Behold the Bloody Horror of 8-Bit Fatality

[SomeBritishDude]

The kirby picture is the coolest thing I've seen all day.

 

[Syntax Error]

You know, I like the idea that someone acknowledges that there is such violence in games, but I daren't click that link.

If you're ok with anything that went out after God of War, then you'll come out unscathed from the link.

Seriously though, I'd like that "Kirb your hunger" bit on a T-shirt.

Just that picture in the OP scars me more than God of War.

I rest my case then. Then again, I have a high tolerance for fictional blood and guts. That's why I can sit through hours and hours of movies/games/manga/etc with a lot of brutality. The keyword in that last sentence is fictional. You can't make me see a snuff movie (unless you give me money for the psychological treatment later plus more to set me for life, then maybe I'd consider it).

 

[Erana]

You know, I like the idea that someone acknowledges that there is such violence in games, but I daren't click that link.

If you're ok with anything that went out after God of War, then you'll come out unscathed from the link.

Seriously though, I'd like that "Kirb your hunger" bit on a T-shirt.

Just that picture in the OP scars me more than God of War.

I rest my case then. Then again, I have a high tolerance for fictional blood and guts. That's why I can sit through hours and hours of movies/games/manga/etc with a lot of brutality. The keyword in that last sentence is fictional. You can't make me see a snuff movie (unless you give me money for the psychological treatment later plus more to set me for life, then maybe I'd consider it).

Blood? I'm fine with. Its the guts that bother me. And things that are made to be unrealistically organ-tastic, especially when presented in a chipper manner, give me a case of monster-in-my-closet.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Yeah, isn't it interesting that no one cared about Mario stomping people's brains out? Or Kirby eating people to absorb their powers? (hmmm... could Kirby be the inspiration for Sylar?) And suddenly, when we move from 2D to 3D to better 3D, suddenly every politician and lousy parent is complaining about Gordon Freeman shooting at soldiers (yes, I've actually heard someone gripe about that), or Niko Bellic fighting for his life in Liberty City (as soon as he arrived in that city, I couldn't think of anyone other than his cousin and Kate who didn't have an interest in killing him).

 

[nova18]

This is nothing new. I've seen this done many times before.

Link?
I want more pixellated violence.

Their funny but true, same as how Tom and Jerry is brutal to watch if you imagine the reality behind it.

 

[Internet Kraken]

This is nothing new. I've seen this done many times before.

Link?
I want more pixellated violence.

Their funny but true, same as how Tom and Jerry is brutal to watch if you imagine the reality behind it.

Though I have seen this type of art before I don't know where to find it. I imagine you could find some on an image hosting site that is popular for game art. You could probably find some flash animations of this on Newgrounds.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

You know, I like the idea that someone acknowledges that there is such violence in games, but I daren't click that link.

Why not? It just puts into images what we already knew was happening.

That's where this guy is spouting bullshit, no sane kid or even adult would instantly recognize a goomba being squished then disappearing as some gore riddled act of grotesque murder. Games haven't always been about portraying unhindered acts of psychotic violence. Except Dig Dug, that one was a bit crazy.

 

[SharPhoe]

You know what, i want all those images on a t-shirt now.

I would love to wear one around town. Anyone who sees and recognizes what's going on will be sure to stop and think...

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Loved Dig Dug SO much.

And given we also had Rampage, Spy vs. Spy, and this delightful game:

 

[Mstrswrd]

That's where this guy is spouting bullshit...

Not really. I always looked at games as a much more violent media then they were originally recognized as. I thought in Mario, when I first played it (I was about 4-5), "Cool, Mario crushes them with his body weight, and they die." In Zelda, I thought "Link stabs things with his sword. He must be aiming for the heart, since these things are getting killed in one hit." And so on. I wasn't necessarily imagining the violence in all it's gore, but I did realize that if someone jumps on someone elses head hard enough, it "explodes," so to speak, in a shower of gore, and if you stab something with a sword, there will be blood. It just wasn't rendered as violent in the game itself.

Bascially, I knew that the game had violence, just shown in a way of relative little violence.

 

[ryai458]

as technology grows so will realism in a hundred years when there are real vita chambers so to speak they will hand us ancient weapons like the sword or shotgun and we will go into a arena and fight if we die so what we come back technology progresses so does realism fact of life

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Great stuff.
I kind of like Bob Dob's approach better though.

Some of those old games really were that violent though. Anyone here remember Chiller. That was a sick bit of programming right there.

Chiller was very disturbing. Any game where you have to shoot the vice handle on the vice to crush a helpless person's head is really sick.

 

[Klagermeister]

Oh noes! That green-and-pink pixel thing just broke and produced red pixel things!
The horror... It's just too much to bear...

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

That reference to Mario just means I have to post this Armoury episode from ScrewAttack now.

http://screwattack.com/Armory/MariosFeet

Love it.

P.S. What the hell's with this 'I made $375 an hour using google' ad I keep seeing everywhere? It's starting to get on my tits.

 

[scotth266]

P.S. What the hell's with this 'I made $375 an hour using google' ad I keep seeing everywhere? It's starting to get on my tits.

? Not quite sure, haven't seen it yet... Is it like a banner ad or something? If it doesn't make noise then I wouldn't notice, as I try to ignore ads

These paintings are awesome... I want the Pac-Man one on a shirt.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

P.S. What the hell's with this 'I made $375 an hour using google' ad I keep seeing everywhere? It's starting to get on my tits.

? Not quite sure, haven't seen it yet... Is it like a banner ad or something? If it doesn't make noise then I wouldn't notice, as I try to ignore ads

These paintings are awesome... I want the Pac-Man one on a shirt.

It does make noise. Refreshing the page doesn't stop it, you have to close it all together.

I remember being too lazy to get to the computer, and the guy talks for near enough 6 or 7 minutes. It's irritating to no end.

 

[Syntax Error]

If you really want to get into how bad 8bit can be, look for a ROM of "Custer's Revenge". The first rape simulator ever made, up yours Rapelay!

That's just a start. 8-bit is very nasty when it comes to those things. Ever read Seanbaby's article about them?

EDIT:
And Erana, if the guys at Sony Santa Monica goes through with their new Zipper Engine, you might have to ignore God of War 3 altogether (just the trailer was censored by ESRB, for shame!).

 

[Yoshi-Pop]

A unique concept. I'd love to see more.

 

[Tech Team FTW!]

desensitizing our children

Here I was, foolishly thinking that the ratings system is designed to prevent that. Of course, you could stop corrupting children by ceasing producing them...

My own ignorance aside, why would this guy want to share his psychotic fantasies about 8-bit game characters?

I thought deviantart would have done something like this before.