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Stupid question #02
mitchie mouse | 4:13 AM on 06.19.2008 5 comments


After my frightfully honest (and somewhat explicit) display in Stupid questions #01, I decided that y'all just ain't ready for that amount of realness.

So with question number two I tackle an age-old myth, a mystery of all the ages, the only reason his question is considered "stupid" is because of its source. This dilemma exists solely on a form of entertainment we enjoyed as children (and others, like myself, still occasionally enjoy.)

The cliche I'm confronting is the famous "banana peel" myth involving momentum, an animated criter, and a whole lot of fail. The single gag that inspired hours upon hours of T.V. Although, I am not asking if this Myth is plausible or not.

What I am asking is how would the popular "slipped on a banana peel" ordeal, be administered flawlessly into gaming.

I say the question answers itself really, as banana peels seem to be the number one cause of injury by Acme products, why not use them to harm others? Just imagine firing loose banana peels at your opponent in Unreal Tournament, causing them to fall and destroy their own craniums via the weight of their enormous armor, and you emerge victorious, seven ultra kills, and a banana peel gun in your hand. The banana peel gun would almost fit in with some of Halo's more inventive weapons, as they come in all the colors of the rainbow. The spartan armor happens to weigh thousands of pounds, all Master Chief would need is a well placed change in friction and he would crush himself under the weight of his own armor.

A banana peel would be amazing for stealth games. If an enemy just so happened to spot you, you could run away a la Looney toons and drop a banana peel along the way. Sam Fisher would have a new found respect for the vitamins and minerals in Bananas. Not to mention the possibility of even stopping a colossal Metal Gear in it's tracks with the casing of the popular fruit. In fact I can actually see Hideo Kojima placing a banana peel in the inventory of the next Metal Gear Solid, along with potato guns and apple peelers (that is... if there's ever another Metal Gear Solid)

Sure banana peels were employed in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but that was pretty lame. Diddy Kong just dropping his peels sloppily along the stage looks nothing like in the cartoons.

If the cartoons weren't meant to be appropriate, any character would have broken it's neck upon impact with the ground. The peel is deadly, not just inconvenient, but DEADLY.

So in your opinion. How would unconventional weapons like the banana peel blaster and the potatoe gun make it into a game? Use your imagination, I am terribly curious.



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nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2008 04:54
nebones
I liked the idea of using the Banana peel in stealth games. But I don't think it would be good in FPS.
Messer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2008 08:56
Messer
They have this in BioShock, its a plasmid called Cyclone Trap.
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2008 09:02
TorpedoTed
i slipped on an orange peel once in a comedy cartoon fashion...i didnt break anything...well maybe some pride...
Banana peels have been used in Mario Kart since the begining....which is cool for a cartoon styled game. However if you did use them in a FPS game id like you to be able to slap someon ein the face with the flacid peel, kinda like 'happy slapper' mode in Goldeneye 64!!Along with a comedy slap noise this would provide hours of fun!
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