewhere in my office. I'm sure I could find them...not sure if I actually have the A:\ drive to boot them anymore though :P
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    High Speed Indeed promoted this comment Niomo was starred Niomo was unstarred
    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    11/24/09

    @Uckofay: Was that a top down shooter where your guy could fire in any direction? If so, I used to love that game.
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    11/24/09

    @Niomo: I have a working A:\. I haven't checked if they will run in XP, but they might.
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    Image of Uckofay Uckofay
    11/24/09

    @High Speed Indeed: yea, it was incredible.

    #speakup
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    Image of elronathon elronathon
    11/24/09

    @Destruction: ah thats nothing! I had a 2disc set called "the encyclopedia of games", it claimed to have over 1000 games on...and it might well of done.

    Everything from 'Fuzzys World Of Miniature Space Golf' (still superb) to 'Race The Nags'
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    ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. promoted this comment elronathon was starred elronathon was unstarred
    Image of Niomo Niomo
    11/24/09

    @High Speed Indeed: Dosbox should help with that.

    #speakup
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    11/24/09

    @elronathon: Hehe, Race the Nags was surprisingly fun... those compilation discs were chock full o' gold. Soleau Software, MoraffWare, hundreds of bizarre Tetris clones... all kinds of games you would have never known to look for, but once you had them, they were indispensable.
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    Image of Vishus Vishus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    Hopefully this will spur id into doing a proper remake.
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    11/24/09

    In reply to Remaking Commander Keen
    Best of luck. Keen had a certain je ne sais quoi about it that would be very hard to replicate, especially in 3D.

    But I have high hopes. The Dopefish will rise again.
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    Image of mrantimatter mrantimatter
    11/24/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.:

    do it 2.5D. Bright colors, smooth mechanics and animation, and remastered, reimagined music ala BC:R.
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    Image of Sharkey1337 Sharkey1337
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    Wow, yeah that picture makes her look a lot better, even makes me want to play the game now... #bayonetta
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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    He made her waist more slender and her head bigger.

    I like my Thick-o-netta though #bayonetta
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    Image of MPSai MPSai
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    Is a tall, full-bodied (albeit stylized) woman in a game really such a sin? #bayonetta
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    NoelleBlue promoted this comment MPSai was starred MPSai was unstarred
    Image of NoelleBlue NoelleBlue
    10/30/09

    @MPSai: Hey, now, men in video games are *always* realistically proportioned! Their heads are never too small, their shoulders never too insanely wide. This is significant.

    (I lie, of course. The outcry is amusing.) #bayonetta
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    Image of Kyolux (Corsair) Kyolux (Corsair)
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    "IMO, better than any of the DMC and God of War games, plus a little bit better than Ninja Gaiden II.

    Bayonetta pretty much blends everything DMC, GoW, and NG does so well into one. Featuring NG's dial-a-combo mixed with DMC's freestyle combat - it makes battles more interesting. Witch Time is highly encouraged and satisfying to pull off - enemies going in slow motion and Bayonetta dishing out insane amount of combos is really fun to pull off.

    Boss battles are incredibly over-the-top, stuff I've never seen in DMC, GoW, or NG. Bayonetta's summons (when a boss is in near-death state, you can Climax and summon them) are the epitome of "OMG WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!" kind of thing - she is just bad to the bone and her summons are just down right evil and fun to watch.

    There are lots of optional challenges and things to unlock, so that's always fun. So far, a 9/10 game for me... would have been perfect if it wasn't for the PS3 bogging down the experience a tiny bit.

    It's just too bad that the PS3 version isn't properly optimized, but if you can get the 360 version then you're in for a real treat."

    Someone that has imported the game's opinion. That's for all the naysayers... (it's from someone on gamefaqs who has a good reputation.)
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    kagekiri promoted this comment Edited by Kyolux (Corsair) at 10/30/09 10:38 AM Kyolux (Corsair) was starred Kyolux (Corsair) was unstarred
    Image of kNZA kNZA
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    So...they made her skinnier???!? #bayonetta
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment kNZA was starred kNZA was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/30/09

    @kNZA: no, she's as skinny as she was before. you can tell because the tummy is quite taught in both the before and after. it appears they made her skull larger and her hip bones smaller and straighter. you know, moved the slider closer to the 'man' side of physiology. telling no? #bayonetta
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    Image of outforprophets outforprophets
    10/30/09

    @tetracycloide: no I really think they also made her skinnier. maybe instead we should say, they made her less wide. #bayonetta
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    10/30/09

    @outforprophets: hip width has little to do with thinness i.e. a lack of fat. she's thin in both shots, no question about it. very little fat in either pic and, proportionally, the same amount in each. she's always been thin, it's her bone structure that changed.
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    Edited by tetracycloide at 10/30/09 12:27 PM tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
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    10/30/09


    @tetracycloide: wow who said anything about hips? don't wanna talk about what the word thin means to each of us, just have a look at this gif I made with the 2 images posted. like I said, I think she is definitely less wide. Larger head, head moved, body pinched inwards a bit, which straightens out her legs, left arm less thick, etc. Link in case the image upload doesn't work:

    [i33.tinypic.com] #bayonetta
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    Image of kNZA kNZA
    11/02/09

    @tetracycloide:

    Look closely and check the picture linked below.

    They reduced the distance from one side of her stomach to the other. That's what I meant by skinnier. #bayonetta
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    She is quite disfigured. I don't think it was as apparent as it's become more recently, probably because of the over-exposure of this game. She looks like she was created by an amateur illustrator who worked exhaustively on the details, but didn't take into account the whole body, causing the whole body to not fit together properly.
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    Image of Twisk Twisk
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    I always figured she was just big boned. She probably lost a lot of weight after high school or something - nothin' wrong with that I suppose. When have you ever seen a big boned women as the main character in a video game? ...and why isn't there high demand for more of 'em?
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    Image of pekosROB pekosROB
    10/30/09


    @Twisk: What's that one character's name in Fable 2 - Sister "Hammer" Hannah.

    And then there's another one I saw, not a main character though... She's probably more just fat than big boned. #bayonetta
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    10/30/09


    @pekosROB: this NPC prostitute #bayonetta
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    Twisk promoted this comment pekosROB was starred pekosROB was unstarred
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    10/30/09

    @pekosROB: Yea, that second one reminds me more of Bayonetta. Ewe.

    ...okay, not sure if I'm going to be able to play Bayonetta now. #bayonetta
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    Image of ngamesnick ngamesnick
    10/30/09

    @Twisk: I have no problem with big boned... But Bayonetta just doesn't follow basic anatomy.

    I'll post it again: A human is 6-8 heads tall. This is something you learn in basic art/anatomy classes. Bayonetta is 11-12 heads tall. That's just freakishly out of proportion. #bayonetta
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    Twisk promoted this comment ngamesnick was starred ngamesnick was unstarred
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    10/30/09

    @ngamesnick: Yep, I agree. I think she looks absolutely bizarre!

    But if I had to try to explain it away, I'd say she was "big boned".

    I'll post it again, if I haaaaaaad to try to explain it away, I'd say she was "big boned". LOL

    :) #bayonetta
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    Image of Faiye Munro Faiye Munro
    10/30/09

    In reply to Here, Let Some Guy Fix Bayonetta
    Has this notion of her head being too small ever gotten back to the developers? Maybe Kotaku can bring it up to them directly...if there is enough of an uproar they might add a DLC patch. #bayonetta
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