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Posted: Oct 8th 2011 7:30AM rob47 said
The scene with Jesse was completely ruined for me by the fact he was playing Rage with a lightgun, I couldn't stop thinking that it's not a lightgun game.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 8:22AM the barking dog said
@Altrix You can rage against the machine all you want, but there was a specific plot reason for the light gun. The character was coming to grips with shooting a man in the face, the first time he had intentionally, willfully killed a man. The symbolism would not have been as meaningful if he had been sitting slack-jawed on his futon with a controller in his hand. Sure, they could have made up their own game, but they made a budget decision - get a few bucks in product placement (the only time I can recall Breaking Bad ever doing that), save a few bucks having to hire out to produce the graphics. For such an excellent show, I'm willing to overlook a little inaccuracy.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2011 11:01AM Don Cheeto said
@whylekat
yeah who'd have thought one of the best-written shows on television could have had an actual reason for something that happens in it
crazy shit, huh?
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yeah who'd have thought one of the best-written shows on television could have had an actual reason for something that happens in it
crazy shit, huh?
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 12:09PM pw38 said
@the barking dog
You're looking way too deep into it. Altrix is absolutely correct and we have countless examples of tv shows "getting it wrong" when it comes to games. This isn't anything new. Go search online, you'll find them. He wasn't arguing the reason for the gun only the inaccuracy of using Rage to demonstrate it.
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You're looking way too deep into it. Altrix is absolutely correct and we have countless examples of tv shows "getting it wrong" when it comes to games. This isn't anything new. Go search online, you'll find them. He wasn't arguing the reason for the gun only the inaccuracy of using Rage to demonstrate it.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 1:38PM phillipsteak said
@pw38 But the Breaking Bad writers have already shown that they know video games (the zombie argument scene)
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Posted: Oct 8th 2011 1:57PM (Unverified) said
@rob47 as much as it felt wrong, it made a lot of sense to make it a lightgun game from the breaking bad story perspective. the simple motion of even holding a gun like that for jesse must be chilling
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Posted: Oct 8th 2011 2:18PM CyberTyrant said
@rob47 It is lame, now that I've seen it.
But what TV shows don't show characters mashing game controls while hearing completely random sounds?
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But what TV shows don't show characters mashing game controls while hearing completely random sounds?
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 3:18PM Jennacide said
@CyberTyrant
Other than the Light Gun aspect, everything else was right. The sounds were the ones from Rage, and Jesse at least pulled the trigger in sync with guys actually getting shot. Using the light gun seems silly, but was for a reason so Jesse would hallucinate shooting Gale again.
Every other time games are referenced or shown in the show it's with reverance. When you see Jesse sit down to play Mario Kart Double Dash, he has the right controller and the ingame sounds are what you hear, not fake bleep bloops.
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Other than the Light Gun aspect, everything else was right. The sounds were the ones from Rage, and Jesse at least pulled the trigger in sync with guys actually getting shot. Using the light gun seems silly, but was for a reason so Jesse would hallucinate shooting Gale again.
Every other time games are referenced or shown in the show it's with reverance. When you see Jesse sit down to play Mario Kart Double Dash, he has the right controller and the ingame sounds are what you hear, not fake bleep bloops.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 7:53AM InDurdenWeTrust said
I just started watching this show on Netflix. Very good show!
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 9:52AM Pure Black World Tendency said
One of my favorite shows. And hats off to them for ending it while at the top. (season 5 will be the last i believe)
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 9:53AM (Unverified) said
Then why not use a game that actually has a light gun? Resistance 3 comes to mind. Killzone too.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 12:17PM bamb0ostick said
@Haggard Its always the most polite and nicest guy that's behind it all. I'm looking at you, Kevin Butler. Come to think of it he does wear a lot of blue... >>
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Posted: Oct 8th 2011 10:21AM Anticrawl said
There are tons of Easter Eggs in Rage but I unlike Joystiq won't spoil them for fans haha.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 11:07AM (Unverified) said
Tuco's grill
oh how that came back to bite everyone in the ass.
oh how that came back to bite everyone in the ass.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 11:54AM asdfkeyboardman said
I saw this while playing the game. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten notice until now.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 12:16PM bamb0ostick said
Too bad they don't let you wear the Heisenberg hat :(
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 12:48PM bizzarospeak said
I saw this one pretty early on. I hear there are 3 Breaking Bad Easter eggs in total.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 2:58PM IAmTheBabyJeezus said
AW WHAT THE HELL?
I just started watching the show last week, and I have to say, that is AWESOME! I've been watching it non stop. Damn it's good.
I just started watching the show last week, and I have to say, that is AWESOME! I've been watching it non stop. Damn it's good.
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 6:32PM SonyPS said
Wow they went all out with easter eggs on this game lol
Posted: Oct 8th 2011 10:37PM kentuckyfried said
How come there is no Move support for Rage anyhow (or Kinect for that matter)?
Anyhow, cool egg.
Anyhow, cool egg.
