Count the game references - Mauvais Rôle

Every now and then, student animation projects are just downright amazing.  This one is from a French animation project.  Called Mauvais Rôle, or Bad Role, it follows a fantasy RPG demon as he looks for a new job.  Just try and count the video game references, there are a ton!  If you pay attention, you can even see Mega Man.  Enjoy and remember: subtitles improve reading skills!

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Street Fighter: The Later Years episode 8 (now with more plot)

So, the latest ep of Street Fighter: The Later Years isn’t as high-larious as previous installments, but it does have plenty of plot and fighting, which are normally the parts that we fast forward through in porn. Wait, sorry, need to refocus. To sum up: #8 has less swears, but Guile/Popeye does manage to drop a few salty nuggets; less jokes than usual, but still more than a few chuckles. What it does have is 100% more burning Blanka chest hair than ever before. Smell the victory on College Humor.com, as long as you’re over 17.

Best line: “Your tears make a good conductor.”

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Forgotten Names!

People wonder sometimes what we do all day.  Most of the time it’s just boring old work, but sometimes you get research something truly bizarre.  Such was the case today.  

In a meeting early today, someone asked: “What are the names of the two characters in Forgotten Worlds?” 

Well, the blue character we’ve used in a couple a fighting games, and his name is The Unknown Soldier.  Not a very imaginitive name, but at least he had one.  The red guy’s name was a lot harder to discover.  You could only play as him if you were the second player, so he just didn’t get as much notice.  We researched for awhile, looking both internally and over the web, hunting for his name.   

Turns out he does have a name, though we only ever used it when he appeared as a thug in “Final Fight.”  Sending one of our helper zombies down into archives (we pay them in delicious brains), we uncovered his name and are happy to confirm that his name is Two P (2p) . . .

Didn’t think we could get less imaginitive than The Unknown Soldier, did you? 

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Street Fighter Stupidity Exhibition Vol 2: Headbite Harder!

On the heels of Part 1, Unity forum member The Switcher is back with more proof that he has been spending way, way too much time with the excitingly bad Street Fighter cartoon.

This round’s lowlights include: Bison’s homemade electric car, Akuma showing off a new bubble-gum based special move, the phrase “roast rump of Bison,” T. Hawk attacking a defenseless computer monitor, Honda doing the Vulcan Mind-Meld with an electrified pylon, Zangief attacking with a hamburger, Blanka bowling, Honda hacking a computer, and an amazing montage of “Noooooo.”  Thanks to Jinrai for his vigilant youtube patrols.

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My Major Award

I wanted you all in the great Capcom community to be the very first to know, so here goes. Get ready and be sure you’re sitting down. Ready? Good. Ok, here goes.

I have won a major award.

Yes, that’s right. I was notified by e-mail this morning, no less, because e-mail would, of course, be the most efficient way of letting someone know that they are the recipient of £1,500,000, which is apparently “ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING” for those of you not in the know.

I was apparently entered into the “Universal Net Lottery online Sweepstakes” international program held on the 8th January 2008. It’s a good thing I had no objections, I guess. They attached my very own serial number and lucky promo numbers to the e-mail, which I would share in this blog except I don’t know if I could trust everyone out there in internet-land to not cash in on those winning serial…er, lucky promo thingamajigs.

I must immediately contact Barrister Robert Dellow at his official and exclusive Hotmail address with my personal information, including the “Amount Won” as Item 12. Although it is tempting to add a few extra zeroes to Item 12, I am a person of integrity and feel that one million five hundred thousand pounds is a modest enough amount to keep the gas tank filled for at least a few months.

Well, I’m off to buy myself a helicopter. I hope they accept British Sterling. I should probably print them my e-mail as proof that I’m good for it.

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