In the latest mash-up of the Pepper Spray Cop image that came out of the Ocupy UC Davis protests, Lt John Pike finds himself on Mars on the cover of id Software’s classic first-person shooter DOOM.
Clearly, this proves that pepper spray is much more than just a food product. Now, what other foods can be weaponised into FPS fashion? I vote for okra grenades that make your enemies slip and fall for massive damage. Man, I hate okra.
Hurt Me Plenty [Imgur, via Reddit]
Ynefel
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 8:26 AMI’m still missing how this ‘Pepper Spray Cop’ crap is relevant to gaming.
Zap
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 8:38 AMSomething something doom, something something box art.
Don’t worry, soon Kotaku US will be undergoing a name change soon to “RedditLite”
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:04 AMI don’t mind Kotaku’s alleged Reddit recycling since I never read Reddit because (honestly) I can’t stomach the interface.
Alinos
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 9:27 AMIt isn’t, but the fact is it’s a meme. And it’s being used in conjunction with video games.
Which for the US Kotaku is free money for the author. Since they get paid for hit’s which is why so many stupid Quote Picture’s or Reddit steals end up on there
Batguy
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:17 AM“Since they get paid for hit’s”
I’ve seen this claim a few times this week – is there any source for this other than Internet gossip? Seems like baseless Internet rubbish to me…
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:40 AMGood question.
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:58 AMMy quick Googling turned this up: http://gawker.com/5440807/gawker-gives-up-pageview-addiction-quickly-picks-up-a-monthly-uniques-habit
So as of the start of 2010 they stopped their pagehit bonus system and adopted a new one based on unique US visitors (which seems to be a similar system but it rewards wide dissemination rather than refreshing to see what the comments are saying).
Can anyone turn up anything more recent?
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 11:05 AMAlso, looks like the bonus system started in Jan 08 – http://valleywag.com/339271/denton-to-pay-bloggers-based-on-traffic
And there’s this quote, “It has been well established that Gawker Media content is produced by caffeine-blitzed youngsters at a frantic churn, spurred on by page-view bonuses, barely supported by a base salary, and often fired (and rehired) on a second’s notice.” http://nymag.com/news/features/establishments/68506/index3.html
Batguy
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 11:52 AMHmm, interesting. I’ll read through those links later. May well be that these angry Internet people have good reasons to say these things!
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 11:54 AMI was quite surprised to turn up anything actually. I assumed it would be baseless, but there you go. Life is full of surprises.
Brandt Hardin
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 11:59 AMWhen will we start holding officers accountable for their brutality and excessive use of force? Evicting protesters is Unconstitutional and endangers the basic rights of EVERY last American. Is this the country we were raised in, were men and women are beaten, gassed, pepper-sprayed and arrested for their disapproval of the government? We have to be careful to protect our Constitutional Rights! Raise awareness and do your part with these free posters I designed for the movement on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/11/propaganda-for-occupy-movement.html
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 12:10 PMWe do not live in a police state. Get over yourself.
Zap
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 1:48 PMDude, this is the .au site. You probably want to head to the regular kotaku.com site.
McGarnical
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 1:57 PMor smashthestate.com
Chazz
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 3:30 PMI’ll link him to where he should go. For you, McGarnical.
http://tinyurl.com/6wbv
McGarnical
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 10:45 AMAnd of course I’m at work with my speakers on. Feel like *I* just got trolled…
:)
Chazz
Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 9:27 PMDelayed response I know, but I’d never try to troll you, McGarnical. They may slit my throat from ear to ear but you’ll tell me I’m off my case and shoot in my general direction with that hardass glint in your eyes…far more scary.