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For Those About to Die: YOU CANNOT DIE YOU ARE A ROBOT!
Atlas | 9:01 PM on 04.13.2009 9 comments


How is it that a final boss can die at the end of a game if he was never once alive? Will Smith destroyed a contingent of plastic bullies in "I, Robot" but he did not technically ever kill a single one of those angry mannequin gadgets. They had no life to take.

So be it. Let our shallow understand of what is life dictate to us if our favorite villains have died. Did Mechagodzilla die? Sure he did; I fucked him up, he fell to pieces, good enough. But what about us few who want to fully explore underlying themes in our favorite games, us few who manage to find meaning in petty games where there is no meaning? We brave few delve into the dark annals of videogame history to see if our foes ever did die. Once we deeply examine our games we find it is simply not so easy.


Misunderstood genius or greedy computer mastermind?

Dr. Ivo Robotnik is one such example. Hidden in the not-so-subtle nuances of his name we find that he may indeed be of robotic origin. A product of centuries of human innovation. Does he still walk among us, rebuilt and better than before? Is he dead? Was he ever really killed? Whatever the answer we will strive boldly where no man has gone before breaking into secrets and conspiracies of international proportions. This is one hedgehog's nightmare.

What of the bird and the bear? They have faced menaces of metal, gigantic steel hulks, Weldar and witches.



I am of course speaking of Banjo and Kazooie. They have fought enemies like Robo-Gruntilda in her massive drilling machine to visually impaired welding torches.



The epic saga of good versus evil, of noble animal versus insidious magician will never end. Grunty is a fine example of one who cannot be killed. She lingers on; her bones held together by money grubbing corporations looking to milk just a couple more dollars out of her. Gruntilda is a victim of her own success, never once allowed to lay peacefully buried in the ground.... under a boulder.

And so we somehow manage to get to the screaming question; can Mr. Destructoid be killed? Is he truly a robot? Is he simply a man in disguise? For all we know this cast-iron crusader could be here with us now, never alive, never dead, impossible to destroy.



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Atlas's Destructoid Blog
SNOOPING AS USUAL I SEE!
Naim Master's Destructoid Blog
And I was fucking her like crazy , when Ayame came in and sitted on my face , I gently started licking her clit...
etirflita's Destructoid Blog
Atlas, I really enjoyed this, and not just because I'm a big BK fan. You took the subject and looked at it in a different way, which is the point- to provoke thought. Thanks for having a quality blog even when shenanigans like the post above yours push this down.
Naim Master's Destructoid Blog
Now that I actually read your post , I do think robots can be killed , by destroying their HD and backup files ...
Naim Master's Destructoid Blog
Also ,

Mr Destructoid is Niero with a tin can on his head.

(sorry for destroying your childhood dreams, but that's what you get for spoiling Bioshock for me ...)
Naim Master's Destructoid Blog
Oh , and Niero is human .
Atlas's Destructoid Blog
Mr. Destructoid is Niero.

Atlas is Fontaine.

Happy to see someone enjoyed my short-but-sweet blog instead of clit-licking and chicanery.
Naim Master's Destructoid Blog
@Atlas

I did enjoy your blog son , don't be a emo kid ! Clit licking is ALWAYS related , besides , clit licking doesn't stop me from liking your blog , in fact , they're closely related , seeing that your blog IS Ayame's clit !


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I was born back in the days of yore, when 3-D graphics were only a dream.

I like games.

Super Nintendo had to be one of the best consoles. Mario, Metroid, Link, Kirby, Donkey Kong and everyone else came to the party. Good times.

I own a Super Nintendo, N64, Gamecube, Wii, PS1, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gameboy Pocket, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, and a DS.

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Favorite Games: Mario series, Donkey Kong Country/64, Metroid series, Legend of Zelda series, Fable, Halo series, Shadow of the Colossus, GTA series, God of War 1 and 2, Morrowind, Oblivion, Tales of Symphonia, Final Fantasy X, Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and more that I can't recall.


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Update: One year later

New games I would add to my favorites are Gears of Wars series, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock (hey, I was playing it when I joined!), and other games I cannot recall. Some games I have loved for a long time but forgot to list over a year ago are Rome: Total War, the top Mario games, and the main Pokemon GB games. The rest escape me at this time.



So these days God no longer compels you to blog, Atlas is Fontaine, and generally speaking I am pretty well known around these parts. (I hope) I regret not joining Destructoid sooner, when I first had the chance with a link from Chad Concelmo's IGN blog. Even he was born in the primordial soup IGN was, or so it would seem. I no longer frequent there or other gaming sites except from time to time because Destructoid is hopefully my internet home from here on out. A great place to be, cheers to another year at Destructoid!

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