I do not get it, What is PC gamings mascot?

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#1 Banjo_Kongfooie
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Nintendo has Mario, Link , Mii's and Donkey Kong

Microsoft has Mastercheif, Banjo, Joanna Dark and Avatars

Sony has Kratos, Ratchet, Jak Wanderer and Home characters.

What are the enduring PC game mascots because alot of PC games are multiplats maybe some characters from Blizzard games but any others?

I am not saying PC gaming doesn't have great games, I just do not see many of its characters pop in my head

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#2 Snagal123
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A screenshot of Crysis!

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Nintendo has Mario, Link , Mii's and Donkey Kong

Microsoft has Mastercheif, Banjo, Joanna Dark and Avatars

Sony has Kratos, Ratchet, Jak Wanderer and Home characters.

What are the enduring PC game mascots because alot of PC games are multiplats maybe some characters from Blizzard games but any others?

I am not saying PC gaming doesn't have great games, I just do not see many of its characters pop in my head

Banjo_Kongfooie

PC is non unified

and home characters as mascots?

way more likely its sackboy

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#4 tagyhag
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When I think of PC gaming, I think:

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#5 NerubianWeaver
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Lack of mainstream titles
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#6 Vesica_Prime
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PC gaming does not have a mascot due to the fact that it isn't owned by one company.

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#7 GunSmith1_basic
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that's pretty tough since I guess you can't nominate a game that appeared on a rival plaform (right?). Otherwise I would say duke nukem or maybe gordon freeman. Is there a central character in WoW? How about a Sim?
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#9 millerlight89
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PC gaming does not need mascots, trust me. Basically I see mascots as just characters from rememberal games. PC just has too many of those.
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A screenshot of Crysis!

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With Gabe Newell sitting in the background.:P
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#12 Silverbond
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Why does it need one?

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[QUOTE="Head_of_games"] *picture of gordon freeman* /thread

ding ding ding! we have a winner!
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#14 campzor
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A screenshot of Crysis!

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lol. Umm i'd say gordan freeman
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#15 MonsieurX
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PC gaming does not have a mascot due to the fact that it isn't owned by one company.

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/thread

Head_of_games

Yeah, I was thinking of the crowbar boy. Credits to you.

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#17 LovePotionNo9
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That guy from Half-Life would probably be the closet.
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#19 deactivated-6079d224de716
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Gabe Newell

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#20 jedikevin2
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Gordan Freeman would be the closest though there is no "mascot" for pc gaming. No one company holds the platform.

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#21 kozzy1234
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/thread

Head_of_games

Cosign, didn't Morgan Freeman win against Mario in the most popular videogame character of all time in a contest not long ago?

I would have to say Morgan Freeman is the mascot of pc gaming.

I remember people being so upset over how popular Morgan Freeman from Half Life was around the world

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It's Steamy, the Steam icon!

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#23 kozzy1234
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It's Steamy, the Steam icon!

Cherokee_Jack

Thats a very good one to

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#24 MannyHanny
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I think PC Gaming is too generic to have a mascot
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#25 kozzy1234
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I think PC Gaming is too generic to have a mascotMannyHanny

PC gaming is generic? Are you serious? :?

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#26 Head_of_games
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[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]

/thread

kozzy1234

Cosign, didn't Morgan Freeman win against Mario in the most popular videogame character of all time in a contest not long ago?

I would have to say Morgan Freeman is the mascot of pc gaming.

I remember people being so upset over how popular Morgan Freeman from Half Life was around the world

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#27 Ultizer
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Gordon freeman....

and maybe jim raynor atm

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#28 Danm_999
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I think PC Gaming is too generic to have a mascotMannyHanny
In the video gaming market, not having a mascot for the system is the opposite of generic.
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#29 Arach666
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I think PC Gaming is too generic to have a mascotMannyHanny
The fact that consoles have mascots makes them generic. PC gaming is too big to focus on one or two characters.
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#30 thepoop7
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There is only one company that has a "mascot", and that is Nintendo with Mario.
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#31 ianuilliam
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A while back one of these mascot threads popped up (well, not just one, but anyway) and some folks tried to nominate Snake as a Playstation mascot, which was shot down due to him appearing on non-PS systems. Wouldn't the same be true for Gordan Freeman? I could swear I played a Halflife game on PS3... (well, for about 5 minutes. Just wasn't feeling it. Portal was the only part of the Orange Box I really liked.)

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#32 Raymundo_Manuel
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This guy is the PC mascot

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#33 Ravenchrome
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PC gaming doesn't need one. There is too many defining titles.

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#34 mitu123
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Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

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#35 Mystic-G
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PC gamers don't have character mascots, they have developer mascots.

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#36 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

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#37 Mystic-G
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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

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you can find bald eagles in canada.

You forgot to add... "your point is invalid".
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#38 subrosian
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Gordon Freeman terrifies me. Apparently he's so good at breaking things with a crowbar that they gave him a Ph.D. It's kind of like Indiana Jones... I've never seen him successfully preserve an artifact, he spends most of his time killing the native people, and I'm pretty sure the closest thing he's done to "research" involved shooting someone in the face, but he's still the greatest anthropologist who ever lived.
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Nintendo has Mario, Link , Mii's and Donkey Kong

Microsoft has Mastercheif, Banjo, Joanna Dark and Avatars

Sony has Kratos, Ratchet, Jak Wanderer and Home characters.

What are the enduring PC game mascots because alot of PC games are multiplats maybe some characters from Blizzard games but any others?

I am not saying PC gaming doesn't have great games, I just do not see many of its characters pop in my head

Banjo_Kongfooie

So wait wait wait. Master Chief and those soulless Avatars are enduring characters? KRATOS and the Home drones are enduring characters?

In the public eye there is no such thing as system specific mascots, the major exception being Nintendo's primarily Mario due to their legacy and grown popularity over the decades. If you're implying that it has no identifiable characters associated with its IP to 'gamers'... well I guess you didn't notice the massive 'greatest gaming hero of all time' competition here a while back.

This is about as misguided as a ye olde Wok7 thread.

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#40 juan530
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[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]

/thread

kozzy1234

Cosign, didn't Morgan Freeman win against Mario in the most popular videogame character of all time in a contest not long ago?

I would have to say Morgan Freeman is the mascot of pc gaming.

I remember people being so upset over how popular Morgan Freeman from Half Life was around the world

i think you mean gordan freeman unless your trying to make a funny because this is morgan freeman

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#41 Scoob64
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it doesn't need a mascot. 'PC' gaming isn't owned by one company.

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#42 Ace6301
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Gordon Freeman and the TF2 cast. Both have been on other systems sure...but so has Mario, Master Chief and Link. TF2 especially is amazingly inferior on the consoles compared to the PC. Also everyone loves the TF2 cast. Everyone.
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#43 mitu123
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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

ferret-gamer

you can find bald eagles in canada.

Don't mascots go by characters exclusive to that company/system? Maybe I'm wrong.

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#44 infamousxii
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This guy will always be my PC Mascot

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#45 subrosian
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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="mitu123"]

Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

mitu123

you can find bald eagles in canada.

Don't mascots go by characters exclusive to that company/system? Maybe I'm wrong.

Yeah but the real Steam / Source-engine experience is on PC. LIke, you can Orange Box on consoles all you like, but it's not the same. I don't even know if people still play Team Fortress 2 on consoles. For some reason, the console audience changes FPS games every 6 months. My brother will play World at War still sometimes because he says the only people left are noobs who bought it cheap. He'll run around with the MP40 with extended mags and go 25-0 KD in matches just because people who are left playing have no idea what they're doing.

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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="mitu123"]

Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

mitu123

you can find bald eagles in canada.

Don't mascots go by characters exclusive to that company/system? Maybe I'm wrong.

a mascot is something that represents a group.
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#47 mmwmwmmwmwmm
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PC gaming does not have a mascot due to the fact that it isn't owned by one company.

Vesica_Prime

You'd think the OP would have thought that at some point while he was making this thread...

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#48 infamousxii
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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="mitu123"]

Ha, this thread delivers.

None technically though. Both Half Life games were on consoles too.:P

you can find bald eagles in canada.

Don't mascots go by characters exclusive to that company/system? Maybe I'm wrong.

Halo is on PC or we would have to say that Master Chief is microsofts mascot then it just get stupid. I dont think if a game is on another system it should matter. When people think Half Life they don't think about Xbox or Sony.
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#49 mitu123
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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] you can find bald eagles in canada.infamousxii

Don't mascots go by characters exclusive to that company/system? Maybe I'm wrong.

Halo is on PC or we would have to say that Master Chief is microsofts mascot then it just get stupid. I dont think if a game is on another system it should matter. When people think Half Life they don't think about Xbox or Sony.

Tell that to fanboys.:P

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#50 mitu123
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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] you can find bald eagles in canada.ferret-gamer

Don't mascots go by characters exclusive to that company/system? Maybe I'm wrong.

a mascot is something that represents a group.

Oh well, it would make sense for Gordon Freedom anyways.