| Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 09:34 pm Anthropomorphic Space Odessy |
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So I have begun outlining some video game story lines for our big paper, and naturally I had to begin with Star Fox (my user pic is a retro Star Fox add). Star Fox was always a revolutionary title as far as games go: the "fx" chip in the original boosted game performance, the rumble pack in the 64 version gave life to a controller. These minor tweaks to the game experience changed the dynamics of console video games, improved the game so it seemed more "real", made the experience more involving. Characters would speak to you as you played (Falco snarked, Slippy whined, Peppy taught you to press B to release a bomb), almost as if they were actually other people playing with you. Now the graphics are better than ever, every controller of every system vibrates, and "real" people talk over microphones. But I almost prefer the old days, when Star Wolf (your rival) was brilliantly arrogant, and his remarks were all essentially quips- Oh you're good, but I'm better! - You'll be seeing your dad soon fox! (star fox's dad was shot down, in case you didn't know). Now all you get is the joy of an 8 year old calling you a cunt.
Excuse my language, but that has actually happened to me and pretty accurately displays the loss of innocence in the game world. Have any of you played Star Fox? Have you played video games? I'm interested to see what games girls play versus what games guys play. This post deals with my paper topic, but its essentially informal- let me know your thoughts. My next post (which I'll get to in a few hours) will pretty much be a series of questions, thoughts dealing more with the philosophical underpinnings of my paper. |
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