While playing a hijacking mission in Saint’s Row we encountered this bug. We tried to exit the car and another driver took control before we could properly leave and our character got trapped in the model. Our character could not move and was trapped about 3′ outside the passenger door. While the driver took the car all over Stilwater, our character was impervious to damage.

Saint’s Row is a very special game to Jules and me. On the surface, it’s a terrible game; essentially it is a Grand Theft Auto ripoff with the soul taken out of it. There are some improvements, like setting waypoints and GPS-style navigation, but for the most part it’s not that different. As mentioned before, it’s buggy as hell. (The above video is a response to the original “Buggy Saint’s Row: The Musical” video that’s made its rounds over the last year or so (which you absolutely must watch as it is brilliant.)

The most notable improvement in this game is the ability to create a custom character. The system is almost identical to the one used in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (it probably uses the same engine) which means it is extremely flexible and allows for minute adjustments to the character’s facial structure. Last January when we first got the game Jules made the hideous freak of nature shown in the video. I cannot begin to tell you how ugly this guy is–he is nature’s abomination. And we love him to death. Since we are never made aware of the character’s name, we’ve arbitrarily been calling him Derek (imagine saying the name in the voice of someone who was raised feral who has basically no verbal skills and that’s about the level of intelligibility we have assigned him since the character rarely ever speaks.) It’s amazing how much personality you can assign a character who basically has none. For example, his gang is supposed to be decked out in purple but we’ve dressed him completely in green so he looks like an overgrown leprechaun. No particular reason other than it’s hilarious.

So here is my dedication to this character who has provided us with hours upon hours of mayhem-filled entertainment over the past year: Derek.