Find the Creature Living in You

By: Derek Yu

On: January 17th, 2008

Proof that if there’s a God, he’s laughing his ass off at us.

(Many thanks to the lovely Jennifer Yin for the tip!)

Posted in Sim, Unique / Bizarre, Videos, Windows | Tags: CougarInteractive

RichCI

I think my brain gave up halfway through that and turned parts of itself off. I feel odd. Awaiting reboot.
Lim-Dul

I think I speak for all of us when I say: WTF? 0_o
Obscuritan

I’ve never been more angry at people in my entire life.

oh wait: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466663/

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
PHeMoX

Yeah.

Things like this raise interesting questions like: “Should mental institutions allow patients access to computers?”. :p
Logie–bear

That was….. undescribable
Stefano

Is this game deliberately cheesy or a bunch of religious people (with no grasp whatsoever of what a good game is all about) just got together and had a “great idea” to keep our children from playing violent 3D shooters.

Any more background info on this one Derek? This one has caught my interest. In an awkward kind of way.

I mean there’s to much effort put into this to be just some sort of indie devs critique to commercial games…
rz.

i actually bought this immediately after watching the video. my life will never be the same.
Redhades

“THE ZOO RACE Music Audio CD”
I wonder if I can download this on torrent
http://www.farbs.org Farbs

Let’s make this a compo theme! Push an obscure or fictional religion in a super lame video game.
Smithy

Oh god.

That’d be great! If there was a competition like that, I’d finally have motivation to start to learn programming!

Bokonon Adventures!
rndll

Holy shit. I don’t know what is more disturbing – the video, or the fact that it looks like it might be a bit fun to play. *runs and hides*
Kairos

Wow. Nightmares tonight. Definitely.
Lim-Dul

Cheesy religious games?

Kinda like these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNvQYiM6bw

Yes, I know the spam filter will eat my comment because of the link but apparently any moderator can accept it. I’ll kill you, Derek, if you don’t accept the comment! I’ll, I’ll… I’ll demand my money back for Aquaria! ;-)
Javet

I don’t think this is God’s doing. THIS VIDEO IS THE STRANGEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN! Gotta be from Hell.
Calanctus

Next game night game. It must happen.
Advenith

Two words: HORSE ROCKET.
crackers

Get with the times Derek, the Zoo Race is old news.
Joseph

I thought this was a Second Life machinima for some reason… This is actually a game and its supposed to support religious beliefs? It seems more like a mockery of religion (which was hilarious).
Joseph

Damn I had to watch it again just for that bitchin song!
Movius

They should replace the contents of the bible with the zoo race, then it would make more sense.

AMIRITE!?
Constantine

I think you’re all missing that the pig has a top hat. That is why computers were created.
Cube

After the race, Hannah asked the Lord about the crows. â€œLord? She asked, â€œWhy were the crows on the moon?â€ â€œCrows donâ€™t normally live on the moon, right?â€ Then the Lord God spoke to Hannah the Horse. â€œHANNAH, said the Lord. I PUT THE CROWS ON THE MOON. DO NOT BE MAD AT THE CROWS, FOR THEY ARE ONLY A SYMBOL OF THE TRIALS AND TESTINGS THAT OCCUR IN YOUR REAL LIFE. YOU MUST OVERCOME ALL THE OBSTACLES THAT LIFE MAY BRING YOUR WAY AND ALSO TRUST IN ME THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND YOU WILL BE A BLESSED CREATURE.

And that is exactly what Hannah the Horse did. She trusted and praised the Lord all the days of her life. One more thing Lord, Hannah prayed aloud. Now that the race is finished and we are standing here on the moon, then how shall I get back down to earth again?

Then the Lord God spoke again to Hannah the Horse saying:

DIDNâ€™T YOU SEE THATâ€™SPACE SHUTTLE THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU UP ON THE MOON? COMâ€™ON HANNAH! WAKE UP! SO, GET NOAH NOW AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND BOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND BLAST OFF BACK TO THE EARTH, AND OH, ALSO, HAVE A HAPPY AND FUN JOURNEY.

â€œYes Lord!â€ Hannah happily shouted and she quickly obeyed.

You couldn’t MAKE this shit up!
http://www.farbs.org Farbs

I guess it’s true then.
someloser

I want to download the demo but I’m scared of well… just about EVERYTHING after watching that video.
Al King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6XJtw9PFl8

And yet they didn’t get a nomination. Truly, the IGF has lost all credibility.
namuol

Before the end of the video I was just like “This is too good to be true, I must be dreaming”

And then I heard “WOW! Is this a dream?!”

Now I’m just scared, tigersauce. :(
Splinter of Chaos

This is all so terrible. I’m writing my suicide note right now and making a few paragraphs about this.

It’s not that I’m suicidal, and frankly, I’m quite happy with life. But if I ever change my mind, I’ll open up “Because Coffins Are More Fun.doc” and read what I’ve written there and be reminded: “Oh yeah. There’s another reason.”
http://doomlaser.com Golds

http://www.zoorace.com

It was an entrant into the IGF main competition this year — http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2008.php?id=80.

Play it. Live it. COUGAR INTERACTIVE!
deadeye

I just about lost my shit at the cannons.
cactus

I wonder how much time and effort it took to make this game. I loved the intro sequence…
Stij

This has gotta be a joke.
Chris

I uh.

uh.

uhhh…
http://26k.org/dev/zero lowpoly

I love the Disneyland-Pirates of the Caribbean homage in there with the skull and crossbones leading to a waterfall. Top notch stuff, all around.
Gordo

I feel sorry for the guy who made this game. I mean, he put so much effort into it…
mr

Suddenly, the voice acting from Symphony of the Night doesn’t sound half bad in comparison…
Bob

What, the cougar doesn’t eat the pig?

Why can’t there be any good “Christian” games(I used quote marks because the only thing that’s Christian about them is the occasional cross here and there)? Like an RTS based on Old Testament wars, or an Oregon Trail-type game based on the Exodus? Those would be awesome.
PHeMoX

Funny thing about all this is that the guy who made this (goes by the name of Ran_Man by the way) is actually really a pretty cool guy.

His ideas about religion are way crazy, practically die-hard creationist-style all the way as you would expect from a ‘Christian game developer’ (?), but that’s part of what makes him funny. Aside from the crazy way he talks on forums. :) He’s pretty devoted to making games and puts lot’s of effort in them, but usually it turns out pretty crazy.

@rndll: “Holy shit. I donâ€™t know what is more disturbing – the video, or the fact that it looks like it might be a bit fun to play. runs and hides”

Exactly my point of view on these games. The craziness actually makes it pretty funny. Most games aren’t very playable though, but still.

@Bob: I don’t think serious game developers will ever make such games simply because of the controversy involved and it would be labeled as propaganda instantly if the game is any good.
I also think most game developers tend to be atheists, but that’s more a gut feeling.
ZombiePixel

Because programming requires logic and logic is atheist.

If Ruben is obsessing over Noah’s Ark and wants to race around the museum I don’t think “reading too many books” is his problem. I think Ruben ate a lot paint chips as a kid.

The horse rocket is made of pure win, though. No atheist could have thought that shit up.
fartron

Didn’t they do a Left Behind-esque, post -revelations RTS or RTT game? Pretty high budget if I recall.
Bob

>fartron

Yes, and it was horrible.
wourme

>”His ideas about religion are way crazy, practically die-hard creationist-style all the way . . .”

I could never decide whether the Zoo Race was sincere, mocking, or not really interested in making any sort of statement. That ambiguity is one thing that I really like about it–if it were preachy or mean-spirited, that could easily ruin it.

It’s been a while since I last watched this video, and I still think it’s brilliant.
Wow

Did we just take down Zoorace.com?

TIG-ed.
Lazer

WHY DON’T YOU READ SOMETHING MORE INFORMATIVE, LIKE A DICTIONARY?

oh god my brain.
PoV

wait
wait
wait
no
wait
wait
wait
wait
NO!

This either the single greatest “B-Game” ever or … I don’t want to imagine the or.
someone

“Let’s give them a real race, ha-ha!” said Japeth. “Yes and letâ€™s have some fun!” said Shem and Ham
Anon.

I’m into silly stuff, but this…

I don’t know, this made me want to cry.