"I was a Nintendo Legend of Zelda fanatic." That's what James Franco str8^ admits in this article. The American actor, filmmaker, teacher and author claims he was a loser in high school because he stayed home playing video games like the role-playing classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time instead of being out socializing and meeting bitches. This sounds crazy. James Franco doesn't need to be out socializing to get laid. Realistically speaking, this guy could smoke some weed, play some video games and chill, and then randomly call up a girl and be like, "Heeeey. Sup? It's James Franco."
Tom Bissel wrote a book. Apparently he loves video games like he's addicted to coke. I don't really get that. How can this guy be into video games? Besides all the unbelievable sexism, video games offer no emotional appeal to me. I realize this while talking to Chris. We're talking about violence against women as story development for a protagonist male character. She says it's those parts that "hit her in the emotions."
hit you in the emotions ???
She goes onto explain the usage of dramatic cut scenes between gameplay in which emotionally charged events take place. Pictures. Lines. These scenes distinguish from the action sequences where gamers actually control the game to run and gun down bad guys. There's no depth to these murders. Characters aren't crucial unless they affect the story line. "Kill" becomes point. You disassociate these two parts. Like in the movies.
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And I thought about writing it. I miss the immersion I felt as a kid. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. I want to lose my blunted head in a virtual world that differs from my conceptions of reality. But I can't. I can't take that shit seriously. Banjo Kazooie is about a female bear who becomes a damsel in distress. Her fat lazy brother bear finally has an incentive to get out of bed in the morning. Skyrim is ridiculous. Mass Effect is boring. In video games you shoot everything. Consequences are minimal. Suddenly there's an emotionally charged scene in which reality matters and people actually die. Love. I'm super snobby.
Then James Franco writes about how he feels about a book about video games. On Vice. And he's just an hour ahead of me. So I link the article to my friends. One of them says:
interesting but im skeptical 3:56 PM |
motherfucker cant remember the name occarina of time? that shit is classic... 3:57 PM |
interesting though 3:57 PM |
well i wish it was more about tom the addict like it advertised it would be
- Marina
There always seems to be a step ahead of me. It's flawless thinking. Vibrations simply align. Nothing original or exclusive. I send this to Vicari. She freaks a little.
JAMES FRANCO WROTE THIS ???
OH MY GOD
Notice the people I link this to are girls? It's cause I don't play video games.
