Is that a Sex Toy in My Video Game?
I recently wrote about Max Payne 2, a great-looking game that tells the story of a police detective seeking redemption in a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world of wrongful accusations and AK-47s. Just yesterday, I was playing it and made a peculiar discovery.
Max was running from a bunch of gun-toting hoodlums, and runs into a middle-aged woman’s apartment. She looks a bit haggard. I’m just passing through, but I check out the bathroom to see if there are any narcotics kicking around (painkillers are this game’s health boosters). I’m about to leave when I spot something behind the washing machine. It’s long, narrow and a strange flourescent green colour. I may have a dirty mind, but I think its shape is unmistakable. See for yourself–safe-for-work screenshots after the jump.
The game is full of subtle jokes like this. Another one is a series of recurring TV shows that you can hear whenever you pass a TV set. One of them is a satirical take on the game itself–admirably post-modern.

She seems quite unhappy. But, then, there’s just been a shootout in the hallway.

A spacious but unassuming bathroom.

I mean, what else could it be? It sure ain’t shells for the shotgun.

July 30th, 2004 at 1:58 pm
That’s hilarious! If only more programmers took the time to put little things like this into games. It makes it fun to find hidden things like this.
July 30th, 2004 at 6:31 pm
Actually, I’m wondering if it’s a condom, not a thingy dingy. Hence the reason it’s behind the toilet.
July 30th, 2004 at 7:05 pm
It could be a sock.
July 30th, 2004 at 7:11 pm
Who the hell ever heard of a flourescent green sock?
July 30th, 2004 at 7:21 pm
i’ve seen a friend of mine (who’s a raver) wear fluorescent green socks. the knee-high ones are fun to wear, especially in places with a lot of black light activity.
or maybe they’re just really neon green socks. hee.
July 30th, 2004 at 7:24 pm
i also noticed that the lady’s left hand is in between her legs(?). i might as well say this since we’re on the subject of fluorescent green thingy dingies.
July 30th, 2004 at 9:13 pm
who keeps their condoms behind the toilet?
July 30th, 2004 at 9:58 pm
I think a couple has been exploring the erotic benefits of the spin cycle, and that’s a used condom.
July 30th, 2004 at 10:39 pm
Either way, you’re linked from fleshbot. That’s gotta be a first.
July 31st, 2004 at 10:04 am
It isn’t behind the toilet! That is a washing machine!
July 31st, 2004 at 11:53 am
Absolutely right - it is NOT a toilet as I had posted. My bad. I quickly assumed it was a toilet because I didn’t expect a washing machine to be in the bathroom (even though my washing machine is in my bathroom).
Even at that I’m sticking with my condom theory.
July 31st, 2004 at 11:54 am
As a side note, the most interesting thing is the choice of ads that Google has selected for this page. Nice work. Definitely worth $108 - $135 per share.
July 31st, 2004 at 8:50 pm
I agree that it looks more like a condom. A disturbingly stiff condom…
July 31st, 2004 at 10:29 pm
lol
guess i missed that 1 in the game
August 1st, 2004 at 8:57 am
I think it definitly looks like a dildo, look at the squared off bottom on it. That is a pretty funny discovery.
August 1st, 2004 at 3:31 pm
Dildo in Max Payne 2?
Is that a Sex Toy in My Video Game? Darren Barefoot discovers what likes a bright green dildo behind a washing machine in Max Payne 2. Some commenters think it might be a used condom. Others think it might be…
August 2nd, 2004 at 9:54 pm
Did everyone see the NUDE MONA shots from a couple months back at KleffmanStyle? That game is so sweet!! naked mona pics
August 4th, 2004 at 6:56 am
Isnīt i a syringe?
August 4th, 2004 at 9:59 am
It’s a VALKYR SYRINGE, you perverts! The green drug that’s part of the storyline.
August 4th, 2004 at 1:34 pm
It’s a dildo.
August 4th, 2004 at 11:21 pm
condom weared on dildo
July 25th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
the tiles look like there only like 3inchs long and that “thing” only takes up like 1 tile…so it looks like a dildo and is the size of a used condom???
November 10th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
haha excelent if only more games had stuff like this in them haha what is the game called ?
May 5th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
its a dildo you fools :p the big end is a suction cup thingy so it can stick instead of holding it… and they always come in various colors… my grammas has a fluorecent orange one.. how do i know? DONT ASK