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Published | Akira: the anime full of anti-nuclear imageryI go to a lot of conventions and I see so much Akira merchandise. Eventually I had to re-watch the anime because I hadn't seen it since I was a small child. Without watching super analytically, I noticed a lot of anti-war imagery. While this may not be a surprise, I feel that we may be glossing over some deep messages hidden within rhetoric and symbolism. It deserves a deep analysis.
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Cinematic Games: Video Games and the Shadow of Cinema | |
Fantastic article. For me, my passion for Dark Souls made me see the lesson of failure as the cliche “try, try and try again.” I think it is a good teacher of accepting failure but a bad one at teaching adaptation. If you bang your head against the wall, you’ll eventually succeed as all monsters have predictable patterns. There should be a small element of change each time you visit the bonfire to teach players how to adapt to a difficult situation. | How Dark Souls Teaches Us to Accept Failure |
I always prefer sub. I feel that dub is an example of cultural appropriation. If the content was made in a non-English speaking majority country then the anime should be in native tongue. However, I feel that dub is good for small children who haven’t developed advanced reading skills yet. | Are you a Sub or a Dub? |
I always felt that video games are art, however I hate it when video games are tooooo cinematic.
Life is Strange, Walking Dead and other cinematic games do not entertain me. I like a nice balance between gameplay and story.
Best example I can give is the Metal Gear series. Yes, 4 does have a long cut scene, but there is enough gameplay in between that it feels like a nice reward. Like, man, I finally made it! That type of feeling.