Dead Or Alive Hackers Get Creative

Thanks to the Gaming Age forum regulars for pointing out that skin mods to the in-game characters in Dead Or Alive 3 for Xbox are getting ever-more complex, thanks to sites like Ninjahacker.net, who are going far beyond basics such as the DoA Xtreme Volleyball nude patch and developing completely new character skins for its sister fighting-game title, such as Zack as Darth Maul and Christie as Storm from the X-Men movie. These very unofficial hacks only work with an Xbox that's been modified in software/hardware, however.

Comments

Say...

[Anonymous Coward]

...I wonder if there's a nude patch for Darth Maul (yikes).

Re:Say...

[Synic]

You just want to see how big his Schwartz is.

Re:Do you have an unmodded X-box ?

[Babbster]

I have an unmodded Xbox. You see, I already have machines that can run Linux, DivX movies and pirated software. They even have x86 cores, just like the Xbox!

From one techie to others

[Syncdata]

Thanks for making the jobs of the phone support reps that much less pleasant.
I should explain, I worked in maxis tech support. Between callers asking where to get the nude patch (i'm sorry, that's unsupported 3rd party software), and irate parents asking what the hell was wrong with Maxis for releasing a game with nudity (no ma'am, it wasn't us, it was teh HaXX0r5), an already unfulfilling job was made that much worse.
I applaud the injenuity, but wonder if the time couldn't be better spent coding something worthwhile while downloading porn from KaZaa. At the very least, please invent a 3d display, so we at /. can continue to make VR boobie jokes.

Re:From one techie to others

[whorfin]

Wired explains it all for you.

Seems the programmer who made the character editor was gay, and somewhat miffed that the artists using it were making hot bimbos, but no gay muscle boys, so he added some, and got fired for it once Will Wright discovered it.