Cliff Bleszinski explains why there are so many bald space marines
by Ben Gilbert 
on Jul 2nd 2009 9:15PM
If you think
Unreal Engine 3 games feature too much gray and brown, laden with "pillars and girders," all being stomped around on by bald space marines, Cliff "Young Clifford" Bleszinski wants you to blame the tech. Speaking with
Develop recently, the man that birthed Marcus Fenix said, "The technology of this generation just happens to be very good at rendering metals and stones and dramatic lighting." He argues that "translucent effects" are much harder to pull of with the technology given and as such, "the tech is good at showing off armor and it's not that good at doing hair ... that's why we have bald space marines."
Though we'd argue that there are lots of bald men in our lives who happen to not be space marines --
CheapyD and
Dr. Manhattan prime among them -- we can appreciate how Marcus Fenix may be more equipped to take down the Locust than an omnipotent blue man. Wait a minute! Interestingly, Bleszinski also notes during the interview that he's got "like five projects going on right now" -- we're counting
Shadow Complex and another (still unannounced)
Gears of War, which leaves
three unannounced projects? Something is afoot at Epic Games. And it almost certainly involves bald space marines.
