By John Walker on October 8th, 2009 at 9:55 pm.
Here’s the finest piece of machinima I’ve seen in a while, created by Lag Spike Films. Called Top FPS, it’s a spoof of American reality television, pitting eight FPS characters against each other in a series of tests of skill. With HL2′s Barney playing the part of Jeff Probst, they’re given trials from shows such as Survivor, Top Chef, Scrapheap Challenge and American Idol. It’s pretty damned funny. Watch it below.
This is all the work of SteveM and MikeJ, with – amazingly – all the voices provided by one guy, Dan Gavin (who does a better Scottish accent than the guy Valve hired). It feels oddly appropriate after my post from this morning, as it happens, especially with claims that /b/ were involved in some of the stranger results on Gamespot’s poll. Anyway, do enjoy:
Big thanks to subscriber Cole for the tip.
THAT was awesome
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This reminds me – I want a Super Smash Bros. for the PC.
Just imagine.
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Sooo….a port?
Cause Super Smash applies to Nintendo chars only.
I’m guessing you mean a bunch of companies with no affiliation whatsoever (other than having famous characters) coming together to create a game where their franchises fight. In which case, good luck lol
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Smah Bros isn’t exclusively Nintendo characters, not these days at least.
Still, all I forsee are continuous arguments about balance and “op” chars.
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I think this might be what you’re after:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=2347.0
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That is EXACTLY what I was looking for Mr. Walker. I thank you.
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HAH! that was awesome
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i reccomend people watch his other videos on youtube.
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there are a lot of talented people out there
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Wow, that was excellent! Best Machinima ever!
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Excellent, a few genuine lols in there. ^_^
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Simply Hilarious
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This is lovely, but shouldn’t Marcus Fenix be disqualified by virtue of the fact that Gears of War is third person, not first?
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True, but wasn’t a lot of Gears’s appeal based on the fact that it was a third-person shooter that felt and played like a first-person shooter?
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I was thinking that but it isn’t any sort of advantage so I guess if he can compete in spite of his viewpoint handicap he should be allowed to.
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Steve explains in the YouTube text:
“Note: Marcus lied on his application to the challenge and was accepted despite not being an FPS. “
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UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES
This is pure genius.
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duke should have won
being the duke and all
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Yeah, not bad. :P
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At “No one likes a fucking camper” I fell out of my chair.
And, of course, there really couldn’t have been any other winner. Fucking internets.
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the demo mans accent is a joke, it’s not supposed to sound like a scotsman, this one’s just bad.
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If that’s true, explain “I’m a Black, Scottish Cyclops!” from the official Meet the Demoman video in which the Demoman sounds like — Gasp! — a Scotsman. :p
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I’m English and he sounded very Scottish to me ;-)
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The Demoman has an intentionally bad Scottish accent:
“we though [sic] it was appropriate that he [the Sniper] was about as convincing an Australian as the Demoman is a Scotsman, or the Medic a German.” — http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2193
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Some good moments, but overall I didn’t care for it. Sorry.
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Master Chief is an idiot. \:D/
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the master chief is a halo player.
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eh, it wasn’t bad but I shouldn’t have gone to it immediately after some Achewood
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That was hilarious.
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Wow, that was fantastic! XD I wish I had that many voices.
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:O So this is the guy that made Temp Fortress 2! I suggest everyone watched that. :D
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I loved Gordon’s cheeky grin.
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The cheeky grin was a lovely touch in a machinima laden with them.
Loved it!
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Brilliant stuff. ‘I shit more pixels than this’ was a great gag!
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Awesome!
“No likes a F*ing Camper, dude!”
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Great stuff. I seriously laughed at the unforseen consequences haggis gag.
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Genius.
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Ohhh the in-joke barrage. It’s worth it for the Mario bit onwards though.
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I’m just honored that I was able to be the one to share this. Seriously, it’s the first humorous piece I’ve seen like this that wasn’t over the top with in-jokes. :D
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Awesome!
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Who’s Louis?
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One of the four survivors from Left 4 Dead.
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I admit that there was some great talent that made this but it wasn’t really beyond mildly amusing.
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Agreed.
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Oh my goodness that was brilliant. I was cracking up the whole time.
A million times better than Gamespot’s stupid democratic vote, too.
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They put the epitome of mediocrity that is Mister Chef in there yet forget about the heroes who pioneered and launched the FPS genre like B.J. Blazkowicz, Doomguy, and Duke Nukem?
Ah well. At least Rick Astley winning makes up for it. [:
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This guy needs to make another one similar to this where it emulates the insane results of the Gamespy best hero thingy. lol, Master Cheif getting owned by Bub and Bob….i would absolutly watch that.
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I haven’t laughed that hard for some time, amazingly good machinima! :D
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There’s even less obvious in-jokes in there as well: for instance telling Louis that “bypassing content is an exploit”, which is, I think, a sly nod to the furore over many L4D players skipping horde-alerting sequences. I absolutely loved Freeman’s pleased grin and the presenter doing a note-perfect Iron Chef dub impersonation (without even mentioning the show, which made it all the better).
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That was absolutely brilliant :D
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I enjoyed it, but Valve was a bit over-represented: It seems almost justified to throw in Chel from Portal and the combine from HL2 Deathmatch. Oh, and Gordan again from Garry’s Mod.
Oh, and where was the SAS guy from?
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Lordy I recognised all the guys in it, I reckon that makes me a) a true gamer b) a sad person with no friends c) both.
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Brilliant! Great start to a Friday too, woot!
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It was made in Source using faceposer, green screening and the models available. Most of those models were ported for use in Garry’s Mod.
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The voice acting in this video puts many games to shame!
I laughed when Master Chief jumped in the Mario section.
This is genius, I’m going to watch the rest of his videos.
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Reminds me further of the need for someone to make a model for Gordon Freeman with a high pixel count… but great video!
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Polygon count?
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No, pixel count is correct.
The model is okay, maybe could use some more detail, but it’s the textures that need more detail. Thus more pixels.
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This reminds me of another good machinima: Takeshi’s Castle re-enacted in Battlefield 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDIX6NiDfU
I was will impressed with how they fit it all with Craig Charles’s commentary. No surprise they say it took 2 years to make.
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Asides from a clear missed opportunity for a magic mushroom related trip sequence in the Mario assult course were all the character see themselves their 8-bit counterparts (Marcus as IK Warrior, Master Chief as Samus etc), this was pure win. It’s a little sad that the voice talent and writing was actually better than in most of the original games.
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This is quite good.
Why am I not surprised that Demoman totally steals the show?
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No Doomguy? No Sarge? Instant fail!
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Also, it’s packed to the gills with memes. I’m surprised nobody’s commented on the companion cube, yet.
The problem with Doomguy is that the roles of “generic space marine” and “mute with a gun” are already filled. Duke Nukem would have been an interesting addition, though, especially given space-fillers like “Allied Sargent”.
@Anarki: Nice. Shame it’s tainted by the hideous UK recut with the aformentioned Lister drivellings.
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“As my old dad used to say: ‘You put your boots on, I’m gonna slip into me Batman costume’ “
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I liked it but honestly didn't get the ending :P
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It is not a bad accent. they all have good accents, it just means that they are very stereotypical and wierd.
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The very last line isn’t delivered correctly. Sort of a dud note to end a fairly entertaining piece.
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anyone want to explain the last line to me, as I didn't get it. ( I got everything up until then. My favorite part is the terrorist knowing how to camp :P )
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RICK ASHTLFEYYYY ATHATH WAS FUCK EPIC WIN GOD DAMN SO PERFECT LOLOCOPTER. MAN I JUST LMAOd LULZ LULZ LULZ I CAN’T GET ENOUGH OH MAN. I NEED AIR LOL. FUCK HAHA
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Gordon Freeman can’t even COOK without causing a resonance cascade. ^^ But hey, if he can snag Alyx and win a singing contest without saying a word, who needs cooking?
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