Auteurs of the gaming industry
An Editorial about the creative directors of the industry and their influence on the final product
With those individuals mentioned I had a think to some MASSIVE games of the past few years and wondered why I didn’t know any of the names tied to them. Such as the great team at Bioware, they create stellar games yet I imagine them as faceless mannequins’ continually beating keyboards until a game pops out.
The guys and gals at Bethesda as well. Pumping out titles like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout and again I couldn’t name one even if an army of homeless mentalist from the Fallout wastelands threatened to beat me with a rusty length of industrial piping.
There are also some that I have missed out on and props must be given where props are due. So a big shout out to Heavy Rain’s David Cage who in a mark of respect I cut off my own finger while someone held my sandwich hostage. Also Hironbu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy and Mistwalker studios fame. In a mark of respect I have dyed my hair blonde and decided to keep all my rage/pain inside until I cry all the water out of body in a weeping stroke.
Perhaps the shame is on me though. I’m guessing a lot of others out there could name each member of staff, their birthdays and that terrible incident that happened at the lake when they were twelve. For some reason these companies seem like the faceless corporations’ that rule dystopian futures and we have to destroy them in a hail of bullets and fire.
Maybe it’s already happened and we’re in the game right now...I’m gonna go jump out the window and see if I respawn. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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