SS1 hacker vs 90s acid vs Watchmen

Gray on 28/1/2007 at 03:03

I just recently viewed (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/member.php?u=11329) D'Arcy's profile, which contained a screenshot from a cutscene from SS1, where the hacker is slumped over a laptop and wearing a t-shirt with a smiley-face with a running bloodstain.

Now, I've seen this cutscene a thousand times, but it just struck me about the smiley-face-blood-stain-thingy.

It's taken from Bomb The Bass, a British late 1980s hiphop/electronic act, which became a figurehead for the acid movement, OR, from the source Bomb The Bass stole it from, the graphic novel 'The Watchmen'.

Which brings me to my question:

Does anybody really know why the hacker is wearing that particular logo?

Hemebond on 28/1/2007 at 03:08

I sold it to him when I ran a shop in China-town. I said

Quote:

Hey! Be a man. Dooo da right fing.

I got 25 credits for it. What a sucker.

Gray on 28/1/2007 at 03:11

Now that's just an outright lie, and not even a good one.

'Do The Right Thing' featured the logo, yes, but unrelated to the acid scene.

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Links:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_right_thing)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_The_Bass)

Kolya on 28/1/2007 at 04:18

Given that we know there were fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac among the devs it might be a Watchmen reference.

Good men. :D

EDIT: Dave Gibbons of Watchmen ilustrated Beneath A Steal Sky and Bomb the Bass made the music for Xenon2. Two great games.

Gray on 28/1/2007 at 04:20

We know that? Alrighty then!

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Now that I think about it, the main theme of Watchmen is "who watches the watchmen", and in SS1, it is the hacker who watches the watcher, Shodan. There's probably a clever point hidden somewhere there.

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Xenon II: Megablast. Bomb The Bass indeed.

Kolya on 28/1/2007 at 04:32

There was a NGE poster on a wall in the Irrational HQ. I have to find the foto...
ZB found Johnny or rather (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1538387#post1538387) Happy Noodle Boy.

EDIT: Okay, I found the pic. It was LGS though. From the (http://www.digital-eel.com/mc/040.htm) Final Days.
Check out (http://www.digital-eel.com/)

Gray on 28/1/2007 at 04:39

Ah, I remember Happy Noodle from the Earth segment of SS2. Should have thought of it sooner. But I didn't.