#Dopefish lives

[nocontexteastereggs]

Empire of Sin (2020)

[cowboy-in-training]

dopefish lives!

[eromancery]

You know what? We'll say it:

It's always cool to find the dopefish in a video game

It's a remnant of the era where a DOS game could be made by a few guys fucking around, making goofy little platformers

Commander Keen IV came out in 1991. It has been over thirty years since Tom Hall decided to make the second-dumbest creature in the universe. It has seen the rise of PC gaming, the transition from 2d to fake 3d to true 3d, more versions of windows than we can bother to look up, the internet becoming not just mainstream but everpresent in our lives. Video games have become a multi-billion dollar industry.

And despite everything, people love to put this goofy motherfucker in their games.

The dopefish lives.

[ponett]

i played through alan wake for the first time. here are some things i loved along the way:

the literal first words spoken in the game being "stephen king once wrote..." as alan tries to gas himself up as a writer

alan only being able to jog for a little while before getting tuckered out because you're playing as a novelist

alan feeling the need to point out an extremely obvious The Shining reference in his narration

you put the lime in the coconut

all of the random shit the taken say, but in particular stucky going on about his hot dog rankings

looking at the novels on alan's shelf and realizing how fucking huge he made his name compared to the actual book titles

all the episodes of night springs, but in particular "the quantum suicide" and "absence of creativity" ("Is that too moronic, indeed? Who can tell? It's a fine line between the stupid and the sublime... in Night Springs.")

barry's puffy red jacket being the brightest, most saturated color present in any scene he's in

agent nightingale being a direct inversion of cooper from twin peaks, who HATES small pacific northwest towns, AND having to work with their sheriff's departments, AND their coffee, AND their trees!!

the never-ending list of author names nightingale will call alan

the evil bulldozer that tries to kill you, foreshadowed earlier by the manuscript page "Wake Attacked by a Bulldozer"

one of the patients at the lodge being a game dev and hartman going "he works on... video games. it's trash, of course. but it does involve some small creative effort"

when you're talking to the old gods of asgard at the lodge and tor is routinely smacking the table with his squeaky hammer the entire time

alan and barry driving with the cardboard cutout of alan in the back seat

the rock concert segment

alan jumping like this

the dopefish poster upstairs in the bookstore

the camera panning over during the live action talk show bit to reveal that the other guest sitting next to alan is sam lake himself, who does the max payne face when prompted by the host

the fact that this game has driving segments and you can do donuts and drift into enemies

and, of course... the energizer and verizon product placement

great game

[thatpointything]

A concept for a secret boss in Sincere Deceit. Currently one of three, but there might be more.

Dopefish is a secret boss that is only encountered in Red Side Zone 1 if you activate the Dopefish easter egg there. If you enter the building Dopefish is located in, which is only accessible via hidden pedalo, you will enter a long hallway with a door at the end. Through the door is an indoor lake of sorts with a broken wall in front of it and a pedalo at its shore. The wall itself is scrawled with the word 'hungry' several times. You will find a circle near this wall. Step on it, and several platforms will rise out of the meat arranged to spell the phrase "DOPEFISH LIVES!!!". If you try to leave at this point, the door will have locked itself. At this point, if you get into the pedalo and approach the risen platforms, the heavily corrupted Dopefish will rise out of the meat and attack.

At this point, Dopefish is noticeably larger than last you saw it. Its scales have changed to a sickly green color. It is missing an eye, and the one eye it does have is one that was spawned by the corruption. Its mouth is forced open by a cluster of corruption tentacles, and one of its signature buck teeth is missing. It has a total of 15,000 health and 3,000 competence points. It is weak to smoke and Add-On attacks. Once defeated, the corrupted Dopefish will make a loud bellowing sound before keeling over dead. Its death has no effect on the game's storyline.

Dopefish's competences all relate to fishing and fishing terminology.

Trawling- Physical attack of great impact on whole team. May cause Asleep.

Lipless Crankbait- Physical attack. May cause Furious.

Poor Man’s Downrigger- Physical attack of great impact. May cause Burning.

Breaking Strength- Non-damaging physical attack on whole team that gives you an attack debuff.

Fly Fishing- Physical attack of spectacular impact on whole team. May cause Lethargy.

Bycatch- Physical attack of disastrous impact on whole team. Only used if Dopefish has below 30% health. May cause Palsy. Is not used in hardmode.

[thathomestar]

Are you just doing visual apperances or are you also doing references to him - because don't forget in Duke Nukem 3D, the Abyss has the easter egg graffiti "DOPEFISH LIVES!" just before the ship in the giant-ass pit.

i say references count as well, and duke 3d will have it's own section about the cut dopefish reference

[almightyrayzilla]

Inktober 17.20 - Deep; Dopefish

[roysquadrocks]

Dopefish has lived again!

[fazplays]

DOPEFISH LIVES!

[wjbminecraft]

The Dopefish Lives!

Honestly I'm kinda surprised there isn't a Dopefish reference in Minecraft, like of all the Commander Keen references they could have made they went with SGA instead of what is probably the most-referenced videogame thing ever, like did you know there's a Dopefish cameo in OFF of all games? back on topic, they should have put "the Dopefish lives!" as a splash or something. That would also be a double reference to Quake I. Also I would do a version based on the cursed Doom Eternal model but I've got better things to do.

[infinitebrians]

dopefish lives!!!!!!!!!!

[digirainebow]

i remember when my ex just decided he had a catchphrase. and it was "dopefish." he would use it at the end of like every text. there is a message bubble with the sentence "That's dopefish, hun." burned into my memory. scarred me for life. i have never hated anyone more in any period of time as long as i have lived. i legitimately almost broke up with him for that alone. i would shake with rage every time i saw that accursed phrase and i would have killed to make it stop. unfortunately he got over it otherwise i might have just snapped and crushed his head like a soda can

[marygoround0492]

Favorite things about DOOM Eternal that I missed first playthrough

Note: I may repeat myself because I wrote the original over a year ago

When he kills the first hell priest and then STRAIGHTENS HIS CROWN

The giant bells that rings when you punch it

Is that a jaeger? Like from Pacific rim I’m going to name them

"Whatcha sellen"

Modern art paintings

Despite a demonic invasion, there are still electric billboards operating and greenery growing...how?

Demonic public transportation system

The OG murder strut around the Hell Priests

Khan Maykr is that frustrated mom whose kid is going through a rebel phase

The Flame Belch

Ghost king...?

Doomguy, the only being who can silently communicate...aggressively

Death glare

Sentinel combat suit on the horizon

Omg that one demon does a "Hulk smash" move...a Hell Knight

Giant Sentinal sword being used as a slide

Ah, the Betrayer aka Valen!

Betrayer asks for a favor and we all know Doomguy is a lowkey softie

Demon prison on the Fortress of Doom...set to BFG Division...

VEGA must have a demon capturing side hustle...to fill the prison

the Sentinels have a serious Japanese traditions vibe (that is a very poor and very brief summation)

ARC be like “yeah he cool cause he slay demons...excuse me...the mortally challenged, but uh we don’t know if he cool with us”

Dopefish

Dopefish giving out extra lives

Hell Priest 2: can you survive the cursed citadel?

Doomguy: bitch do you know who I am?

This whole game is just one giant obstacle course with a side of minecraft

Turns out the minecraft portion is useful

Hell Priest: protect me cultists

Cultists: do absolutely nothing

Doomguy: kills cultists

Mind control

Tfw the demons just hand you your weapon

Take a train to the Terrordome is the single most awesome mission title ever

High stakes train shootout

The Hell Priest is a Warhammer 40k fan

Hell Priest 2: we created this creature specifically to hunt you

Doomguy: child's play

Hell Priest 2 was all tough talk until the Slayer was about to chop his head off

Whoop, frustrated mom figure is trying to go through rebel son's room. Good thing he has a VEGA

We are at the Super Gore nest which is in my original

Go check it out!

[dont-pray-for-my-sins]

Dopefish Lives!

[random-encounterer]

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How many dopefish have you seen lately?

[lazorcrab]

Dopefish lives (but at what cost?)