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Saint’s Row 4: The most sincere dumb game ever made
Saint's Row finally (FINALLY) unlocked on Friday for those of us in Europe. I beat it by Sunday. It's awesome. If you enjoyed the wanton crazy of Saint's Row the Third, this is more and bigger. Since I've spent a lot of time talking about writing in games, and also comedy writing (in multiple mediums), I thought I would chime in about the Third Street Saints. Saint's Row 4 gets the Ghostbusters Test A couple of weeks ago I said Ghostbusters was a successful movie because: 1. It creates a world you want to be a part of 2. The comedy serves the world, [...]
Elysium and That One Plot Hole
Man, I love Neill Blomkamp. I am so, so happy he is making movies. Amongst my reasons: when I was working on Companion eight years ago, I imagined a reveal when the characters burst out into the daylight, where the camera flies back to reveal that they are on one roof of a massive grown-together structure that used to be separate skyscrapers. I was delighted to see a *good* version of what I tried to do in the movie, as an establishing shot. Mister Blomkamp does this sort of stuff all the time, and it makes me super happy to see a visual similar [...]
The Reasons why Ghostbusters is Popular
Bill Murray! Post done. Wait, wait. If it's Bill Murray, why are we worshipping Ghostbusters and not Space Jam? I have a two simple theories about maintaining longevity with popular entertainment. This theory encompasses a number of shows, movies and books. That list includes a lot of my favorite entertainment, like Ender's Game, Fight Club, and Adventure Time. First Theory: People want to be Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters is a great property for lots of reasons - it's an entertaining movie, with nerdy mythology and action and likable characters. It's really funny. There are great special effects. All of this also contributes to the high regard the [...]