Anybody else like arachnids?

[LemmingofGlory]

P.S. Despite what people say, size is no indication of toxicity in scorpions. The rule here is: The larger the pincers, the better the fighter. The larger the tail, the better the assassin. So if you see a small scorp with huge claws your safe. If you see a big scorpion with tiny pincers run away:). The most toxic scorpion know to man is Androctonus australis, the Yellow Fat Tail scorpion. Number two is Leiurus quinquestriatus, the Deathstalker.

This convention is quite well ignored in Deadly Creatures, an interesting (if short) game that gives the player control of a tarantula and a scorpion, where the scorpion balances its use of claws and tail in beat-'em-up gameplay. But then the game doesn't strive for much realism with respect to the animal behavior (e.g., spiders attack in packs). It's very good at presenting a world at the ground's-eye-view perspective, and for some reason it includes a storyline involving Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob Thornton. Nobody plays the game for the story. You play it to be a goddamn spider. Or scorpion. But even with the unnecessary addition of a storyline, Deadly Creatures remains less strange than either Bad Mojo or Mr. Mosquito.

-Lem