I was doing some research and sketching in the library for a project and was referencing images and like to jot some ideas down, and I ended up stumbling upon a videogame story (I wasn't looking for anything related to them. I think the word, "phenomenon" set it off), and I had a good ol' laugh at why we see so many fucking armored, bald Space Marines this generation, as explained by Mr. Clifford Blezinski:

“ I just think that the technology of this generation just happens to be very good at rendering metals and stones and dramatic lighting, which is why you see a lot of pillars and girders and destroyed, blown-out areas because that’s what the bump-mapping happens to do very well.

At the same time, in this generation the translucent effects are very hard to pull off. That’s why everybody sees a lot of these bald characters and wonder why games feature so many fucking space marines. Well, the tech is good at showing off armour and it’s not that good at doing hair. That’s why we have bald space marines. There’s your answer people. "

I thought everyone just copied Warhammer 40k. The grandfather of both.

" I thought everyone just copied Warhammer 40k. The grandfather of both. "

Gaming hair SUCKS!!!... minus a few decent exceptions.

" @CaptainObvious said:

" I thought everyone just copied Warhammer 40k. The grandfather of both. "

Well, technically space marines date back to Aliens. "  

" Gaming hair SUCKS!!!... minus a few decent exceptions. "

I was talking to someone in game development a while back and he said that one of the reasons you see a lot of space marines with big armor is because it's really hard to make realistic looking shoulder movements. When you move your arms in real life your shoulder moves a bit too and the movement just looks a bit off if a game character's shoulders don't move properly. Sure you can make it work, but a shortcut is to just put big bulky armor and shoulder pads on your guy.

Wait, we can't render hair or translucency? What the hell is this, the Saturn? My guess is that everybody's copying the one game that became successful, only not at all. You know, like how Super Mario Bros set off mascot-based platformers, even before Sonic.

" Wait, we can't render hair or translucency? What the hell is this, the Saturn? My guess is that everybody's copying the one game that became successful, only not at all. You know, like how Super Mario Bros set off mascot-based platformers, even before Sonic. "

" @Video_Game_King: Because FF13 took like, 10 years to make. "

" @Video_Game_King: Because FF13 took like, 10 years to make. "

" @Video_Game_King: Because FF13 took like, 10 years to make. "

Yeah unless you're going for a cartoon art style, it's probably best to give the main character a buzz cut. 

SpeedHair Rendering. Coming Soon. You heard it here first. 
 
Imagine: Dragon Hair.

" @CaptainObvious said:

" I thought everyone just copied Warhammer 40k. The grandfather of both. "

Well, technically space marines date back to Aliens. "

He is speaking for himself and his engine. Lots of games has good hair from other engines, it's just the unreal 3 does everything like he mentions.

Uncharted 2 had good hair. Some weird eyes, but good hair.

" @Whisperkill said:

" @CaptainObvious said:

" I thought everyone just copied Warhammer 40k. The grandfather of both. "

Well, technically space marines date back to Aliens. "  

Yeah I guess. On a side note, I wonder why nobody copied sadistic, bloodthirsty and perverted Chaos Space Marines. "

"SpeedHair Rendering. Coming Soon. You heard it here first.   Imagine: Dragon Hair. "

The hair in Heavy Rain looks really good...
 
But I'm betting that tech isn't feasible for a crazy action game with lots going on.

This story make anyone else think of that SNL sketch with Norm Mcdonald as the sketch artist that drew terroists? Ah back when that show was good.

Seems like a mix of both.

I dunno man, Nathan Drake has some snazzy hair.