7. Mass Effect - Romantic Bug Relations And The End Of The Universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T47aheRgeRI Okay, okay, maybe this is cheating because this is clearly the messed up work of a modder who really needs to find some love in their life. However, the game houses this terrifying scene and even leaves its own creepy imprints on the work of the individual who set this match up. Basically the premise is simple. What would happen if you took Sheppard out of Mass Effect 2's romance scene and replaced it with one of the insectoid Keepers from the Citadel? Well, if you guessed it would be creepy, you would be right. But that isn't even the worse of it. The man on bug action is only the start of it. What makes this especially creepy is the glitches that happen as the game tries to process codes that shouldn't be interacting with each other. Starting off with a Keeper blankly looking at Jacob as he enters the room. He then literally glides over to his bug lover until they embrace, the Keepers second pair of arms out straight and elongated. But wait as they kiss...there is another Jacob. Just as we get over the fact that there is a rather large bug sandwiched in a loving embrace between two versions of the same man, we realise they are not alone. Tali stands in the room with them, excitedly bouncing at the scene. The Keeper then thrusts just one version of the now topless Jacob onto the bed. While in the original version, the head of Sheppard moving up the body of Jacob shows intimacy, it is instead replaced with something I am sure I saw in the Aliens franchise. Thankfully the scene end with possibly one of the most retina burning images I may have ever seen. But wait, that isn't it! When the scene reopens, we are in space, surrounded by people and computers. It is like the occurrence we just witnessed was a cosmic event that reverberated throughout the universe. The whole thing is like the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey but through the eyes of David Cronenberg. Having now seen it, I am beginning to wish perhaps I hadn't.
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