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I think we as a gaming collective have lost sight of something.
Something very crucial.
Something that brought us to these contraptions to begin with.
Fun.
I love a good bit of writing.
But I think we've established that... Quite thoroughly, I believe. (Idunno, what do you guys think?)
So for a change of pace, here's a game that has extremely little writing. Instead of descriptions, bits of flavourtext and character lingo, the mood of this game is brought about almost entirely through the use of visuals.
So Michael Jackson.
Do you know about him? Heard his songs? Caught a mention of him in someone's conversation?
I feel like gushing on good writing.
I have a distant memory of my older brother and a cousin-of-similar-age-to-my-brother looking through a thick book. It said 'Rulebook' on the front, but had very interesting cover art. The two of them seemed to think it was the coolest thing ever. I asked if I could read it, but of course, being the little brother, I wasn't allowed to. I wasn't cool enough, apparently. (how can someone tell if someone else is cool enough? Is there a unit of measurement...?)
I love it when game developers think creatively.
For example; how the heck would a developer have pitched the concept of a platformer/city building crossbreed game to a publisher? Not only that, but when the devteam has only one game under their belt previously? AND, to release it as one of the first games on a new Nintendo console?
Thanks for everyone's patience up until now! Fortified by our own domain name, and with plenty of buffer articles for time to come, I felt it was time to get this beast rolling officially!
So what does that mean for you?
Let's see here.
I've played and beaten the first Contra.
I've played and beaten Super C.
I've played and beaten all the endings in Contra Hardcorps. (that took a while, lemme tell ya)
I've played the hell out of and BARELY beaten Contra 4.
And then I've played and beaten Contra III about fifty damn times.
I would like to induldge in a little personal history a moment.
See, I've always been a skinny guy. As a toddler, to elementary school, throughout high school, I never had much meat to me.
Oh yes! I was made fun of. Not an enjoyable youth. But let's not get into that. I still thought myself a fast person, able to run quickly and move quickly, but never for very long. Endurance was always my weakness. Years after graduating high school and working in the real world, I was still no better. I tired easily, yet still believed myself as quick.
Ah, the follies of youth.[[cuTofF]]
But then, whilst I was reading a game magazine, I saw it. A small preview article for a game called Mirror's Edge. The screenshots enticed me immediately because it was a first person game, but you could see your legs. The article was favourable, and it stated that a demo for the game was available on the Playstation Network. So it happened, I was visiting a friend that weekend and