Wednesday, August 7, 2013

News::5 Things in Video Games With Absolutely Horrifying Origins

Video games are art, and art mirrors life... though have yet to find a mirror that grants me a rocket launcher with infinite ammo to blow up zombies with, but hey, thems the breaks. The point is that the people who make video games draw on real world experiences in order to create what they create. And sometimes that's wonderful. Jeff, the author did a whole article about how many of our most beloved characters were based on programmer's friends and family. That's amazing! What's better than finding out that you are now a pink hero beating up trees. On the other hand, sometimes programmers get their ideas from things in the real world that are stomach-turningly horrible. And Jeff decided to collect them all together in one place like a traveling cart full of pickled punks.



via N4G: pc news feed http://n4g.com/news/1327588/5-things-in-video-games-with-absolutely-horrifying-origins