KOTOR 2 and others
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It's been a while to leave some trace in this world. I left my job two months ago and have been doing NOTHING besides playing games. Pretty pathetic, huh?
Anyway I have just finished the KOTOR II: TSL (Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords). It's a pretty good game, honest to its prequel, and the story is interesting, at least. I guess that's how a franchise could survive the current era (Blanket bombardment through all entertainment medias: books, movies, games, etc). Despite my enjoyment and completing the game twice, I am deeply dissatisfied with some loose ends and the lack of closure (I am big on closures ;)). Your companions were suddenly irrelevant at the ending, besides some half-hearted individual endings from your last boss. Eeks. It could have so much potential. Yet, there are hopes yet: http://team-gizka.org/. Kudos to what they are doing.
On a related but different note, I have noticed a decidedly lack of romantic content in the game, much less homosexual ones. I think now that the gaming population is aging, the developers can afford to take a more liberal and bold attitude regarding this issue. Especially for open ended RPG, there could be so much potential there, yet there could only be one word to describe the way they have been handling the "relationship in game" issue: skittish. I suppose it is a hard issue to tackle. If you are too bold and direct, you risk offending certain... less... liberal elements in the society, so it pays to play safe, although now playing safe has become something bordering Denial (which is not the river in Egypt, thank you.)
Which only attest to one thing. The conservative elements in the society (the DARKSIDE, so to speak), are still very well at large and powerful. I admit I my dream game would involve a storyline with two male leads having some sort of relationships with each other (nothing shallow, thank you), but I also know very well that any game studio who takes up this challenge will soon be no more. The rich gay population apparently spent too much of their money on fashion and perfume and, god forbid, make-up (which should includes any sort of cleanser). Should they divert 10% of their spending power to the game market, I am sure the rest of us gay game geek (see, ggg, nice short-form) would benefit very much. At the moment, I feel very left out by the gay community (I don't spend money on fashion, perfume and, god forbid, make up), not that I have done anything for them, still, if there is a gay community out there, perhaps they should buy more games and write bitchy flaming complain letters (which they should excel in) to game developers regarding the lack of gay content.
But, enough bitching from me (that's two months worth of angst, how... base), I need to think seriously what to do in the future. A new year is coming and I have NO plan yet. Scary. and I am getting OLDER. Scary.
I am going to write some stuff to squelch the frustration I have been building up playing KOTOR, and you guess right, it's going to be slash galore.
For those of my friends who stumbled across this message, Happy New Year, and may your years to come be as fruitful as your years passed. If we meet again, that will be the fault of the Force. Not that meeting y'all is any kind of fault, y'know. Just, well, more rambling.
It's been a while to leave some trace in this world. I left my job two months ago and have been doing NOTHING besides playing games. Pretty pathetic, huh?
Anyway I have just finished the KOTOR II: TSL (Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords). It's a pretty good game, honest to its prequel, and the story is interesting, at least. I guess that's how a franchise could survive the current era (Blanket bombardment through all entertainment medias: books, movies, games, etc). Despite my enjoyment and completing the game twice, I am deeply dissatisfied with some loose ends and the lack of closure (I am big on closures ;)). Your companions were suddenly irrelevant at the ending, besides some half-hearted individual endings from your last boss. Eeks. It could have so much potential. Yet, there are hopes yet: http://team-gizka.org/. Kudos to what they are doing.
On a related but different note, I have noticed a decidedly lack of romantic content in the game, much less homosexual ones. I think now that the gaming population is aging, the developers can afford to take a more liberal and bold attitude regarding this issue. Especially for open ended RPG, there could be so much potential there, yet there could only be one word to describe the way they have been handling the "relationship in game" issue: skittish. I suppose it is a hard issue to tackle. If you are too bold and direct, you risk offending certain... less... liberal elements in the society, so it pays to play safe, although now playing safe has become something bordering Denial (which is not the river in Egypt, thank you.)
Which only attest to one thing. The conservative elements in the society (the DARKSIDE, so to speak), are still very well at large and powerful. I admit I my dream game would involve a storyline with two male leads having some sort of relationships with each other (nothing shallow, thank you), but I also know very well that any game studio who takes up this challenge will soon be no more. The rich gay population apparently spent too much of their money on fashion and perfume and, god forbid, make-up (which should includes any sort of cleanser). Should they divert 10% of their spending power to the game market, I am sure the rest of us gay game geek (see, ggg, nice short-form) would benefit very much. At the moment, I feel very left out by the gay community (I don't spend money on fashion, perfume and, god forbid, make up), not that I have done anything for them, still, if there is a gay community out there, perhaps they should buy more games and write bitchy flaming complain letters (which they should excel in) to game developers regarding the lack of gay content.
But, enough bitching from me (that's two months worth of angst, how... base), I need to think seriously what to do in the future. A new year is coming and I have NO plan yet. Scary. and I am getting OLDER. Scary.
I am going to write some stuff to squelch the frustration I have been building up playing KOTOR, and you guess right, it's going to be slash galore.
For those of my friends who stumbled across this message, Happy New Year, and may your years to come be as fruitful as your years passed. If we meet again, that will be the fault of the Force. Not that meeting y'all is any kind of fault, y'know. Just, well, more rambling.
posted by Zuraffo at 1:05 AM
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[+/-] show/hide comments to this postwah finally an update!
Happy New Year to you too!
Wow, that's fast! I have moved to the new blogger and it has screwed up my chinese text. >.< They should pay more attention to chinese text compatibility.
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