An awkward job

Remember that Bulletstorm “Bulletpoints” promo video with Cliff Bleszinski, where he goes “Grandpa always told me that I can do anything if I set my mind to it, so I made a game where you can blow up a man’s asshole”?

Yeah. That’s not ALL you can do that man’s bodypart.

The enemy is down, his rear end exposed. WHAT DO YOU DO???

So the idea came up of shooting a man in his rear end, effectively lighting it up on fire with a small flamethrower effect. Sadistic, satisfying, hilarious. All the ingredients of a good Bulletstorm feature. Bring out a nice fire texture, some quick lingering smoke, and it is done! Easy.

That is a LOT of methane buildup.

But then they had another idea.

There is a weapon in the game that fires a big drill bit. Do you see where this is going? I am approached with the following request: “Yeah, I know you usually do wind, water, explosions, fire, weapon effects and so on… but we are going to need an effect for when you drill an enemy’s butt.”
Where does one research for such a task? Where does one find inspiration? Let’s put it this way: my browser’s history for the following day was a shameful one.

This cannot end well.

In the end, a mixture of blood, some small chunks of meat and, uhh… “brownish” liquid were used. Mind you, I could have done a lot more… but we agreed that there are other (more important) things to do in the game besides seeing a big guy having his bottom drilled.

Move along, nothing to see here... just a big man getting his butt drilled.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I have a very fun job… even though talking about my proudest achievements when having a family dinner occasionally does tend to get a little awkward!


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11 Responses to “An awkward job”

  1. DEMON_SLAYER556 March 25, 2011 at 4:15 pm #

    roflmmfao you guys are cynical freaks. Just my kinda company \m/ i always get a warm feeling inside when i pull off a fire in the hole skillshot

    • Arcade March 25, 2011 at 4:26 pm #

      Warm feeling inside – fire in the hole… lol.

      • DEMON_SLAYER556 March 25, 2011 at 4:30 pm #

        Ha Ha work those buns. . . Feel the BURN

  2. Lolwhut March 25, 2011 at 7:24 pm #

    BOOM! BUTTSHOT!

  3. Szmajdzik March 28, 2011 at 12:03 pm #

    Haha you are f……g great guys :D
    I hope there will be limited edition in Bulletstorm 2 (with extra dvd with interviews and behind the scenes) and that I will be the one who record it :D (no kidding)

  4. Medality March 28, 2011 at 6:04 pm #

    This is hilarious !
    What didn’t you make a skillshot with this ?

    I’m gonna try this next time I play Anarchy whith my friends lol.

  5. k3man March 30, 2011 at 1:39 pm #

    “Best part about my job? I got to animate a man getting his asshole drilled”

    Oh the looks on someone’s face after hearing that.

  6. adam April 4, 2011 at 12:55 am #

    Ok this game is great with some glitches also on multiplayer there should be more game types on there i know theres anarchy but it gets boring after awhile so yeah hope they do fix that problem.

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