AMAZING ANDY CRANE / VIOLET BERLIN DUAL REFERENCE ANECDOTE
The novelty of this one wore off halfway through typing that headline, but we’ll push on with it anyway. Basically a man says this woman from Diablo III looks like Violet Berlin from very old games TV, which is a coincidence, as his dad used to teach geography to Andy Crane when he was in college.
Yes, that’s all there is to it. This woman is a bit like Violet Berlin, and the man who sent it in’s dad taught Andy Crane about oxbow lakes.
This woman is a bit like Violet Berlin, and the man who sent it in’s dad taught Andy Crane about oxbow lakes:
“You’re probably the only games news site to know Violet Berlin’s name (and her previous games role in Micro Machines 2 on the Mega Drive) without Googling or Wikipediaing or some other internet bullshit nonsense, so I thought you might be interested in this. Incidentally, my dad taught geography to Andy Crane when he was in college” – PenguinJim.
filed in ACTUAL GAMES, HISTORY on Feb.11, 2010
February 11th, 2010 on 12:52 pm
Posts like this is the reason that I come here.
Thank you.
February 11th, 2010 on 12:55 pm
Oh fuck. Posts like this ARE the reason that I come here.
I knew that didn’t sound right.
Shit.
February 11th, 2010 on 1:12 pm
Mmmmmm…. That character looks like a……BAD INFLUENCE!!!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
lololololololololololololol……
…..I’ll get my coat
February 11th, 2010 on 1:14 pm
You don’t get this quality reporting and insider news from Kotaku – let’s see them steal this one, fuckers!
February 11th, 2010 on 1:21 pm
A possessive “in”. Interesting.
Anyone who has received a formal education in such matters care to comment?
February 11th, 2010 on 1:40 pm
Bow down and sup at the cup of Violet Berlin…I “would” have back then when she first appeared on the screen. However, I would’ve been slightly worried that she might try something kinky like a finger up the bottom.
Is she wearing well? I do hope so
February 11th, 2010 on 1:46 pm
Phwoar, Violet Berlin. Now there’s a head you could crack an egg on.
February 11th, 2010 on 1:59 pm
Captain Whoops – here you go (looks like something odd happened to her in 2007 though)
Oddly enough, when I typed Violet Berlin into google, the first autosuggestion was “Violet Berlin breasts“
February 11th, 2010 on 2:45 pm
Blimey GigerPunk…not sure which one to “finish” on…2007 out of the question, too old and saggy. By 2009…over it and running away from that hill. It’s a coin toss between 2005 and 2006…
What time is it? It’s Stalkee Stalkee Time!
February 11th, 2010 on 2:59 pm
Captain – I’d be going for the 2001-2003 look.
February 11th, 2010 on 3:13 pm
Oh I dunno, I think 2009’s quite a good one.
That or 2006 as you say.
Think 2005 looks a little too close to ‘wacky bookish student” or “young librarian’ for my liking.
2004 looks too much like midlife crisis “hey look at me! I’m still young and hip and go clubbing, even though I have kids and a mortgage”
2001-2003 looks like she’s lost her arms and legs.
Yup, toss up between 2006 or 2009.
February 11th, 2010 on 4:20 pm
I didn’t like how she looked during Bad Influence. But the 2004 look which she had during that show on . . . Bravo?* caught me by surprise and I became very, VERY mildly obsessed for a few days. Level of obsession tempered by not having an Internet connection at that period (was staying with someone else).
I like the 2009 look. Too bad it has probably already changed into something entirely different. Blacking up is about the only thing she hasn’t tried.
*experimental use of question mark not ending a sentence.
February 11th, 2010 on 4:25 pm
Ok, this isn’t related the the post, but rather the “Bring the Classic Sonic to Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Petition” in the side bar:
I refuse to sign such a thing because it proposes to use the gay Sonic 3 sprites. if there’s one thing i hate about the 2D games, its the shite look of Sonic 3/ + Knuckles. :(
I shall start my own petition to have THAT petition changed to: “We want the lighter-blue, vaguely purple Sonic 1 sprites please, none of this Sonic 2 or 3 crap. ”
Also: No spin dash and a return of Marble Zone.
Sorry. I have to vent somewhere and I’m too old to be lurking on Sonic forums, the police told me so. not that any of those little bastards know what it was like……
/breaks down and cries like a 25 year old baby
February 11th, 2010 on 4:56 pm
I liked the sprites in Sonic 2. Sonic one looked like it was very distantly related to some shite like Zool or James Pond. At least from 2 onwards they looked highly professional and polished in a way scientists are still puzzled over how the Mega Drive was capable of producing them.
I second the Marble Zone request though. I have the music for it lodged in my head frequently. I imagine if I was asked to think about it while being given a brain scan most of the areas would light up. If they asked me to think about Street Fighter II the scanner would explode.
February 11th, 2010 on 5:05 pm
Reading this article made me 4 minutes late for lunch………I hope your all happy with yourselves.
February 11th, 2010 on 5:36 pm
I would say that I enjoyed looking at her wonderful norks when she was on that Bravo games show. But I won’t.
There is no place on the Internet for the objectification of women.
February 11th, 2010 on 5:50 pm
marimo – what on earth are you saying? Have you been on the internet before? There’re lots of places on the Internet, many of them seemingly designed specifically for the objectification of women – ukpforum, fsckr, met-art, bangbus, fragdolls, the list could go on forever (or at least to fill a ‘recent browsing history’ if you forget to wipe it.)
So, errr, yeah. There’s loads of places, you obviously need to pay more attention
February 11th, 2010 on 5:52 pm
2004 is getting more and more likeable, she’s saying “I’ve got kids and a mortgage but I’ll go like the clappers if you spank me hard enough”.
Hair is a bit Mummy for my liking but the third zip down is aching to be undone and the lovely goodness inside caressed…
Phew, for a second there I thought it was all over. Had I thought about Blaze from Streets Of Rage it would have been a disaster-at-the-desk.
February 11th, 2010 on 7:07 pm
http://www.whizzbang.tv/1990-1993.htm
Operation Avalanche.
February 11th, 2010 on 8:48 pm
The fashions of 2001-03 allowed for some excellent boobage shots. I must agree, as I was the only lad in Year 11 to wear a bra.
February 11th, 2010 on 9:11 pm
Dear Violet,
I deposited you in my wank bank many years ago. Your fabulous fun bags, boyish haircut and sexy lisp are all seared in my brain. I’ve been earning interest on the deposit for years.
Please think kindly of me.
Yours,
StuntCunt.
February 11th, 2010 on 9:45 pm
The trouble with the Sonic sprite is that he seemed to get shinier with every sequel. It wasn’t too noticeable in Sonic 2 or CD, but by 3 it was like he had a spotlight pointed at the side of his head.
Sonic’s eyes went green in Sonic 3, so the petition shouldn’t cite that as a feature of the modern Sonic.
February 12th, 2010 on 12:16 am
Unfortunately I have no idea who Violet Berlin is, “I’m from New Zealand.” (AUDIO CUE:egg_monroe/canned_laughter_track_3). But she has such a fantastic name I’m going to name some of my sheep after her. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
February 12th, 2010 on 4:33 pm
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