Weapon design and you: how to avoid sci-fi samery

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Originally Posted by =sw=warlord

Art isn't always about whats realistic.
Observe:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6XJ1Il_-lW...00/photo_3.jpg

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I FUCKING LOVED THIS SHOW AS A KID

omg Zoids was amazing, and then as usual they make it crap by milking it...

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Originally Posted by =sw=warlord

Art isn't always about whats realistic.

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As far as I can tell no one's saying that it is. Realistic is not necessarily the same thing as logical, practical, plausible or feasible.

Art doesn't always have to be those either!

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avoid sci-fi samery

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Well, if you're trying to do this it does.

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Originally Posted by TVTyrant

I FUCKING LOVED THIS SHOW AS A KID

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I miss that show. I can't find it on YouTube and DubHappy has only one series.

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Originally Posted by Pooky

Eh, I never liked the Pulse rifle. The way it reloads seems so illogical and weird (how come you never put more of those funky disk things into the gun, or reload the grenade launcher?) and it seems like it would be really awkward to aim with.

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With the Pulse Rifle, the Combine just took the loads of AKs lying around, removed everything from the receiver, and slapped their own mechanisms in place. As for reloads, I'd assume you would load multiple magazines in when you expend all of the caps, but you never carried enough in the game to show that. No idea about the grenade launcher, it would make more sense to me if it drew from the same ammo supply.

So yeah, it is one very awkward gun, by nature. I just like its aesthetics (firing sound, appearance, etc.)

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Originally Posted by Pooky

As far as I can tell no one's saying that it is. Realistic is not necessarily the same thing as logical, practical, plausible or feasible.

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Was the BFG9000 practical, plausible, logical, or feasible? No, but was it fucking awesome? Yes

as was the entire dragonball series

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Originally Posted by t3h m00kz

as was the entire dragonball series

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Great show. Changed manga and anime forever.