Under the Radar: The Sabotage of SimCopter | Retrohistories

[@thedude1671]

So this guy pranked his own company, claimed it was political, invented a fake company to take credit for it, and then assumed another identity to execute more pranks. Did he appear in any of the Metal Gear Solid games?

[@theguardian8317]

he didn't claim it was political at first. As usual it was gamers and the media. He just exploited the naivety of these socially challenged groups to crank up the volume to 11, but yeah it sounds like he could be one of those crazy characters in MGS2

[@nescius2]

Xanctus, i presume that you are just a homophobe - if it those stick figuest had boobs, you would not speak of kinks and fetishes..

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

lol what a creepy little turd. My God dating someone like him would be terrifying.

[@stangace20]

I loved this game, especially how you could load in your own simcity2000 save files and then fly around them

[@0JuBiii]

wow, that sounds amazing!

[@101Volts]

@@0JuBiii Streets of SimCity also had that feature. And though these games are from 1996 and 1997 respectively, is there a newer city-building simulator that has a spinoff game where you can do that? If there is, I don't know it.

[@CiprianHanga]

The Quintessential Trickster. I'm amazed nobody made a feature film after this story, the premise is hysterical.

[@GraveUypo]

i still think this is one of the most replayable games ever, and it's absolutely unique and one of the games i want to make one day is base on the same concept, with endless freedom and procedurally generated quests that you can take or leave. I seriously cannot believe no one made a game in this vein again to this day.

[@OrigamiPhoenix]

A well put together mini-documentary. Another piece of trivia: although to my knowledge Servin didn't use the term "himbo" in any of his interviews about SimCopter, subsequent articles about the hack led to early uses of that word.

[@Cowboycomando54]

There was another lesser known easter egg in the game where there was a random chance that your bambi-bucket would pick up a swimmer. This was a reference to the old urban legend.

[@fenriswolflp-verlierenmits5952]

I remember that I was afraid of that as a child. Because that swimmer you pick up made weird noises. Weirder than other people in the Sim world. I always dropped him over the fire with the water. Most of the times I had a medical rescue then. xD

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

I loved Simcopter! I used to mod it and add my own stuff in. And the whole world building aspect of Simcopter and Simstreets was amazing.

[@Jenovi]

Chris, that was absolutely incredible.

[@retrohistories]

Glad you liked it!

[@SamsonScorpio]

How is this not a film? Seriously. The potential.

[@-delilahlin-1598]

i looooooved this game as a kid. used to play it on my dads gateway laptop ❤

[@-delilahlin-1598]

& to find out one of the yes men contributed to it? Awesome video :)

[@SuperMutantSomething]

for some reason I thought this game was only a fever dream while It was actually something I played ages ago

[@retrohistories]

Oh no, it was. You also hallucinated this video.

[@nescius2]

great stuff!

[@andrelissiman]

I'm seeing big things for this channel! BIG THINGS!

[@PixelSubstream]

2:25 "Were there scantily clad femaless in the product?" "No." Dang, we'll get them next time

[@HYDRAdude]

One of the few games I actually want to receive a remake.

[@moccalou]

Wow, I knew about the Sim Copter easter egg but nothing about any of that other stuff! Cool!

[@ShapeyFiend]

That's hilarious. I saw The Yes Men movie back in 2003. I see they have another couple of docs since I must give them a look.

[@restlesssheep7156]

Subbed, bell notifications on :D Amazing video and amazing channel

[@retrohistories]

Thank you!

[@John3.36]

After we die, what happens?

[@John3.36]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/poikimOsqJh3h9U

[@squid11160]

Great one :) I might just go watch some of the "Yes Men" docos

[@retrohistories]

They released the second one for free (in a 'P2P edition') so it's the easiest one to find. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZLdhptmjtJrqMU

[@valerieserval4731]

merci

[@rubyrider7902]

This is a great video! I know this is a long shot, but if you see this comment, could you tell me where to find the footage of W Bush's press release where he calls Exley a garbage man? I've heard the quote before but I'm dying to see the full thing

[@retrohistories]

The clip's in one of the Yes Men documentaries, not sure which. It's brief and doesn't have the full context :(

[@rubyrider7902]

@@retrohistories That is still very helpful info thank you!

[@MeowjinBoo]

neat

[@gnardawgyt]

How did you pack this much intrigue and history into 8 minutes? It's partly the strength of the story and partly your keen editorial eye. Loved this!

[@INeverWanted2010]

"gay computer world"

[@swr3603]

artmark sounds like a great idea tho

[@CatManDoom84]

miss chief

[@twindrill2852]

Looking back at this, it's no surprise that Will Wright's The Sims franchise continued to show support for queer relationships and characters.

[@TheSultan1470]

Rediculous

[@UnusAnnus3]

Wow the Yes Men sound hilarious 😂

[@dylan.t180]

Wow

[@2바이오]

멕시스.

[@roahnosh]

I stopped watching after he said, "Primitive 3D cities" @0:25. Like bruh looking in retrospective this primitive 3d cities is revolutionary in the 1996 heck even in 1996 there were only a few games that has this full city in 3D.

[@agoo7581]

Relax bro. It wasn't a dig on the graphics, he was basically describing early 3d. Simcopters graphics are by definition "primitive 3d"/

[@waffle8364]

I remember that as a kid, I thought it was hilarious. Seemed very harmless

[@shawnbay2211]

How am I supposed 2 care about a game if they removed their gay muscle men ??

[@josedorsaith5261]

Sounds like the prankster is a pathological liar, but the original prank was funny

[@Daimo83]

If a programmer got fired for doing a gay thing today there would be riots

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

pff yeah sure

[@dansmith1661]

We already permit pedo marches and they have their own flag.

[@agoo7581]

Sounds like we progressed as a society then.

[@josedorsaith5261]

​@@agoo7581 "We" Nah

[@TheSultan1470]

Today is a lunatic world.

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

I always wondered as a kid why this sabotage was so apt, and it turns out that yes it is incredibly apparent to the point of meaning "The difference between men and womens armour in RPGs"

[@curtisnewton895]

what a boring story

[@ccoslor]

What a boring post

[@agoo7581]

Bad dog whistle is bad dog whistle my man.

[@josedorsaith5261]

​@@agoo7581 What? That sounds mentally unstable

[@TheSultan1470]

That's about the size of it