Stilwater Fashion Week finally continues, moving on from On The Rag's affordable duds to foray into Branded's overpriced mid-range offerings instead with my absolute fave. Urban Predator had a striking presence in sr1 with its tiger mascot and silhouetted cityscape that made for some really great looking logo assets, but for whatever reason the brand didn't make its way into sr2's logo system at all which is just baffling. sr2 did introduce the brand's tagline in a billboard ad though, "concrete jungle" is a straight up Predator reference and has been used as a subtitle for various things in that franchise (such as a shitty game from 2005). i have a vague memory Volition also used it (or something very similar) internally as a tagline for Stilwater itself when they were designing the city, but for the life of me i couldn't find where i heard that so take it with a grain of salt
original assets (3 logo variations, bus stop ad and two billboard ads)
finally it is time for my Killer Dolphins Masterpost. from a director (author?) credited only as "The Dude", it's a series of films and maybe comics in sr1 (and 2) that Boss seemingly enjoys. the series "debuted" with what is either a trilogy or a tetralogy that has posters scattered around the city
besides the original Killer Dolphins ("Coming Soon"), there's the sequel, Killer Dolphins 2 (This Time, They Want Babies)
this one is "Coming Later"
then there's the unnumbered Killer Dolphins: Rise of the Sail that also claims to be a sequel to the original film. it's being shown at the Peep This movie theater during the game's events
then finally, as the crown jewel of a trilogy or maybe a tetralogy, we get to the good stuff. some prime mid 00s humor. Killer Dolphins 3: Mecha Dolphins of Doom
coming this century! there's probably gonna be monkeys and waffles in it too if we're very lucky! also did i mention the numbered movies have actually already come out on dvd
but thats not all. a tiny probably unused and just barely readable texture states that the Killer Dolphins in fact has FIFTEEN parts in total, so these three or four films are merely the very tip of the iceberg that is The Dude's genius
(it's really hard to read but it really does say "Part 1-15")
only the first few films are ever actually advertised in the game though, and it does make me wonder if the series originated as a comic book series. i'm basing this mostly on the Killer Dolphins 3 thing Boss has in their shithole crib in sr1 AND in the hotel in sr2, which is not the size of a dvd case but rather a magazine (and they don't have a dvd player anyways)
this most definitely means something and isn't just a random asset someone added for flavor without really thinking about it
anyways, as an obvious Killer Dolphins superfan Boss must've been just as disappointed as all us players that sr2 didn't introduce any new KD stuff - no new movies, just asset reuse - EXCEPT for one thing (afaik): a Killer Dolphins 3 pinball machine. the third movie must've been a hit, it does sound like a real period piece
as a final note, V also found use for one KD asset in sr2 that was already in sr1's files, but went unused as far as i could see. you can find a cute little Killer Dolphin statue being sold at the marina boardwalk and i guess the implication is that they're specifically bootlegs being sold as souvenirs!
and that's the Killer Dolphins. they didn't even add any KD stuff to the logo options in sr2. for shame
Stilwater Fashion Week's final low-end brand restoration is Balance, which doesn't really have much going for it as far as any kinda "brand identity" goes - nothing resembling a tagline, no billboard or bus stop ads that i've seen, just a single generic poster at On The Rag. the way the first two variations of the logo were actually placed on the clothing in sr1 was really creative though, they utilized seams to great effect
today's Stilwater Fashion Week restoration is XX/XY, which much like ???mart is an environmentally conscious low-end brand sold at On The Rag. i think it's supposed to be the store's flagship brand because of the "dolphin friendly" focus and how On The Rag's name is prominently featured in the few ads XX/XY has in the games
original assets (3 logo variations and a billboard ad):
???mart - Our Clothes Would Make Mother Earth Proud
welcome to Stilwater Fashion Week (not actually a week i post these when i want) i’m doing some high quality restorations of sr1/2 clothing brand assets to celebrate sr2′s upcoming 15th birthday. first one is the eco-friendly and very confusingly named ???mart/Wondermart, a low-end brand sold at On The Rag and Sloppy Seconds
original assets (3 logo variations and 2 bus stop ads):
