Headless Kamikaze: Screams of Glory Goes Behind the Scenes of Serious Sam 3

[Andy Chalk]

Headless Kamikaze: Screams of Glory Goes Behind the Scenes of Serious Sam 3

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The new Serious Sam 3 [http://serioussam.com/] promotional video goes beyond the action and bloodshed to take a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Brett Sanderson: father, husband, Headless Kamikaze.

Meet Brett Sanderson. Despite having a secure sales job with benefits and a good retirement plan, Sanderson was looking for something more, something that would give his life purpose. And when he stumbled upon an ad in the "Soldier/Human Sacrifice" section of Hordeslist, he knew he'd found it.

After a successful audition, Sanderson was decapitated and had two large, round bombs permanently affixed to his hands. "Being a headless kamikaze is great," he said. "There's a real sense of brotherhood with the other 'kazes. We're like, the closest family ever."

Sadly, Sanderson exploded three weeks after this interview took place, but his determined spirit and boundless enthusiasm will forever live on in the missing faces of headless kamikazes everywhere.

Serious Sam 3: BFE comes out later this summer for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


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[Korten12]

Hilarious, might have to get this game now.

 

[Irridium]

I really hope this game doesn't end up sucking. Please let this be just as fun as the first two Serious Sams...

 

[Andy Chalk]

Great trailer but for sheer, balls-out awesomeness I don't think it quite matches this:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94203-Serious-Sam-HD-The-Supermercial-Cometh

 

[V8 Ninja]

This advertisement has succeed; it make me want the game even MORE!!! =D

 

[SlightlyEvil]

I played a bit of Serious Sam to get the achievement in the latest Steam promotion (I bought the HD Gold Edition a while back and forgot about it), and I was immediately hooked. I burst out laughing in the second level when Sam shared my "oh crap" reaction to seeing a half-dozen kamikazes charging over a nearby hill. Perhaps this will be the old-school balls-out snarky shooty fun that everyone wanted from DNF?

 

[saito82]

Oh god the screams, the screams...I remember when Serious Sam came out and I first started playing it everytime I hear that scream I would start spinning around frantically trying to determine where it was coming from then boooom! one would get me in the back haha

 

[Andy Chalk]

I played a bit of Serious Sam to get the achievement in the latest Steam promotion (I bought the HD Gold Edition a while back and forgot about it), and I was immediately hooked. I burst out laughing in the second level when Sam shared my "oh crap" reaction to seeing a half-dozen kamikazes charging over a nearby hill. Perhaps this will be the old-school balls-out snarky shooty fun that everyone wanted from DNF?

That's one angle the Sam guys are taking: the genuine old-school shooter experience that Duke Nukem Forever completely fucked up. The "No Cover. All Man." line is part of that, referencing the way cover has become a staple in so many modern shooters, DNF included, but that real men don't need it. They just need GUNS!

The funny thing is that when the original SS came out in 2001, it got very similar coverage - a return to over-the-top, old-time shooter insanity - and yet aside from Painkiller and maybe a couple of other far-less-successful titles (Will Rock, for instance), it's remained pretty much a unique aberration in the genre. Here we are, ten years later, and nothing has changed.

 

[Duffeknol]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA yourself!