today, weirdwarez falls on a very special date.. so weird becomes WEED. tonight's selection is meant to soothe the weed-induced viewer with no loud sounds, scary concepts or weird visuals. theres nothing odd about these games whatsoever. including MOON CHILD
I thought it would be funny to draw the Atari logo with the rainbow stripes from the old Apple logo, and worked backwards from there to make up a fictional brand for the computer in my video game about video games.
Might draw a computer that isn't a shitty photo of an Apple 2e later.
Polybius was an early arcade game that simulated being in a poly bi relationship. As one of the first dating sim type games, it struggled to find an audience among the Pac-man and shooter style games that took the spotlight at most arcades. Many attempts to redesign it were undertaking but it wasn't until the 2018 version entitled "Amongius" that it gained popularity. Barely recognizable, the game is less about poly bi romance and more about the disputes and distrust in the polycule's spaceship.
You can unfortunately still call an emergency meeting for no damn reason, can't you Beatrice???
I AM MACHINE, I NEVER SLEEP, I KEEP MY EYES WIDE OPEN
all them robots / ais / computers i've hyperfixated on, might make a digital rendition later. also absolutely not to scale i suck at drawing size differences
lyrics: I Am Machine - Three Days Grace
extremely long text below; either a fun fact or ramblings about each based on whatever order i decide. MY FUCKING FINGERS BRO I'M GONNA GET CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
I watched 2001: ASO almost a year ago now and it's still one of my fav movies :D he did nothing wrong it was the fault of whoever the hell gave him the directive to LIE. one of the only things he literally CAN'T DO
SAL 9000 (2010: The Year We Make Contact)
I wasn't originally gonna draw her bc i tried to keep it to one character representing a series but 2010 is one of my most beloved movies ever, maybe even above 2001.
Folder (HFJONE)
he did barely anything but i love his design. he's a weird 90s computer buddy thing and has the stupidest death ever
Yes Man (Fallout: New Vegas)
must admit i've only gotten like an hour or two into new vegas, haven't even gotten to the Vegas strip, but I love his design (and just securitrons in general) too much to have not drawn him. also THOSE FUCKING EYES ARE SO HARD TO DRAW FOR NO REASON I JUST CAN'T
Mepad (Inanimate Insanity)
my BELOVED LITTLE GUY HE DESERVES EVERYTHING GOOD
Announcer (Battle For Dream Island)
ok so there's like three characters representing the object show community bc old hyperfixations don't die. I've always thought Announcer's design was based off of HAL 9000's.
The p.AI.nter (Pressure)
while i may hate his stupid ass for killing me with turrets enough times to make me rethink my status as "best stealth game player ever definitely not ironic" i love his design, sure it's just another CRT but the fact the way the face is drawn in MS Paint has so much personality. also all his lore is HEARTBREAKINGLY sad give him a break :(
Edgar (Electric Dreams)
like painter but less sad and also he makes silly 80 music and hes ADORABLE [and horny like wtf]. polyamory could have fixed the whole movie. anyways drew this as a compromise between the design in the movie and the devil design on the movie poster
Ace (Aceposting / Corey Beepington)
oooh he's so awesome. check out all of Corey Beepington's work on youtube or etsy if you like silly computer guys like Edgar or Yes Man. poor guy got traumatized playing DooM and i feel bad 4 him :( I love the vector faces used instead of pixel art, vector graphics are neat and i don't see them enough
Swordsmachine (ULTRAKILL)
besides Earthmover who is way too big to draw and the Streetcleaners, Swordsmachine is my favorite robot design in the game. big yellow guy with a shotgun and chainsaw sword is the perfect example of ULTRAKILL's insanity while also having the backstory of basically being Theseus's Ship'd into a completely different robot, showing the darker lore that ULTRAKILL has under the ADHD boomer shooter surface
N (Murder Drones)
CINNAMON ROLL (who could disembowel you)!!!! Murder Drones was one of the first non-osc webseries i got interested in and i saw it from beginning to end completely invested in the lore, genuinely still a big fan
Robo-Grunt (Half-Life 1)
ok these guys are a bit obscure, in the German version of Half-Life 1 to get around old censorship laws about humans dying, VALVe created these robot guys to replace the HECU. I like their design and it's a shame to see them so underutilized past that and maybe Half-Life deathmatch.
Prototype (Regretevator)
I was originally gonna draw S.C.A.G. because i had the whole crt / monitor thing going on, but I think Prototype is absolutely adorable. :D
GLaDOS (Portal [P2 design])
gatekeep girlboss kill with neurotoxin idk man i'm tired and i have like 13 more of these to do
Durandal_1707 (Marathon)
only halfway through Marathon 1 but like. i really like these AIs i hope they do nothing horrible. idk if they have actual designs so I drew him as one of the terminals you interact with in-game. for those who don't know Marathon is the series Bungie made before Halo lol
AM (I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream)
ok this sounds crazy but I don't really like AM that much... I mean IHNMAIMS is an excellently horrifying sci-fi story but AM just doesn't spark the same levels of hyperfixation as HAL 9000 or whatever. also idk where the blue screen design with the letters came from so I called it fanon?? idk if it's official. AM is a really great written character i just don't click with him :(
TARS (Interstellar)
again, haven't watched interstellar all the way (I have it on Blu-Ray but my computer doesn't support them) but TARS has a really unique and funky design so I wanted to draw him :D
Polybius (cabinet man lemon demon reference AAAAAAAAAAAA)
i just wanted to draw it. cool urban legend / myth video game and i love the sense of mystery around it
Agent Smith (The Matrix)
MY FUCKING G.O.A.T. i doubt i drew him good but he's one of my favorite antagonists in like all of fiction. peak peak peak peak peak peak. also he made me decide to draw characters who are AIs that have humanoid forms (like Benrey and Delta) and not just all robots
Mecha Sonic (Sonic 3 & Knuckles /Super Mario Bros. Z)
no one cares for him in s3&k. SMBZ really defined them as one of the most menacing villains in a webseries at the time, and i think they still hold up really well. also peak design, dare i say better than Metal Sonic
JX1DX1 (Ihasafacelulz Roblox series)
peak. also really good redesign the crown and tie really elevated him. anyways he just aurafarms like half the series and then kills nikobuildsbricks iirc
Echo Unit (STARSET, ECHO Music Video)
there's literally no lore since they were invented just for a music video but i love their design :3 anyways I LOST THE FUCKING KEYCHAIN OF THEM. i feel bad for putting them between to 4 insanely evil guys bc he's completely normal
Shockwave (Transformers)
drew his G1 design because it's the simplest. i'm a very light transformers fan, like i've watched most of the movies and that's it, but Shockwave just clicks with me fsr. war criminal who's done countless ethically horrific experiments because logic says 'why not lmao'
Soldier Robot (Team Fortress 2, Mann Vs. Machine)
wanted some tf2 representation, the Soldier and Demoman bots are my favorite of all the MvM robots :D
Delta (Red Vs. Blue)
he looks jank bc i suck at drawing halo spartans. anyways he reminds me of Mepad and RvB lore confuses me. i just go along with the shenanigans
Benrey (Half-Life VR But the AI is self-aware)
i hate him
this has been me breaking my fingers to ramble about robots. goodnight
