Give me a break. This is a result of our sanitized society where people spend no time interacting with nature. Spiders are nothing. Most of them never even try to bite.
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Spiders in video games are an "accessibility problem"
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Last: 4 yr ago by eric76
Been in the game industry for 20+ years, and I am going to go ahead and call BS on this.
A game I play sometimes, SatisFactory, has a novel solution to this "problem"
(to those not interested in clicking youtube videos. Spider-like creatures are replaced with pictures of cats, that attack you.)
(to those not interested in clicking youtube videos. Spider-like creatures are replaced with pictures of cats, that attack you.)
Spiders and Spider-like monsters are in almost every fantasy/sci-fi game. Trust me. Im a nerd.
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Nightmare fuel!munch96 said:
RAAAIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDD! those mofos stat!rebag00 said:Nightmare fuel!munch96 said:
I used to find them a bit creepy. Espacially those big fat ones that would build webs across the ranch road at night at just the right height to hit you in the face standing in the back of the truck with a .22 and spotlight when rabbit hunting.
But now I only kill the venomous ones. Spiders are actually excellent creatures and humanity would be in sorry shape if it weren't for spiders killing massive numbers of other insects on a regular basis. I don't kill them in my house either. I'll scoop them up and toss them outside. Spiders are your friends people. Believe it.
But now I only kill the venomous ones. Spiders are actually excellent creatures and humanity would be in sorry shape if it weren't for spiders killing massive numbers of other insects on a regular basis. I don't kill them in my house either. I'll scoop them up and toss them outside. Spiders are your friends people. Believe it.
I leave webs up in the corners if they are out of the way. Free biologically safe pest insect Killer. I remove most spiders from the house by hand if they need to go. Gently pick up, toss outside. No big deal.
Kill them before they kill me.
I love the big garden spiders here in Texas. They build beautiful webs!
My only criticism with spiders in games or fantasy in general is that "giant spider" became a really prevalent trope over time (but seemingly less so, now) and got kind of old. Grounded seems like a no brainer place to use them, though, but I did turn tail when I first ran up on one. Mostly because I had just started and figured that they're probably too strong for where I'm at so far.
I also think accessibility in games is important though, for a multitude of reasons, and I think Obsidian's take on how to tackle this is clever, albeit something that'll draw jokes.
As far as real spiders go, I try and catch them to let them out, much to the chagrin of my cat, who would rather eat them; she'll do it if she sees them before I do. Not too many venomous ones to worry about in the PNW.
I also think accessibility in games is important though, for a multitude of reasons, and I think Obsidian's take on how to tackle this is clever, albeit something that'll draw jokes.
As far as real spiders go, I try and catch them to let them out, much to the chagrin of my cat, who would rather eat them; she'll do it if she sees them before I do. Not too many venomous ones to worry about in the PNW.
When I was getting ready to start 6th grade in Lake Jackson, my mom bought a house that was located on the edge of some woods. That was a magnet to me even before we'd fully moved in. I was out there exploring, walking with a stick that I'd picked up. Spider webs everywhere, but I'd managed to avoid them. No fear of them, just didn't want to get in those strands of webbing.
Then there was a big-ass tree that I decided I wanted to climb, but there was this spider web in the way. It was a banana spider. I used the stick to knock his web out of the way, and actually touched the spider with the stick. And that motherf***r grabbed onto the stick and was making a beeline for my hand before I dropped the stick. That was the day I developed arachnophobia.
Several times over the years growing up in that house, I encountered big, nasty spiders. Stepped into the shower early one morning prior to getting to school for an out-of-town tennis match, stepped on a damn spider. Senior year of high school, the middle of a night before I had a test in first period, something crawling on my leg under my sheets. My mom and sister was awakened that night to the most bizarre sight and sound of me in my underwear ripping sheets off the bed, flipping the mattress, screaming something about killing that motherf****n spider.
I believe it was 1990 when the movie Archnaphobia came out. It is now 2020 and I still have never seen that movie. Shelob in Lord of the Rings caused me to look away from the screen a bunch, but curiously I had no issues with the spider sequence in the Hobbit movie.
Finally, I bought a house in Pecan Grove (Richmond) about 20 years ago. There was one of those green electrical boxes in the back yard, and one day I'm back there cleaning out some debris left by the previous homeowner. There was a rusted out bed of a wheelbarrow. I happened to see this big, chameleon-like spider, and thought, I'll kill that SOB with one of these bricks sitting here. I tossed a brick, and that mofo jumped out of the way. Rinse and repeat with the same results. I only tried a couple times, then picked up a broom and swept him away, and finished my clean-up work. So flash forward several months. I'm in the back yard spraying the eves for bugs, wearing a big plastic face shield. I'm looking up as I'm spraying this stuff through the pump-up sprayer with the long wand, and I kid you not, that same freaking spider jumped away from where it must have been sitting between the fascia boarding and the gutters. Looked like a scene out of Alien, this freakish spider jumping right toward my head. I stepped aside, watched it land on the grass near my feet, then let him have it with the bug spray.
I don't think I can say just how much I hate spiders.
Then there was a big-ass tree that I decided I wanted to climb, but there was this spider web in the way. It was a banana spider. I used the stick to knock his web out of the way, and actually touched the spider with the stick. And that motherf***r grabbed onto the stick and was making a beeline for my hand before I dropped the stick. That was the day I developed arachnophobia.
Several times over the years growing up in that house, I encountered big, nasty spiders. Stepped into the shower early one morning prior to getting to school for an out-of-town tennis match, stepped on a damn spider. Senior year of high school, the middle of a night before I had a test in first period, something crawling on my leg under my sheets. My mom and sister was awakened that night to the most bizarre sight and sound of me in my underwear ripping sheets off the bed, flipping the mattress, screaming something about killing that motherf****n spider.
I believe it was 1990 when the movie Archnaphobia came out. It is now 2020 and I still have never seen that movie. Shelob in Lord of the Rings caused me to look away from the screen a bunch, but curiously I had no issues with the spider sequence in the Hobbit movie.
Finally, I bought a house in Pecan Grove (Richmond) about 20 years ago. There was one of those green electrical boxes in the back yard, and one day I'm back there cleaning out some debris left by the previous homeowner. There was a rusted out bed of a wheelbarrow. I happened to see this big, chameleon-like spider, and thought, I'll kill that SOB with one of these bricks sitting here. I tossed a brick, and that mofo jumped out of the way. Rinse and repeat with the same results. I only tried a couple times, then picked up a broom and swept him away, and finished my clean-up work. So flash forward several months. I'm in the back yard spraying the eves for bugs, wearing a big plastic face shield. I'm looking up as I'm spraying this stuff through the pump-up sprayer with the long wand, and I kid you not, that same freaking spider jumped away from where it must have been sitting between the fascia boarding and the gutters. Looked like a scene out of Alien, this freakish spider jumping right toward my head. I stepped aside, watched it land on the grass near my feet, then let him have it with the bug spray.
I don't think I can say just how much I hate spiders.
Spider fights anyone?
Spiders vs. scorpions or GTFO!lead said:
Spider fights anyone?
They could use snakes.
Not counting a bullsnake bite when I was a kid, the closest I ever came to being injured by a snake was from a fake snake.
The owners of the office building I was in put a brightly colored fake snake in front of the building in an attempt to scare the birds away from repeatedly running into the windows.
So one day I was standing a couple of feet behind our executive secretary when she looked down at the grass and saw the snake. She nearly flattened me in a move that would do an NFL player proud. As it was, I bounced off the opposite wall of the office.
The second closest I ever came to being injured by a snake was from falling on top of a rattlesnake.
Not counting a bullsnake bite when I was a kid, the closest I ever came to being injured by a snake was from a fake snake.
The owners of the office building I was in put a brightly colored fake snake in front of the building in an attempt to scare the birds away from repeatedly running into the windows.
So one day I was standing a couple of feet behind our executive secretary when she looked down at the grass and saw the snake. She nearly flattened me in a move that would do an NFL player proud. As it was, I bounced off the opposite wall of the office.
The second closest I ever came to being injured by a snake was from falling on top of a rattlesnake.
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