Hey, you know what makes me angry?<\/p>\n
When I can\u2019t come up with a title for a new blog thing I\u2019mma do.<\/p>\n
So, here\u2019s what\u2019s gonna happen\u2026 Most of the time I\u2019ll do the review type things, you know because all the fans are clamouring for it and whatever, but sometimes I\u2019ll talk about something that really metaphorically grinds my hypothetical gears and maybe I can get the other members of the Bacon Strip Empire to contribute to this website and possibly create some more web traffic\u2026 I\u2019m looking at you, [Unspecified member(s) of BSE] Assuming we can get more popularity by doing this.<\/p>\n
So, I\u2019m going to talk about something that drives me, crazy. And that would be cars, you crazy guy.<\/p>\n
So, I\u2019m going to talk about something that drives me crazy. And that would be America. (See? Grammar matters.)<\/p>\n
Yeah, America.<\/p>\n
Hey, I got no problem with America, I know some cool cats that come from there and I\u2019ve been there myself. It\u2019s nice enough, so long as you stay out of Miami. I\u2019m not going to talk about why America is stupid, I\u2019m just going to talk about why I\u2019m done with America as a setting in video games and movies and stuff.<\/p>\n
Actually. Probably just in games. That\u2019s where my expertise lies.<\/p>\n
See, the problem with using America as a setting is that there are only a handful of noteworthy cities in America that you can set something in. Or you can just make up a city. But chances are the made up city is in America\u2026 Like Willamette, although that\u2019s probably a real city. Ok, Silent Hill? That\u2019s a fake American city right? I\u2019m not good at examples.<\/p>\n
See, it goes like this, a heap of games that take place in modern times take place in America. I enjoy Dead Island because I get to see a tropical environment. I live in Canada, so I kind of know what America looks like. I want to play a game that sends me to someplace I\u2019ve never been. Which is why Mass Effect has big appeal for this guy. You get to go to a heap of different planets that all look different and have had a lot of time put into them. Maybe. I also enjoy fantasy games because there\u2019s a ninety percent chance you won\u2019t find Cloud walking around New York any time soon\u2026 But I don\u2019t like Final Fantasy. That\u2019s a whole other thing, though.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not saying that we should do away with America. I\u2019m just saying that maybe tone it back. Or set it in a different time period. Assassin\u2019s Creed 3 was pretty rad, and that game was all about the Americas. Fallout 3, which took place in alternate reality America, was really interesting, despite having some of the most patriotic characters since the\u2026 Patriots\u2026<\/p>\n
America isn\u2019t a bad place to set your games. But it\u2019s just getting boring. Maybe if it\u2019s done right then America would stop being boring.<\/p>\n
What do you think about the greatest place on Earth? How do you feel about Gods last refuge for man-kind? Why don\u2019t you just go ahead and tell me in the comments.<\/p>\n
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