Looks like I’ve fallen behind in the housekeeping just a little - I was out of town most of last week, and while there were a few articles that hit various sites around the place, a lack of computer access prevented them from poping up here. So let’s fix that:
Firstly there was an interview with Mario Gerosa on GameSetWatch. Mario is the author of the Convention for the Protection of Virtual Architectural Heritage, which is basically a call to arms for people to start thinkng about the virtual architecture found in MMOs and other games as important, both visually and culturally. It’s pretty cool work, and he’s right on the money too - the user created content of MMos, in particular, is massively important as an art form. He’ll certainly be one to keep an eye on, that’s for sure.
While I’m talking about the GameSetInterview column, let me send a huge shout-out to GSW editor Simon Carless - his kind words regarding my “excellent work recently” on the site, and the fact that my “interviews do rawk insanely” make doing this kind of thing a pleasure. And make me all misty eyed.
Ahem.
Next up was the second part of the Wii rumour collection on GWN. I’ll be keeping that updated too, which should be a bit of fun. For those keeping score, yes, I was actually credited with writing this one. And I notice it made it to Joystiq, via Nintendo Wii Fanboy, thanks to the suggestion of Little Mathletics buddy Matt Hestill. That’s funny for at least one reason.
Appearing somewhat late was the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology review up on DB Magazine’s site. I liked the game, but Goddamn am I shit at fighting games. It’s an interesting position to find yourself in, reviewing a game that you know you should like, and being capable of seeing the quality in it, but just being so unbearably shit that the game frustrates the living Hell out of you.
Last, but far from least, is this 5,000 word monster history on The Legend of Zelda series for newcomers Wii Europe. There’s a few bugs being ironed out of the site, but it looks like it could turn out to be a lot of fun. By the sound of things, I’ll be pumping out a few more history articles of the same ilk over the next few weeks, possibly with Metroid or Mairo coming next. It’s kinda funny being asked to spend all day reading about Nintendo on Wikipedia.