Video Game Fridays

Video games are one of mankind’s newest story telling phenomenon, having only been around a few decades. Most other forms of media have had much more time to develop and be seen by the general audience. Still, video games do play a big part in our society in that they can educate and entertain a very wide general audience.

Now of course over time the story and characters in video games have evolved, but many people didn’t regard them as important as the gameplay. With movies, books, and other types of media, the characters have to shine since they are who we are focusing on. In games, there are other factors such as the gameplay that take precedent.

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This and the social stigma against gaming have rather disvalued actually interesting and engaging characters, such as video game antagonists. Videos such as the Nostalgia Critic have popped up on games, although I very much disagree with the outlook.

Video games are in fact a form of art and should be treated as such. We are and have seen a number of games with engaging characters and storylines over the years. Amongst them are the ever defining video game antagonists. The medium has changed and many people have caught on that we do sorely need good antagonists in video games in order to enjoy ourselves. As such, they fall under the same writing techniques we use for other mediums.

So as well as recurring cartoon antagonists, every Friday I shall write a blog detailing a recurring video game antagonist in order to expand this blog and to give credit where credit is due. Many people owe a bit of thanks to video games for their enjoyment and so have I.