Comments on: Toys: GM Sniper II Previewed

By: SignOfZeta

SignOfZeta — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:59:01 +0000

I’ll wait for the GM Powered.

By: Cacophanus

Cacophanus — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:26:22 +0000

Ages ago, when the original Mac version was announced (before Bungie were bought by Microsoft basically). I remember Shi Ki Wang mentioning it in a magazine.

By: RAC

RAC — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:46:41 +0000

I hadn’t heard there was a GM influence on Halo before- neat! Where was that mentioned?

By: Tollmaster

Tollmaster — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:57:48 +0000

My personal favorite appearance of the GM Sniper II was in Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space on the PlayStation 2, where the GM Sniper II is an absolute monster compared to the lesser GM forms–a lot of the Zeon pilots in Ace Mode end with missions against this mecha, most notably with Johnny Ridden, which is basically an endurance round against Federation forces that explains why even the souped-up Gelgoogs fell during the Battle of Aboa A Qu: they might have been amazing technically, but against the Federation’s quantity-alongside-quality forces, it was a battle of attrition that even the well-known Zeon aces couldn’t win.

By: Tollmaster

Tollmaster — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:48:45 +0000

It’s better to err on the side of caution, I think, when it comes to providing context for the reader. Not everyone is going to have a few decades worth of mechanical mythology memorized, as not even the most diehard of fans can have a perfect memory, and while you can generally assume that a Gundam fan will recognize something from Gundam, it’s also important to remember that all fans have to start somewhere, and instead of alienating them we should provide opportunities for them to catch-up to the rest of us.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:41:38 +0000

I love your guys’ coverage of all things mecha, but with the dizzying array of hyperlinks in each post it’s sometimes hard to distinguish the references from the content.

By: Marc McKenzie

Marc McKenzie — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:13:00 +0000

Looks nice. It was pretty cool to use it in GUNDAM: RISE FROM THE ASHES, but it’s also a good suit to use in the ArtDink Gundam Battle series on the PSP.