Social Media and Games

Personally, I would love for them to actually get the backing a comic book movie would get. Overwhelmingly, video game movies are still low-budget and straight-to-DVD. Video games are very profitable, and the stories have gotten good enough that I think it’s time that video games get the big budget movie treatment that comic books [...]

My favorite of the ninja characters actually isn’t Scorpion or Sub-Zero; my favorite ninja is Ermac. “We are many; you are but one”.

Some critiques of games I have are the overabundance of Space Marines and the lack of female protagonists. There are tons of space marines, but only a few female heroes.

A game that is classic for me that is probably shared for others is Pokemon. Pokemon Blue, Yellow, Gold/Silver, and Platinum personally stole my life from age 8 to age 13.

For me, my classic games are probably a lot different than others. My classic games are WWF Royal Rumble, TMNT: Turtles in Time, and Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo.

I think a classic game is any game that signifies a landmark period, a game that as soon as you hear the name, the music, or see the game running, you’re transpoted back to the time when you loved it.

Another way to make an antagonist interesting; hide them with the protagonist or even make them one of the hero’s friends. Make it so that the audience cares, then have them oppose the hero.

A good way to gain interest is to take the protagonist and antagonist, and switch their alignment. Take the protagonist and make him evil or malicious; likewise, take the antagonist and make heroic and/or noble.

For an interesting antagonist, you can make them the relatable character. It makes it harder for the audience to pass judgment on them, and also makes it harder for the viewer to root against them. If done right, they can even gain a few fans.

I like to see more games made by tetsuya mizoguchi, the creator of REZ and Child of Eden.

Right now, I’m thoroughly immersed in Steelport City of Saints Row, which I got to after I escaped the City of Arkham in Batman.

One particular desire, which is actually a resolution to a pet peeve, is that I would like for Square Enix to make games that actually look like the opening and closing cinematics. Fortunately, their latest games suggests that they are getting close to this.

KH Days and Birth by Sleep made me sad from the ultra depressing fate of the all characters involved except for the villain. SotC tugged at me just from the ending all around. Valkyria hit me because of the FF-style gut punch. Heavy Rain was emotional for a different reason; several scenes were insane fuel [...]

Another local wave that has passed me over is the Modern Warfare series. It may be uncool, but I just don’t play shooters. I prefer my fights be the way they were meant to be fought: with EWGfists, Hurricane Kicks, Soul Edges, and Fireballs! Interestingly enough, I managed to peer-pressure myself recently: I suggested Payback [...]

More closer to home, my local friends endlessly push Madden on me. While it is fun in social settings, I’m only really engaged in it when others are playing. Other than that, I don’t even consider sports games. I mean, I play games to get away; if I wanted to play sports, I’d go outside [...]

I think games can be more entertaining than movies, because it’s easier to feel connected to the characters. You actively spend time fighting with them, keeping them alive, healing them when they’re sick. They’re basically extensions of ourselves, so when they are in danger, we feel like we are in danger. When they accomplish something, [...]

Dialogue is a part of what gives a character soul. It’s also about their complexity, the different struggles, and how they react to the game’s challenges. The voice actor’s approach and execution of the role also plays a part. A more accurate way of describing would be ‘bringing a character to life’. That’s where I [...]

One thing that makes a protagonist interesting is to give them a near-fatal flaw and have them recognize it. The struggle with that flaw in their character makes them relatability as that’s something that everyone struggles with, and often rooting for them to succeed.

One of the running themes in writing circles is one of the surefire ways to make a compelling story is take a really good character and then torture them (see: Batman, Spider-man, etc.). More specifically, one of the easiest way to get an award is to take a child, put them in the world, and [...]