So imagine you’re a cute, adorable Teddy bear who lives in a cute, adorable Teddy Bear world (don’t act like you haven’t imagined this before, in the dark hours of the night). Now imagine that you have just found out that every Teddy Bear was invited to a Teddy Bear birthday party, except you. What do you do? Do you keep your chin up and vow to be a better bear, or do you grab that double gauge shotgun from your Teddy Bear closet and show those m—-rf—-rs what kind of bear they’re dealing with? I guess the answer to that question depends on whether or not you’re a Naughty Bear.
There are a number of reasons why I love the idea of this game. First off, I know I’m hardly the first one to say this, but the video game industry has been lacking in originality for quite some time now. I mean how many times can someone shoot Nazis or decapitate zombies before the excitement wears thin? People who know me know that I love (love. love, love) zombie killing in any medium. And who doesn’t enjoy beating the holy hell out of a goose-stepping anti-Semite. But there does come a point when you have to say, enough is enough. Give me something new! I promise I’ll at least give it a shot. Fortune favors the bold, after all. Well, it looks like someone at Artificial Mind and Movement finally figured that out. For there is nothing bolder than turning a sweet child’s toy into a maniacal Teddy Bear mass murderer (well, I suppose it would be bolder if the Teddy Bear went after children instead of other Teddy Bears, but that’s pretty sick. Why would you even bring that up?)
Since my only knowledge of this game is limited to the trailer above, I don’t know if this will be any good. It could very well just be another mindless shooter that has replaced Nazis with Teddy Bears (that thought still makes me giggle), but my hope is that it will be a clever, fun, and original game that will inspire other developers to think outside the box. Their minds will leave the box and head straight to their happy place. And when they go to their happy place they will grab the most gosh-darn sweetest, heartwarming thing they can find, and turn it evil. Then they’ll make that once-sweet and heartwarming, now evil, thing a main character in a video game. (OK maybe I just have issues that I haven’t dealt with). In any case, I remain cautiously optimistic that this game will make us love being naughty. We can only hope…
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This bear here looks very scary. Will this bear be in a video game?
I’m intrigued…
Yes, the bear is in the video game. He’s actually the main character.
Best game concept ever. Reminds me of the time my dad grabbed a shotgun and blew a 6 inch hole in my Teddy Ruxpin. Time for revenge!
this looks so sweet.