Shoulder Pads...

[fatlazyhomer]

I dont know what it is, but there has been an insidious trend in gaming art for the last few years revolving around stupidly large and overcompensating shoulder pads.

The most glaring offender is none other than WoW, where shoulder pads have become equivalent to giant E-penises.



Which looks disturbingly like these zombie snails:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB_C...yer_embedde d

Even the girls are in on it.



What the hell are those? The only orbs I want to see on a girl are ones made by god or silcon. That just looks like 3 heads from afar.



Everyone knows that warcraft is just a warhammer spin-off/knock-off, so it makes me wonder if this is the source of all this silliness.



And naturally, EA hops on the bandwagon too...


You know what it all reminds me off? Checkmate from Ultimate Muscle

[3dfxrain]

looks like tentacles in the first image

[PrivatePixel]

Everyone knows that over-the-top shoulder pads belong on a) dresses from the '80s



or b) NFL players (coincidence? I think not. )

Shoulder pads are a fashion faux pas, long past relevancy and disdain; it is a cliché in every sense of the word. Game designers and artists should know better (I'm looking at you, Blizzard and Epic )

[fatlazyhomer]

So those were the 80's shoulderpads i keep hearing about!

I also found this fun site.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...houldersOfDoom

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by fatlazyhomer

I also found this fun site.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...houldersOfDoom

When the writer mentioned Spikes of Villainy, this was the first thing that crossed my mind:



That's why '80s fashion rules.

[Mjölnir]

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

When the writer mentioned Spikes of Villainy, this was the first thing that crossed my mind:

Do ya reckon that if they stretch their arms up, they'd skewer themselves?

[sobrien42]

I hate to break the sad Fashion News to you: Shoulder Pads are officially coming back in women's fashion. It's something akin to "A Great Idea comes along once in a lifetime; Bad Ideas come back around every 20 years..."

Sher

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

Everyone knows that over-the-top shoulder pads belong on a) dresses from the '80s



or b) NFL players (coincidence? I think not. )

Shoulder pads are a fashion faux pas, long past relevancy and disdain; it is a cliché in every sense of the word. Game designers and artists should know better (I'm looking at you, Blizzard and Epic )

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by sobrien42

I hate to break the sad Fashion News to you: Shoulder Pads are officially coming back in women's fashion. It's something akin to "A Great Idea comes along once in a lifetime; Bad Ideas come back around every 20 years..."

Been watching the CMA Awards again, haven't you? I blame Reba McEntire and her ilk.

It seems that Japanese designers are resurrecting this abomination (Europe *ahem* shoulders no blame in this; the spring collections from the likes of Dior, Gucci and Valentino are all the validation you need (don't ask me how I know this ) )

[3dfxrain]

do not want