The Power of Funny

Sometimes, you just do things wrong. Despite your intentions, things just don't work out. What's surprising, is how often this can have hilarious results. In video games, the "consequences" for failure can sometimes be so amusing, as to warrant intenional failure just to see them. So to take a break from the usual seriousness of my topics for Mother's Day, I present to my Mom a post I hope she will find amusing (and I hope that's true for the rest of you too): The Power of Funny.

First, let's look at the video that inspired me to do this post. This is from the game Dark Messiah. The player can kick just about anything. Here is an example of aforementioned kick, that has a rather amusing (though delayed, which is part of what makes it funny) reaction.

The Monk Who Contemplates Gravity. (You can stop at about 00:15)


Dark Messiah has been a source for this topic though, namely the Freeze Spell. Using this, you can either freeze an enemy directly, or you can create a patch of ice on the ground. What happens when you run over the ice? The same thing as in real life! That is, you slip. Here we see a player taking creative advantage of this ability.

Watch Your Footing


And to close Dark Messiah, an accidental, but very creative way to knock off your support character. How good is your aim with a dead body?

Look Out Below


Here we can see the rather amusing consequences of a player intentionally failing.

Appropriatly Titled: Spiderman's Most Embarassing Moment


Or making good use of the ability to name your characters.

Other times, you can just... break something....

A rather um... quick and intense punch up... yeah that's it.


Remember the LLLIIIGGGHHHTTT scene from Devil May Cry I wrote about in my voice acting post?

In case you don't....


Now, does that look a bit similar to this scene from Megaman?

Any similarity between Dante and Zero in the last 10 seconds or so of this? (Watch the rest if you want some context)


You sure they're not the same scene?


No, these two were made for each other.


Ahh, the power of editing.

So, to seal this barrel of laughs, is the cherry on top of funny moments. This is a vidoe review of Big Rigs Over the Road Racing. The box promises pulse pounding scrapes against the cops as your rush to deliver your illegal cargo to the safehouse. I'll only say two other things: 1. This is a real game that came out in 2004 on a mass scale. 2. This is a real review of the actual game, you see honest truth here.

I'll let the review speak for itself from here on out.




Seriously, how could the developers honestly release that? I couldn't look myself in the mirror after turning out something that horrible.

And there you have it. Hope you got a few laughs out of it. Happy Mother's Day everyone!

I just had to say, "Today cannot possibly get any worse!" didn't I?!