Thursday, February 2, 2012

JP AND THE MAGIC OF WORDS!

A FEW DAYS ( weeks ) AGO HULK AND CLAYTON WENT TO MAGFEST! AND AS RESULT HULK MET UP WITH J.P. TO LISTEN TO HIS LATEST RAMBLINGS AND MAYBE FINALLY GET THAT LUNCH WE NEVER GOT AT PAX PRIME BECAUSE J.P. IS JUST WAYY TOO FAMOUS!

BETWEEN DELICIOUS BURGERS, HEARING STORIES ABOUT PIXAR, FORGETTING AND FINDING OUT DANIEL HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR YEARS! .... J.P. SAID SOMETHING THAT MADE HULK TWIST AND TURN WHILE CLAYTON HAD THE GULL TO JUST SIT AND STAY QUIET!

"WORDS ARE THE WEAKEST WAY TO TELL A STORY IN GAMES"

- KEEPER OF THE GAMING FIRE,

JAMES PORTNOW

HULK CAN INTERPRET THIS SENTENCE IN A WHOLE MATTER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, EACH OF WHICH HULK COULD SMASH TO HIGH HEAVEN! HULK HOWEVER WILL BE NICE TO J.P. AND JUST ASSUME THAT HE'S MAKING A VERY BROAD STATEMENT THAT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM WRITEN DIALOUGE TO ETCHINGS ON THE WALL! BECAUSE HULK IS JUST HORRIBLY CYNICAL LIKE THAT!

HULK WILL AGREE THAT WITH SAMPLES LIKE " CAN LOVE BLOOM ON THE BATTLEFIELD?" ," YOU THINK YOU DIE AND THATS THAT HMM? YOU DIE AND EVERYTHING IS JUST SUGAR AND RAINBOWS?" , AND THE EVER CLASSIC " ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" THAT THINGS IN THE GAME INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN ALITTLE ABRASIVE IN THE PAST...... TO SAY THE LEAST!

BUT TO ACCUSE WORDS....WORDS! OF BEING THE WEAKEST WAY TO TELL A STORY?!? FOR SHAME ON YOU SIR! IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BASTION! WHICH USED ALL KINDS OF FANCY WORDS TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS WHITE HAIRED KID THAT LOOKS ABOUT 12 (BUT IS SECRETLY 35) IS SLICING THROUGH THE JUNGLE WITHOUT PARENTAL SUPERVISION! WALKING AROUND IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBE AS BLUE RADIACTIVE BIRD ****! AND NOT TOO LONG AGO WE HAD THE GAME " THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU" ( OH WHAT'S THAT? A J.P. FAVORITE YOU SAY?) WHERE EVERYTHING FROM THE GRIFFITI TO THE CHARACTERS MOOD WAS DELICIOUSLY BEING EXPLAINED IN TEXT! WE COULD EVEN READ OTHER PEOPLES MINDS!

BOOM! HULKSMASH!

NOW THAT HULK IS DONE SMASHING PORTNOW FOR NOT USING HIS WORDS EFFICIENTLY ( FOR ONCE). HULK WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WORDS CAN GET BETTER IN THE GAME INDUSTRY!

A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THAT LUNCH , CLAYTON MENTIONED HOW AN ANIME CALLED FATE ZERO HAD SUDDENLY GAINED ALL OF HIS ATTENTION! AND MAYBE EVEN ONE DAY ALL OF HIS MONEY! CLAYTON IS NOT EXACTLY THE BIGGEST FAN OF ANIME, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A GOOD SHOW WILL POP BY AND THEN CLAYTON WILL NEED TO WATCH THE REST OF THE SERIES TO SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOPE! FATE ZERO ON MORE THEN ONE OCCASION HAS STARTED ASKING VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT SELF WORTH, INDIVIDUALISM, PSYCHOLOGY, WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE FAITH, AND CLAYTONS PERSONAL FAVORITE! THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TYRANT AND A KING.

HULK WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A DIALOUGE SAMPLE!

BEFORE HULK GOES INTO SAMPLE HULK SHOULD EXPLAIN SOME THINGS FIRST! SEVERAL OF THE CHARACTERS IN FATE ZERO ARE SITTING DOWN, DISCUSSING THEMSELVES, AND EXPLAINING WHY THEY WANT THE HOLY GRAIL!

ARCHER WANTS IT STRICTLY BECAUSE OF GREED! HE BELIEVES HE IS THE GENESIS OF EVERYTHING GOOD AND BAD THROUGHTOUT THE WORLD! SO BY DEFAULT THE GRAIL BELONGS IN HIS COLLECTION!

RIDER WANTS IT FOR A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE! HE DOESNT FEEL REGRET FOR PAST MISTAKES! AND JOKINGLY ADMITS TO MAYBE DOING EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN! (CLAYTON BLIEVES A SECOND REASON EXISTS THAT THE CREATORS HAVEN'T DELVED INTO YET... PERHAPS SOME PAST GOAL NEVER ACCOMPLISHED)

SABER WANTS TO USE THE GRAIL TO FIND A BETTER CHOICE AS KING! SHE TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADING AND DEFENDING A COUNTRY OVER HER OWN DESIRE AND WISHES! IN A WAY SHE HAS STRONGER HUMANITY THAN WHAT ANYONE COULD EVER POSSIBLY MUSTER! YET AT THE SAME TIME IS MORE BROKEN THEN ANYONE ELSE!

" A KING SHOULD MAKE ANY SACRIFICE TO ENSURE HIS COUNTRY'S PROPSERITY!" - SABER

"NO, THE KING DOES NOT SACRIFICE ANYTHING! IT IS THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE THAT SACRIFICE THEMSELVES FOR THE KING. ABSOLUTELY NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!" - RIDER

"WHAT? THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF A TYRANT!" - SABER

" EXACTLY, WE ARE HEROES BECAUSE WE ARE TYRANTS! HOWEVER SABER, IF A KING REGRETS HIS RULE OR ITS CONCLUSION, THAT KING IS NOTHING BUT A FOOL! WORSE THAN A TYRANT!" - RIDER

" RIDER ( SHE ACTUALLY SAYS ISKANDAR), YOUR REIGN ENDED WITH YOUR HEIRS SLAIN, AND YOUR EMPIRE DISSOLVED INTO THREE PARTS! YOU HAVE NO REGRETS ABOUT HOW IT ENDED?" - SABER

" NONE, IF THE END WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY MY DECISIONS AND THE WAY MY SUBJECTS LIVED, THEN I WILL ACCEPT ITS DESTRUCTION AS INEVITABLE! I SHALL GRIEVE! AND I SHALL WEEP! BUT I'LL NEVER REGRET!" - RIDER

" YOU (ANIME STEREOTYPE)" - SABER

" LET ALONE UNDO IT! SUCH AN ACT WOULD ONLY MOCK ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT WITH ME TO BUILD MY EMPIRE!" - RIDER

THEY KEEP GOING ON FOR A WHILE AFTER THAT... THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION IS ENGROSSINGLY DIFFICULT TO BREAK DOWN INSIDE THIS ARTICLE! FURTHER MORE THEIR IS MUSIC AND SOUNDS BEING CLEVERLY USED TO EMPHASIZE MOMENTS AND HELP THE VIEWER UNDERSTAND WHEN **** IS ABOUT TO GET REAL!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORDS! THE DIALOUGE BEING USED HERE! NOT ONLY DOES EACH PERSON SEEM TO HAVE A VERY DESIGNED OR RATHER DELIVERED SENSE OF SELF WORTH, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO SEE FLAWS! AND THE OTHER CHARACTERS ARE EVEN HELPING TO DISCUSS THESE FLAWS!

FURTHER MORE SABER, HER MASTER, AND SEVERAL CHARACTERS FROM FATE STAY NIGHT LOOK AND ACT LIKE HUMANS... BUT WHAT THEY DO AND SAY MAKES THEM LOOK MORE LIKE AN IDEAL! A GOAL FOR ALL HUMANITY TO SEARCH AFTER, BUT MAY VERY WELL FIND YOURSELF BEING KILLED BY THE END....

HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SEEN SOMETHING THAT DEEP BEING DISCUSSED IN A GAME? HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SEEN A GAME DESIGNER TAKE SUCH A RISK OR CRITIQUE THE WORLD LIKE THIS INSIDE A GAME? THIS DOESN'T JUST HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR, OR A HISTORIC FACTOR... ITS ALSO EXTREMELY TANGENTIAL! EVEN MORE SO THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE ARC WAS A FREAKING BOOK, BUT THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE DISCUSSED ELSERWHERE....

WORDS WHEN BEING THOUGHT OUT CAREFULLY, AT THE SAME KIND OF LEVEL OF FOCUS THAT WE SEE TOWARDS THINGS LIKE GAME CONCEPT AND DESIGN CAN BE OUR STRONGEST TOOL! THE DIALOUGE BEING USED THROUGHOUT FATE ZERO ( ESPECIALLY WHEN BLUE BEARD IS DISCUSSING GOD, OR SOMEONE STARTS USING POEMS TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES) GAVE HULK GOOSEBUMPS!

CLAYTON ORIGINALLY SAID THAT THE JRPG MARKET SHOULD REALLY SIT DOWN WITH THESE GUYS AND HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHATS! HE FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT IF THE JPRG MARKET CAN GRAB EVEN AN AMPULE OF WHAT FATE ZERO IS COOKING , THEN IT WOULD FIX EVERY MAJOR ISSUE GAMERS HAVE SEEN FROM THE MARKET AS OF LATE!

HULK BELIEVES SOMETHING DIFFERENT! .... THE ENTIRE ****** INDUSTRY CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM WHAT THEY ARE COOKING! THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAIL! SHEER OBSESSION WITH PROPER CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! TRANSLATING (IN HOUSE) TO MULTIPLE LANGUAGES! AND PASSION FOR DELIVERING A BELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE!... LOOKS MORE LIKE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE THEATRE THEN IN AN ANIME FROM JAPAN!

IN SHORT... WE SHOULD ALL GO WATCH FATE ZERO, AND DREAM OF GAMES WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE VIVID! ALIVE! AND CHARACTERS LIKE VANILLE ARE SITTING IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE!

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