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Log 10.222.8
Science Team is attempting to reverse-engineer Samus Aran's arsenal, based off of data acquired from her assaults on our forces. Progress is slow, but steady. Command would dearly enjoy turning Aran's weapons against her. We believe we can implement Beam weapon prototypes in three cycles. Aran's Power Suit technology remains a mystery, especially the curious Morph Ball function. All attempts at duplicating it have ended in disaster: four test subjects were horribly broken and twisted when they engaged our Morph Ball prototypes. Science Team wisely decided to move on afterward."
--From the Space Pirate datalogs of Metroid Prime.

Okay before I mesmerize you with tales of heroism and fantasy, I need to announce that I love Space Pirates. I'm going to run away from home and become a Space Pirate. Some day.

So I've been playing alot of Metroid lately (and right when they announce that they're probably holding Corruption back past June, greeaaat), and I remembered something that kinda bothered me about the first Metroid Prime. There are doors on the Space Pirate frigate Orpheon only accessible with some of Samus's unique weaponry, which the Pirates only develop later in the game (conveniently, right after you acquire it yourself)...but what I want to know is why they built doors they knew they couldn't open. Then again, the frigate was probably designed by the same Science Team that decided it was a good idea to engineer Pirate armor that leaves a gaping hole in front of what looks like a very large and vulnerable vital organ. Um, seriously. But maybe, if you punch a Space Pirate square in the heart, he becomes all huge and strong for like thirty seconds.

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Comments: 826

Rike-the-Furious [2007-04-10 02:16:15 +0000 UTC]

lol

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Falzika [2007-04-10 02:14:48 +0000 UTC]

then again, if you sit down and think about any enemy dungeon or base, why are their all these complex puzzles to get through some of the doors? Like buttons in weird places and horribly long and twisting corridors that make you want to kill yourself, etc. It's all so evil!

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Panique [2007-04-10 02:11:24 +0000 UTC]

haha, good point.
.. love the sound effects. xD PYEW, PYEW, PYEW PYEW!

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alien-13 [2007-04-10 02:06:56 +0000 UTC]

cool

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Aliyah-Chan [2007-04-10 02:06:45 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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Nomisluck [2007-04-10 02:05:51 +0000 UTC]

lol nice, you make me laugh everytime, keep it up! Samus is teh hawt

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NyNeko [2007-04-10 02:04:33 +0000 UTC]

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lethe-gray [2007-04-10 02:03:11 +0000 UTC]

Hee - this is also all true in City of Heroes. The villains in their own bases or places they've captured can't follow you through elevators... :/ weird.

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GIRS-taco-lady [2007-04-10 01:56:57 +0000 UTC]

meh, I'd rather be a space ninja! ninjas are so much more awesome than pirates.

but even more awesome are pirate-ninja hybrids.

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JTDrift [2007-04-10 01:56:33 +0000 UTC]

lol!

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Xanis [2007-04-10 01:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, so true aboud Metroid Prime. This is really funny!

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soifon517 [2007-04-10 01:52:16 +0000 UTC]

lol xD

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Netbug009 [2007-04-10 01:48:10 +0000 UTC]

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linuxphreak In reply to ??? [2007-04-10 01:46:40 +0000 UTC]

one of my questions has always been the morph ball. is it that she just gets up and stretches really good in the mornings?

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Hikari-Niji [2007-04-10 01:45:48 +0000 UTC]

<3

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superspasticdjinni [2007-04-10 01:33:01 +0000 UTC]

Well then, farewell space pirate. I always wanted to be a ninja pirate, actually. But I guess space pirates are cool too.

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Fleor [2007-04-10 01:19:21 +0000 UTC]

I noticed that to... I really dislike these kind of flaw in the storyboard or in games.

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SereWolf [2007-04-10 01:14:50 +0000 UTC]

rule #1 of making any shooter game:
there must be either
a)doors whick are locked to the player but not to the enemy
and/or
b)doors which open ONLY for the player
in your game.
option B is much more proper. failure to comply to this rule may result in your game not being on the market.

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blogrunner07 [2007-04-10 01:14:37 +0000 UTC]

LOVE IT, nice pick up, if i played the game i would never have noticed!!

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SamuraiBobX26 In reply to ??? [2007-04-10 01:12:51 +0000 UTC]

ROTFL.......Stupid Pirates, olny good guys can open doors and escape. Why would yoube able to open your own door? Love the pic and I remember that from MEtroid Prime all too well.

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SehComs [2007-04-10 01:11:58 +0000 UTC]

*chuckles* worth it.

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KetsukiNiTsuki [2007-04-10 01:06:55 +0000 UTC]

I haven't really played Metroid or Samus all that much, I just use Samus when I play Super Smash Bro's. But it's great that you made a comic about something like that.

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Garabatoz [2007-04-10 01:02:08 +0000 UTC]

Gagagaga yeah that was always so weird XD

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Garabatoz [2007-04-10 01:02:06 +0000 UTC]

Gagagaga yeah that was always so weird XD

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Tevekinhell [2007-04-10 00:54:48 +0000 UTC]

LOL! That's brilliant!

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ssbmlvr [2007-04-10 00:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Thats funny

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n1lko [2007-04-10 00:42:36 +0000 UTC]

finally someone besides me noticed that. Nice comic!

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musicmage [2007-04-10 00:41:50 +0000 UTC]

LMAO! I love you for this comic. Metroid is one of my favs. and I always wondered what was up with that.

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Schmedderling [2007-04-10 00:37:46 +0000 UTC]

Space Pirates are awesome, if sometimes silly. I love this comic for poking fun at that. XD

+fav!

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Ultim87 [2007-04-10 00:36:26 +0000 UTC]

Same could be said for any game.

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damiangrant [2007-04-10 00:35:21 +0000 UTC]

lmao funny

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Rocker-Stimpy [2007-04-10 00:33:19 +0000 UTC]

I love how you notice these things. XDXDXD

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Ghost-Spectre In reply to ??? [2007-04-10 00:31:00 +0000 UTC]

I've actually wondered about that.

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Jothar [2007-04-10 00:24:16 +0000 UTC]

There is an old movie titled "Ice Pirates" about the most valuable commodity of deep space which is water, and would be transported as ice. Pirates would try to steal said ice, thereby giving the name, "Ice Pirates". Good movie.
And why are there so many plot holes in games? Doesn't anyone have quality products anymore?

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Jothar In reply to ??? [2007-04-10 00:24:04 +0000 UTC]

There is an old movie titled "Ice Pirates" about the most valuable commodity of deep space which is water, and would be transported as ice. Pirates would try to steal said ice, thereby giving the name, "Ice Pirates". Good movie.
And why are there so many plot holes in games? Doesn't anyone have quality products anymore?

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nothingofconsequence In reply to ??? [2007-04-10 00:10:36 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, wow, so true, guess they never thought that one through lol. Good job, very funny.

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SakkidattaHydra [2007-04-10 00:07:54 +0000 UTC]

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Princess-Nyree [2007-04-10 00:05:51 +0000 UTC]

kinda like having a self destruct button on your own ship or something.....

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frizz-bee In reply to ??? [2007-04-09 23:53:44 +0000 UTC]

EESH XD never even thought of that!

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CrimsonAngelofShadow In reply to ??? [2007-04-09 23:53:29 +0000 UTC]

that's a great joke! XD the aliens r stupid to do that! XDDD love it!

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LupineWarlord In reply to ??? [2007-04-09 23:48:08 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I never considered that.

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FlyingNinjaSquirrelz In reply to LupineWarlord [2007-04-10 01:18:38 +0000 UTC]

That's because people like you and I don't study the video games.

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LupineWarlord In reply to FlyingNinjaSquirrelz [2007-04-10 01:20:54 +0000 UTC]

How did you even find this
it's like on page thousand

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FlyingNinjaSquirrelz In reply to LupineWarlord [2007-04-10 03:36:20 +0000 UTC]

Not when I got to it.

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LupineWarlord In reply to FlyingNinjaSquirrelz [2007-04-10 10:11:09 +0000 UTC]

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goldensunguru7 [2007-04-09 23:45:57 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting deduction...

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watchingu [2007-04-09 23:44:40 +0000 UTC]

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The-God-Smiley [2007-04-09 23:44:40 +0000 UTC]

lol yeah im asked myself that many times while i was playing the game. when they started reverse engineering i was like "so they are smart!" lol

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Miroku-Is-Mine [2007-04-09 23:43:43 +0000 UTC]

How true!
My dad used to play it and I'd watch...and I wondered that too.
Space Pirates pwn. I like the ones that are all thermal-ness

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Rednal29 [2007-04-09 23:42:50 +0000 UTC]

^^ They have a different transportation system; you can't get through some of their doors.

It is assumed that the Beam Doors are, in fact, merely calibrated to prevent beasts from moving around at will, and that Space Pirates have keys.

Here's the real question:
Why can't they fit through the doors themselves?

O.O

Disturbing.

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