DDR Consultancy
7 October, 2009 at 9:41 am | In blogging | Leave a CommentI recently watched the movie “Yes Man” starring Jim Carrey (based on the book by Danny Wallace). I really enjoyed the movie and it was definitely worth a watch. There’s a scene where Jim Carrey’s character goes to a bar, gets drunk and ends up gathering a crowd on a Dance Dance Revolution arcade machine:
Video games have always had a hard time being represented in movies, but I like to think that Yes Man captures the excitement and thrill of playing a DDR dancing game. Admittedly I’ve never seen an entire bar crowded round a dancing game – or for that matter a dancing game in small bar – but I did recognise the look on people’s faces and the energy in the room.
After I finished watching the movie and the credits rolled I spied the role of a “Dance Dance Revolution Consultant” crop up as part of the production team.
The DDR Consultant himself, Tyler Ward, has been involved in a few amateur documentaries, tv shows and films which feature his niche dancing game in them. I’m glad that at least one aspect of gaming is beginning to be taken seriously in the movie industry.
Tekken 6 “Fighter’s Motivation”
5 October, 2009 at 10:49 am | In blogging | Leave a CommentTags: PS3, Tekken 6, Xbox 360
Generally speaking the hype and marketing for Tekken 6 has been rather high brow and quite striking. It’s quite a contrast for a game with fighting kangaroos, ninjas, robots and other assorted quirky features.
This video shows brief interviews with lots of real life fighters, what got them into fighting and why they fight professionally. There’s no mention that this has anything to do with videogames at all until around the 3 minute mark.
Considering that fighting games (especially Tekken) have some of the most iconic escapist imagery in them, I love how they’ve managed to weave this in with real world events and people.
Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Pool by Borja Fernandez.
Entries and comments feeds.
