#clock talk

I hadn’t but now I have!! 

Boy is it wild how different it is to draw now that it’s short! 

I would like to say, I have a few ideas for Andor Clock Talks, but they are on the backburner for the moment. All the theories I have are simple ones like “Maarva’s gonna die” and I don’t wanna praise the success of Andor until I see the Season 1 finale. And it’s kinda been changing my perspective on Star Wars quite a bit, so by extension every Star Wars Clock Talk I have is kinda halted for the moment.

So today I will discuss a plight that many gamers know and hate! Video game movie adaptations. Following the success of Riot’s Arcane and Paramount’s Sonic, it seems like everyone wants to get on-board the hype train. Mario, Silent Hill, Bioshock, The Last Of Us, and more are all getting movies or shows, along with so many more games getting similar treatment. And I’m here to compile a personal list of games I believe should not receive this treatment. Because while I am starting to grow fond of this march, there are games I would hate to see as a movie or show.

5. Guild Wars 2 

We’re starting off strong with a game I have played for over a decade now! Technically, I want to address the fact that this game has several books it could theoretically made adaptations of, and both of the games are petty linear with the story, so film potential is pretty solid at first glance. But when I think Sylvari and Asura, I really want animation so that their movements and appearances feel natural, but the moment they animate a Charr, the show could crumble fast. Charr need to be live-action. And beyond that, in both the games, the players have done so much, that no one would be impressed by a movie.

4.  Detroit: Become Human

3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

I am bundling these two games together because they share the same reason for being on this list. Both games are heavily centered around player choice. In D:BH, your actions literally shape the story. In DX:HR, you choose how you want to build Jensen and what kind of person you want Jensen to be. In both cases, a movie or show would eliminate the individual nature of the games, so as cool as the worlds would be to explore, it would feel limiting and depressing seeing this on the big screen.

2. Portal

The Portal games are already getting a movie, so that sucks, but when I think Portal, I think sentient robots trying to predict an unpredictable Chell. And Chell, mind you, is the quiet type. In fact, canonically, she suffers from brain damage (at least in Portal 2). So when I think Portal, I think unpredictable, and yet an unpredictable movie or show can often backfire. They have to be done precisely right in order for it to actually feel enjoyable, instead of cheap. And considering Chell is supposed to be a silent protagonist, I don’t think anyone could pull it off. Not for Portal.

1. Mass Effect

Thank you!! That’s such a nice way to describe my art, golly. o////o

If you’re looking for specific old art of mine you’ll still find it in the Inky Does Art tag on my blog @clockwork-incubus but because that blog is shadowbanned you’ll have to type in the full url to see it. Which I shall kindly put here to make your lives easier: 

 http://clockwork-incubus.tumblr.com/tagged/inky-does-art

(I’ll also still be reblogging fandom stuff there too so worry not. Tumbr may want me gone but they’ll have to boot me off kicking and screaming first. )