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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#1: Oct 24th 2013 at 4:23:55 PM

Alright, so I've got nothing against the cover, but this image is clearly missing a gameplay screenshot that exposes the cover's lie. So, can anyone find a screenshot from the game, like this.

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#2: Oct 24th 2013 at 4:37:47 PM

Adding a gameplay screenshot would make it much better. Cover on the left with the caption "What you see..."; screenshot on the right, captioned "...and what you get."

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#3: Oct 24th 2013 at 5:40:36 PM

It says "the hyperspeed shootout in space".

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#4: Oct 24th 2013 at 5:43:31 PM

I think it's clear enough. With a name like "Phalanx" and the little blurb about it being a space shooter, it's pretty clear it's not about banjo playing hicks.

Yes, a screenshot would be clearer, but it would be so ugly aesthetically. The current is clean and simple and no one's going to look at it and think "but what if there IS a banjo-playing guy in this space shooter?"

edited 24th Oct '13 5:44:44 PM by Larkmarn

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#5: Oct 24th 2013 at 7:36:53 PM

I'm fine with the current as is; this is a memetic classic and it says quite clearly that it's a space shootout.

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#6: Oct 24th 2013 at 11:56:12 PM

Old thread.

I think it's good as it is.

edited 24th Oct '13 11:56:33 PM by AnotherDuck

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#7: Oct 25th 2013 at 12:04:04 AM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested, really.

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#8: Oct 25th 2013 at 9:45:29 AM

Does anyone have that picture of the Little Shop of Horrors cover with Jack Nicholson from the Shining? That's about as big of a lying cover as it gets.

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#9: Oct 25th 2013 at 9:58:07 AM

[up] I can't imagine it'd be better than the current.

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#10: Oct 25th 2013 at 10:01:30 AM

I think the current is pretty self-explanatory, though adding a screenshot from the game wouldn't hurt.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#11: Oct 25th 2013 at 11:11:10 AM

It would, IMO.

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#12: Oct 25th 2013 at 1:46:09 PM

The Little Shop Of Horrors cover was considered in the IP thread which picked the old codger and decided against because it required familiarity with not just one but two works to know why it was lying — classic JAFAAC.

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#13: Oct 26th 2013 at 4:34:05 AM

I'd like to get that cover of Superman burning money with his heat vision while Jimmy Olsen (I think) begs him to help the poor with it, and match it with the final page of the actual story where he's calmly burning the (counterfeit) money with nobody protesting. I think the dialogue bubbles at the end even say that it's counterfeit.

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#14: Oct 26th 2013 at 6:52:58 AM

Eh, that's so blatantly Superdickery I'd rather not spread it out, you know?

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#16: Nov 20th 2013 at 8:03:06 AM

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