When we first covered him, bowie knife99 was a name known only by the few who’d survived him. Now, Forza Horizon 6’s (resident) evil AI has evolved from Internet Cryptid to full-blown menace to society, and many brilliant memes have emerged to celebrate its existence.
In case you’re still not aware of who or what bowie knife99 is, we’ve made a pretty good explainer. If you don’t want to bother reading, just know that once you see the name in-game, you should get the hell away, regardless of the apparent safety of your position.
Nearly 30 thousand Twitter users know exactly what they’re talking about.
And it’s not just that it can seemingly fly at you from any position, it can straight up goomba-stomp others into the shadow realm.
Like, this guy really looks like he has superpowers.
Most online games have trolls, so his mere attempts to murder people in a game wouldn’t have rattled many cages, but this is a guy playing Carmageddon in a gameworld as peaceful as the one from The Sims, and worse, he also managed to make who knows how many copies of himself just for the sake of killmaxing. He’s always watching, always hungry.
The community consensus seems to be that you really shouldn’t play the game after you’ve been weakened by your work shift.
bowie knife99’s popularity, or infamy, perhaps, stands to make him as popular as recent online legends like “Let Me Solo Her” from Elden Ring, and that has naturally gotten even the big boys to talk about him.
I tend to immediately reply with “silence brand” meme whenever a corporate Twitter account tries to act funny, but even the official Halo account managed to get a chuckle out of me.
The Resident Evil one, however, not so much.
Still, I like how even the people behind Forza have already accepted that bowie knife99 is an accident you just cannot prevent.
Even Bafta Games has already given a made-up award to bowie knife99 out of straight fear.
Hilarious in its own right, but even more so when you look at it as a dig at FIFA’s somehow very real peace award.
And good news, even though he’s likely everywhere, and capable of striking without warning and from places that seemingly defy gravity, bowie knife99 isn’t entirely unbeatable, as seen by this hero’s recording.
Though chances are that was a one in a million thing, so the best advice here remains to simply avoid this absolute madman at all costs.
You have been warned. Happy driving!
