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Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

RealSovietBear posted:

Kenji Eno's games are something very special. I have a German copy of D for the PS1 that I still haven't completed. I think his stuff aged poorly but it's still entertaining and quirky.

The book "The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers" has a few interviews with people who worked with him (he sadly passed away before the author began work on the book). One of his early game/application ideas was an email client with an avatar a la Bonzi Buddy, which would be sad/happy depending on your email's contents. Eno said he wanted to make it so that people would try their best to have a happy avatar and be nicer to everyone in their emails (and make the world a happier place). The guy was a Suda51/SWERY before them.

Also, some recommended reading on WARP for those interested (contains spoilers for ENEMY ZERO).

I've never actually looked up footage of Enemy Zero, so I'm really looking forward to this LP.

I have a feeling its probably been brought up before in the SWERY game LPs but its clear SWERY took a lot of inspiration from Eno, seeing is that Kaysen is exactly like Laura in the sense that they're "digital actors" playing entirely different roles in different games.

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 00:06

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Nolan North, Jennifer Hale, Laura Bailey, and Troy Baker battle against the nefarious Steve Blum as Keith David acts as their wise mentor.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 18:43

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

RoeCocoa posted:

Laura looks so put-upon, so done with it all, as though she remembers plant monsters, melting children, and being nagged to bits by the disembodied voices of her parents-- even though those things technically happened to different people in unrelated stories. Her little screen-punching tantrum after Parker's death feels less like "oh no, my friend was just horribly slaughtered," and more like, "why does this always happen to me?"

They didn't happen to different people, Laura has been playing all those roles.

She really wanted to make it big in Hollywood but the best she could ever do was work for some weirdo Japanese guy. It's why she looks and sounds so dead inside. :haw:

# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 23:08

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

The first games SWERY worked on were the two Last Blade games, one of SNK's fighting game series. Last Blade was cool.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 01:25

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

coleman francis posted:

Keep cuddling that canary.

Canaries aren't even blue.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2015 04:39

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

I don't think Kenji Eno really gave this game's plot much thought and just wanted to cram Blade Runner and Alien together because he thought they were cool.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2015 05:31

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

From what I can tell Kenji Eno was kind of like Ed Wood, he couldn't make a good video game to save his life but he had poo poo tons of spirit.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2015 06:20

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Kojiro posted:

What exactly is the benefit of hiding the fact that they're androids? How could that possibly help the mission?

Because Alien.

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 00:06

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

Fwoderwick posted:

Somehow this is the thing that has surprised me the most in this entire LP. What on earth did they do with her personality?

Eno probably stalked her into becoming Laura's VA like he got Michael Nyman to do the soundtrack.

# ¿ Aug 17, 2015 21:26

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