Video game characters these days have grown a lot in the past few decades, not just graphically wise but personality as well. It’s pretty easy to see these type of characters walking around down the block from our house. So one thought led to another, and we started wondering what kind of girlfriends they would have.
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Imagine, if you will, two plumbers who happen to be brothers. For whatever reason, these particular plumbers don’t spend a whole lot of time plumbing. Instead, they’re far more likely to be found jumping, often on top of bad guys, with the ultimate goal of saving a princess from a giant evil turtle. While a far-fetched tale at best in any other forum (or, at least, a horrendous feature film), this story is one of the oldest and most beloved of all video games.
However, let’s say hypothetically that our aforementioned evil turtle captures these brothers and tosses them in a steel cage, straight-up Thunderdome style: two plumbers enter, one plumber leaves. When pitted mano-a-mano, mustache-a-mustache, who comes out on top?
Gamer Culture, Sony, Virtual Worlds
Let me tell you of Ico, a hero in his own right. Yet, among video game giants such as Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog and the Master Chief, it is easy to overlook such a small man with a small title role. But every hero deserves for his story to be told, and so, listen to what it must be like to be Ico.
