# Guns, games, help me out here Dopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 28, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898 "2008-05-28T16:31:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898/1 "2008-05-28T16:31:14Z")

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As a PC gamer, the photo in this article is very familiar to me:

> **[Robot + Super Gun = 'Crowd Control'](https://www.wired.com/2008/05/metal-storm-iro/)**
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> What do you do with a robot armed with a million-round-per-minute gun? "Crowd control," naturally. For several months, Metal Storm, the troubled electronic gun developer, has been working with iRobot — the makers of military machines and cute,...

That font was used in some game, and the Metal Storm logo looks exactly like a game developer’s logo, I just can’t remember which! The poster looks more like a game screenshot than a robot advertisement.

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**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898/2 "2008-05-28T17:16:14Z")

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Well, both [Sierra Entertainment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sierra_Entertainment.svg) and [Electronic Arts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Electronic_Arts_historical_logo.svg) (old logo) have similar, “raster” style of logos.

As for the title, “chrome” look was quite popular in old days, but it sure rings some bells. I’ll do some research. I don’t know why it somehow awoken memories of Psygnosis and Team 17 games… Maybe my subconsciousness is trying to tell me something.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898/3 "2008-05-28T17:29:39Z")

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I think you’re on the right track. Maybe it was Sierra, but I swear I’ve seen that exact logo before.

And the font was definitely used on some game, I want to say it was military themed but sort of arcade-ish.

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898/4 "2008-05-29T15:37:06Z")

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Looks like Full Spectrum Warrior?

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/FullSpectrumWarriorPC.jpg/256px-FullSpectrumWarriorPC.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/FullSpectrumWarriorPC.jpg/256px-FullSpectrumWarriorPC.jpg)

Could also be a variation of the SOCOM-style cover.

[http://www.socomsilentservice.com/socom\_cover.jpg](http://www.socomsilentservice.com/socom_cover.jpg)

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-games-help-me-out-here-dopers/450898/5 "2008-05-29T15:41:21Z")

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No, not familiar with either of those games. I’m thinking something older.