Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Can You Say "Skynet?"

Ben the Batman pointed out the vidclips out to me. They're kind of amazing, but very, very scary. I'm just sayin', if a guy in his teens or early 20's can do this on a shoestring budget with a laptop and and a paintball gun, what does that say about the possibility of the Terminator, or to choose a more obscure robotcalypse, the Mark III from Hardware? The latter got uniformly bad reviews, but I kind of liked it. Even the soundtrack (find a copy of the song Order of Death by Public Image), which was also panned. Just keep in mind, this is real. This can be cobbled together with almost nothing. Wait 'til Boeing starts manufacturing them.

Actually, after seeing how these look embedded, you're better off going to YouTube (double click the images) and watching them full screen.

The first clip sets up the game:


I think he may have diddled with the software a little more, the game becomes a little more elaborate, and he throws in a couple of other scenarios- bikes, ninjas on trampolines, and an invader in a Jeep.

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