You know in a video game or a movie, how the hero easily grabs a knife from an attacker and subdues that enemy? Well, that’s in video games or movies — fantasy! Real life is different.
Last week, in the chaos around the total meltdown of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios, one line stood out.
Capcom is out of ideas (or at least the willpower) for new Mega Man games. Little Mark here, though, Mark is a fountain of ideas. Not only does he know everything about the Blue Bomber and his games, he knows exactly what he wants from a new Mega Man game.
Sure, you could debate legislative achievements and spheres of influence to determine who history’s greatest leader was. But you could also imagine an old-school video game where Teddy Roosevelt and Josef Stalin — looking a lot like Nintendo’s Mario — face off riding weaponised extinct giant lizards. Artist Jude Buffum has done the latter and we are all richer for it.
Aussie artist Campbell Whyte set out last year on a mission. He wanted to paint a small image every day of the year, each one based on a NES game.
The American ambassador to China has usually been an enigmatic figure to the Chinese people. Sure John Huntsman “speaks” Chinese (he really does just not often in public), and has Chinese daughters, he remained a mystery to the Chinese public during his tenure as ambassador. Gary Locke on the other hand, has captivated the attention of the Chinese internet by doing pretty much the most mundane things.
This is my daughter. Her nickname is Cheeks. I really want her to play video games. Like, I really, really do. One of her favourite things to grab when she wanders around the apartment is an Xbox 360 controller. She holds it the right way most of the time, presses the buttons and looks up at me with a big smile on her face.
