So, I’ve been curious about where the inspiration for the beedog enemies in Super Adventure Box came from. The way I see it, there are three main possibilities that I know of:
1) When I first saw them, I immediately thought they must be a reference Geraldo Beedog from The Journalism Show. It’s made by Topher Cantler, who has been affiliated with gaming sites like Destructoid, so maybe one of the devs happened to know about him and this is a nice nod?
http://rockmelonsoda.com/episodes/2) It could be a reference to that episode of The Simpsons…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLCZjw2FXPE3) http://www.beedogs.com/
This is what I found when I did a Google search for “beedogs.” Why does this exist? This frightens me.
Also:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151445441439209&set=a.10151445441349209.1073741826.114036714208&type=1&theaterShe wins extra bonus points for naming her dog Leeloo Dallas Mulitpass.
Anybody got any more information on beedogs?
When I got to ArenaNet, there was a guild that a number of my friends at the company were representing named “Cats Cats Cats Cats [Cats].”
I decided to start an Anti-Cats guild with the tag [Dogs] and I remembered a website from the Golden Age of the internet, beedogs . com. So I made the guild Beedogs Dawt Com to semi-troll my friends. When the novelty began to wear off, I decided to take the joke to its logical, hyperbolic conclusion, and just began to talk about beedogs pretty much non-stop. When I joined the SAB team, they asked for a suggestion for accessorizing their animals, so I naturally suggested that they take their bees and turn them into dogs DRESSED like bees. Jeff Weber, one of our prop artists, obliged, and thus the beedog was born.
I would like to say that, of this list, number 3 most accurately represents the origin story of the beedog, but the Queen Beedog is a reference to the Simpsons.
Also, there is nothing sinister about beedogs . com. It’s a wonderful site dedicated to helping shelter dogs find loving homes, and I deeply respect that. If you are planning on getting a dog, please consider adopting.
Have a Super Adventure Day!
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