Armed and Ready!

Like a lot of other gamers, I played my fair share of RTS games back in the day. Command & Conquer, Warcraft, and StarCraft were my favorites. Of course, that was back when I was actively working in the gaming industry, so a lot of those hours were logged in the name of research, naturally. Well, OK, most were logged in the name of fun, but there was some legitimate R&D going on too.

Anyhow, I seem to recall some sort of mail-in promotion that tied in with the release of StarCraft: Brood War (I think) that netted you this ugly fella:



If I remember correctly, in the game he had a lot of snappy dialogue. Of course, nothing like the commando in C&C: "I got a present for ya!" followed by a KABOOM! as the building he just planted explosives in blew up. I used that MP3 for my incoming mail notification from time to time.


A face only a mother could love...

If you have one sitting around in a box somewhere, it looks like you can move them for decent coin on eBay. Mine's not for sale, so hands off, OK?