PixlBit

For me, that game would have to be Resident Evil, on the PSONE.  Sure, my family had a couple games including Philosoma and Battle Arena Toshinden, and while Toshinden was definitely a leap above graphically, it was the game play of Resident Evil, and the cinematic nature of it, that kind of swallowed me into the next generation.  

My question today is for the graphics whores inside us, but not for what a lot of people consider "good" graphics. I'm talking about games that are nontraditional, expressionistic, cartoon-like, or otherwise non-realistic in their graphical design.  

Yup, I did it. And I'm already sucked in, even though I didn't finish the first game. It felt so damn good to be back in these games though, I had no idea how much I missed it. I quit playing the first one on my PSP, and never picked it up again cause I got the Vita. 

Great art is personal, rather than universal. We find the things that relate to ourselves and cultivate them. When I think back on the transformative experiences I've had with art, I find myself terribly alone. But I should not feel alone: there is a connection between myself and the artist that is the purpose of all art.  I might not have experienced what he or she intentioned, but I was still touched.  And that matters.  I've had more than a few sublime experiences with video games, and I think back to taking my first steps into Hyrule Field, or flying through the air as Knuckles in Sonic Adventure, or getting off the train in Half-Life 2. Games have provided me with some wonderful moments -- in the past.  

Games have taken us to some pretty amazing places: the distant future, the distant past, far off into space, far into fantasy worlds, to amazing places of the present, and to amazing places that will never exist outside the realms of our imaginations. But is there a place you want to go that video games have yet to represent?

So. I was wondering. If you could resurrect one game series from the dead, what would it be?  I thought about this one for a long time. There's a bunch of series there haven't been sequels, great games that just kind of faded into history for one reason or another. Crash Bandicoot, Project Gotham Racing, Faxanadu (), the list goes on.  

I know some of you might say Xenoblade, or Dark Souls 3, or Fallout 4, but for me it's simple: the new Zelda. I couldn't really play Skyward Sword because of the motion controls, so it's been a while since I've had a deep Zelda experience, and this one looks awesome.  Whether it's for the Wii U or the new NX, I'll be there, and I'll play the fuck out of it. 

I'm going to cheat on this one -- my favorite video game movie is Tron. It's not an adaptation, but it's a video game movie, I think.  I saw it in a drive-in when I was a kid... I don't think when it first came out, but later. I really remember the color of it, and then when I was young I would watch it on TV and VHS over and over.  That kind of view of "computer land", informed me a lot, even if it is not realistic.  Growing up with DOS computers and even more basic technology, it was the promise of the future.