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Blue Screen of Death

Have not seen one in ages, until the other day.

Found it to be amusing, not sure what went wrong but all I did was shut down my PC for the night and next thing this happens. Oh well, mild PC humor.

Anyways, as quick follow up to my last post about melee weapons being swift instruments of death in gaming, I found a good answer to my question as to why that is. As a game designer I kind feel that I should have known the answer or at least had a reasonable one, but nonetheless a friend told me his view and answer to my question, which was… (more or less their words, but the idea is there)

If melee weapons were not instant kill in some games no one would risk to use them. It would totaly suck if you tried to stab someone with a knife only to damage them and alert them that you are being either extremely brave or stupid to attack with knife when they have a shotgun which they will use to turn you into giblets as you continuously try to stab them.

Hence, it makes sense, that some melee weapons are instant kill to reward the player for having the balls to run up to an opponent wielding a bigger gun and taking them down without a barrage of bullets like everyone else playing the game.

Speaking of attacking bigger opponents, if you have not already seen it or wish to see it again, check out the Meet the Scout video for Team Fortress 2.

The other Meet the [Soldier,Engineer, Demoman, and Heavy] videos were good and funny but this takes the cake. Absolutely, hilarious. Though I am sure whenever ‘Meet the Pyro’ is released it will probably be funnier since the Pyro is practically inaudible behind his gas mask.