Pleo begs for torture
Writing by sharpster on Thursday, 6 of December , 2007 at 11:08 pm
If the opening video on Pleo’s website doesn’t make you want to go hunting, I don’t know what will.
I just found out about Pleo, the robotic dino with life like qualities any kid could love. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not that I found out about Pleo from a Digg link to the guys over on the Dvice blog beating the hell out of the thing.
I’ve been pushing for a toy that can realistically feel and announce pain for years. As good as Pleo is, it still isn’t perfect. Why isn’t it bruised? I’m no biologist, but I watched Jurassic Park, so I know that dinosaurs have blood — where is it? And you’d think that Pleo would learn a few crucial words in a couple dozen languages before mingling on the street with a decidedly dinosaur wary species (how’s he get money out of the bank without causing mass hysteria? Does he have a translator? “Everyone, it’s ok! That low moan means he just wants to check on the status of his loan application.”) Is it too much to ask for him to scream”help” or “nein! Anschlag!” every so often?
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Comment by Tom
Made Thursday, 6 of December , 2007 at 11:25 pm
Hahaha, that was one of the most excellent videos I’ve ever seen.
hahahaha, this reminds me of when I was in like middle school, and people becamse obsessed with giga pets, and you would let someone borrow yours only to find out they slapped it to death.
