- Joined
- Sep 26, 2019
There were (and still are to some extent) a lot of Video Game dev goons. Josh Sawyer was probably the most famous (Fallout NV, Pillars of Eternity, and a bunch of those games) and would sneak in SA references in a bunch of those titles. It was, to an extent, a proto NeoGAF. It was one of the draws of SA back when it wasn't 100% dogshit - you never knew who you were talking to. Some goon did a Pokemon Screenshot LP and then the translator saw it and put his character in the game as an NPC as a tribute.
Now it's all computer touching tranny jannies - no fun to be had at all.
Getting a criminal rating between 1000 and 1005 in GTA:VC ranked you as an SA Goon:
There were even a few references to Lowtax in Morrowind:
https://archive.ph/NpHfo (Arlowe, a dead (lmao) NPC wielding a BanHammer)
https://archive.ph/sGWO9 (Mace of Slurring, crafted by "Kyanka")
and also that "My tank is fight!" reference in one of the Pokemon games, either 3rd or 4th gen