Comments on: So You Want to be a Hero: Have Gun. Save World? http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/ in search of the poetic and lyrical in video games Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: chris http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2722 chris Thu, 22 May 2008 14:09:43 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2722 Simon - eep! How embarassing. Guess I need to proofread a little more carefully before I publish next time! Fixed. Thanks for the readthrough :) Simon - eep! How embarassing. Guess I need to proofread a little more carefully before I publish next time! Fixed. Thanks for the readthrough :)

]]> By: Simon Love http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2717 Simon Love Wed, 21 May 2008 18:11:24 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2717 Just thought I'd mention that Half-life's protagonist is not named Norman Freeman, but Doctor Gordon Freeman. :) Nice read nonetheless! Just thought I’d mention that Half-life’s protagonist is not named Norman Freeman, but Doctor Gordon Freeman. :)

Nice read nonetheless!

]]> By: chris http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2711 chris Tue, 20 May 2008 18:00:16 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2711 @Corvus - The CD-ROM version of the game is the most superior release I think... the soundtrack is truly fantastic and atmospheric. Jeez, I'm almost regretting not writing a full article on this game. I think it's one of the biggest "must-play" adventures of the 90's. @Max - Absolutely. I've added a bigger spoiler alert in the article in case people want to play the game first. Thanks! @Corvus - The CD-ROM version of the game is the most superior release I think… the soundtrack is truly fantastic and atmospheric. Jeez, I’m almost regretting not writing a full article on this game. I think it’s one of the biggest “must-play” adventures of the 90’s.

@Max - Absolutely. I’ve added a bigger spoiler alert in the article in case people want to play the game first. Thanks!

]]> By: Corvus http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2710 Corvus Tue, 20 May 2008 17:52:58 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2710 @Chris It's another game I'll be mentioning, but I think it might be time to find a copy of Dreamweb as well. I bought Dreamweb on a whim shortly it after it came out and played it a couple of years later. I was amazed at the time that I'd let it moulder so long. @Chris It’s another game I’ll be mentioning, but I think it might be time to find a copy of Dreamweb as well. I bought Dreamweb on a whim shortly it after it came out and played it a couple of years later. I was amazed at the time that I’d let it moulder so long.

]]> By: Max Battcher http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2708 Max Battcher Tue, 20 May 2008 16:27:52 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2708 The problem with spoilers is that sometimes you miss interesting things along the journey. (Or Journey in this case, excuse the word play.) I try to at least warn before I spoil. The problem with spoilers is that sometimes you miss interesting things along the journey. (Or Journey in this case, excuse the word play.) I try to at least warn before I spoil.

]]> By: chris http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2706 chris Tue, 20 May 2008 14:41:59 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2706 @ Corvus - can't wait to see your treatment of Dreamweb. You're one of maybe 3 people I know that has actually played this gem! @ Max - Wow, strange coincidence. I really considered writing about April, because as you said, she's got a very developed innerness. Several years ago I got through 3/4 of the game and never finished it - now I <i>have</i> to finish it! My girlfriend just happens to be playing it right now ... she just got past the part I was stuck at years ago. I can't wait to see how the story unfolds from here - I had no idea the story fell together like that at the end. Spoilers are welcome - they really don't ruin anything for me because I think that if knowing the ending of the story ruins it, it probably wasn't a very good story anyway :) @ Corvus - can’t wait to see your treatment of Dreamweb. You’re one of maybe 3 people I know that has actually played this gem!

@ Max -
Wow, strange coincidence. I really considered writing about April, because as you said, she’s got a very developed innerness. Several years ago I got through 3/4 of the game and never finished it - now I have to finish it! My girlfriend just happens to be playing it right now … she just got past the part I was stuck at years ago. I can’t wait to see how the story unfolds from here - I had no idea the story fell together like that at the end. Spoilers are welcome - they really don’t ruin anything for me because I think that if knowing the ending of the story ruins it, it probably wasn’t a very good story anyway :)

]]> By: Max Battcher http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2705 Max Battcher Tue, 20 May 2008 14:29:41 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2705 HUGE FREAKING SPOILER ALERT THING It's funny that you mention April Ryan because I almost used her in my own post, but didn't because I felt I would spoil a good 40 hour game... I would say that April Ryan is very much a non-traditional heroine. She seems traditional, at first, but her diary over the course of the game fills with her worries and inner monologue. At the end her entire perspective on the world is twisted and bent. She starts to realize how much damage she has caused, primarily because she listened to the folklore of others and followed blindly the "orders" she was given. In the sequel she's war shocked and understandably bitter... The linked Wikipedia page is spoiler-tastic, but has a pretty good Character Development section. HUGE FREAKING SPOILER ALERT THING

It’s funny that you mention April Ryan because I almost used her in my own post, but didn’t because I felt I would spoil a good 40 hour game… I would say that April Ryan is very much a non-traditional heroine. She seems traditional, at first, but her diary over the course of the game fills with her worries and inner monologue. At the end her entire perspective on the world is twisted and bent. She starts to realize how much damage she has caused, primarily because she listened to the folklore of others and followed blindly the “orders” she was given. In the sequel she’s war shocked and understandably bitter… The linked Wikipedia page is spoiler-tastic, but has a pretty good Character Development section.

]]> By: May ‘08 Round Table - Updated 05/20 : Man Bytes Blog http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2703 May ‘08 Round Table - Updated 05/20 : Man Bytes Blog Tue, 20 May 2008 10:33:22 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2703 [...] Chris the Artful Gamer joins in with a discussion of game heroes. It would seem the flaw he’s discussing is the flawlessness of the typical hero in So You Want to be a Hero: Have Gun. Save World? [...] [...] Chris the Artful Gamer joins in with a discussion of game heroes. It would seem the flaw he’s discussing is the flawlessness of the typical hero in So You Want to be a Hero: Have Gun. Save World? [...]

]]> By: Corvus http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/05/20/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-have-gun-save-world/#comment-2702 Corvus Tue, 20 May 2008 10:30:06 +0000 http://www.artfulgamer.com/?p=146#comment-2702 Awesome post, Chris. I hadn't thought about Dreamweb in ages. In fact, your mention of it reminds me of another game to add to my Round Table submission later in the week! Awesome post, Chris. I hadn’t thought about Dreamweb in ages. In fact, your mention of it reminds me of another game to add to my Round Table submission later in the week!

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