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Like the 500 million people who downloaded the thing (according to Venture Beat) and its 21 million daily users (according to SurveyMonkey), I am a little bit fascinated by Pokemon GO: the social aspect, the use of augmented reality, and the incentive to get out and wander around new and/or familiar places. It’s kind of amazing to see how many people this little free-to-play game is bringing together through a shared interest, giving folks who might otherwise have trouble socializing an easy ice breaker and an excuse to go meet people.
But one of the most interesting discussion topics that’s arisen from this Pokemon resurgence has been “This is a cool idea, but you know what I’d really love to play? (Something else) GO.”
That “something else” potential grabbed my attention. People in my office were speculating on how you would play Harry Potter GO. People I knew on Facebook were pining over mockups of Fatal Frame GO. An idea for how to make Persona GO viable came to me and still refuses to leave.
It was around this time that I realized just how versatile this GO game template could be for a number of different IPs, franchises, and fandoms beyond Pokemon — how easily a lot of other ideas could plug into this same app and get fans out and about, meeting new people through a shared AR game.
So why not explore that hypothetical rabbit hole a bit further?
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Tags: apps, AR, augmented reality, Fatal Frame GO, Ghostbusters GO, GO games, Harry Potter GO, Legend of Zelda GO, Persona GO, Pokemon, Pokemon GO, thoughts, video games
Posted in Off The Shelf: Media & Miscellany, Video Games |
Ever notice how in any movie, show, or game with singing, if the villain gets a song, it’s the best one on the soundtrack? Makes sense; everyone knows villains are more interesting than heroes, which means so are their tastes in music.
Know what else makes sense? Combining all the best villain songs into one evil, awesome soundtrack. Putting this album together has been a project I’ve been meaning to get to for a while now. And since it’s almost Halloween, I figured I’d also share it here so others can go out and do likewise.
So partly in the spirit of the holiday, and partly because it’s just a good idea anytime of the year, here’s my Ultimate (So Far) Villain Song Soundtrack. I reserve the right to come back and add to it as new villains with new musical accompaniment arise in the stuff I watch and play.
Read on. Mwaha. Mwahahahaha.
Tags: halloween, music, playlist, songs, soundtrack, villains
Posted in Off The Shelf: Media & Miscellany, TV and Movies, Video Games |
Some of my all-time favorite video games are in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series, which I was introduced to by the excellent Persona 3. Since then, I’ve had a huge blast following the games’ casts of colorful and interesting characters while also discovering just how many demons and mythic figures I can find swimming around in my own head. This massive plethora of personas to discover and collect is obviously a huge reason why these games are so fun – in this respect, Persona is like a darker, more mythical Pokemon, only with legendary heroes and gods instead of a hundred different types of rodent and bird.
With so many different personas on display, though, it stands to reason that some will stand out more than others. Picking just one or two that are better than all others is impossible, as is picking just a single favorite. So instead, I’ve decided to narrow down the roster to just my top 10 favorite personas, explaining how and why I find them so appealing.
Read on to the truth
Tags: Faust, ItsSuperEffective, P3, P3 FES, P4, Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, Top 10
Posted in Off The Shelf: Media & Miscellany, Video Games |
