Realism
I just suddenly realised that games and films are incredibly unrealistic. I mean this in two ways - firstly, you never see the essential things that have to happen in life, and secondly people do some of the most incredibly unlikely things.
In films, people do the most outrageous things. Not just James Bond jumping off a cliff in a motorbike and then somehow finding his way in mid-air into a falling plane, but just generally. People keep fighting for a huge amount of time in fist-fights despite having 64 different kinds of crap beaten out of them.
But more importantly, you never see people doing those menial things in life. You see people eating, sure, but it might be a vital scene where the main character proposes marraige/has a shoot-out/simply eats. Anyhoo. Sometimes you'll see people sleeping, but normally this is just a prerequisite to a burglar or one of the couple sneaking out - perhaps to eat flowers? You never see people going to the toilet (not literally the act, just heading to the bathroom).
But San Andreas takes the biscuit. Firstly because CJ can drive and fire a tank at the same time, secondly because on full health he can survive a fall from the tallest building, but most importantly because CJ NEVER goes to the toilet. You have to eat, you have to exercise, you have to sleep (when you go over the disk, I assume), but CJ never goes to the toilet. There are even toilets in some of the safe houses but there's no "Press Enter to use toilet" when you get close to them.
So, has CJ ever had a shit? I think not. And since the game is supposed to take place over - what? A few weeks? A few months? Certainly not a day or so - CJ must be suffering from constipation of collosal proportions and the mass must create the gravitational pull of a small planet. It's a surprise that at some time during the game his backside doesn't just explode in a fountain of crapola.
Perhaps he's embarassed about doing it in front of the player? Well, he's paying a rough price if that's the case.
Thanks go to Tom for creating the charming picture you see below of CJ having a shit while maintaining his dignity. I was busy at the time doing something for blog entry #50.
"Hold on, hold on, here it comes-"
*faecal tsunami*
So what do you all think? Is realism in games and films something we need, or would it just simply spoil some of the fun? It would be a bit annoying if you had to go to Los Santos and recruit a gang member every time to wanted a gunner in your tank...
In films, people do the most outrageous things. Not just James Bond jumping off a cliff in a motorbike and then somehow finding his way in mid-air into a falling plane, but just generally. People keep fighting for a huge amount of time in fist-fights despite having 64 different kinds of crap beaten out of them.
But more importantly, you never see people doing those menial things in life. You see people eating, sure, but it might be a vital scene where the main character proposes marraige/has a shoot-out/simply eats. Anyhoo. Sometimes you'll see people sleeping, but normally this is just a prerequisite to a burglar or one of the couple sneaking out - perhaps to eat flowers? You never see people going to the toilet (not literally the act, just heading to the bathroom).
But San Andreas takes the biscuit. Firstly because CJ can drive and fire a tank at the same time, secondly because on full health he can survive a fall from the tallest building, but most importantly because CJ NEVER goes to the toilet. You have to eat, you have to exercise, you have to sleep (when you go over the disk, I assume), but CJ never goes to the toilet. There are even toilets in some of the safe houses but there's no "Press Enter to use toilet" when you get close to them.
So, has CJ ever had a shit? I think not. And since the game is supposed to take place over - what? A few weeks? A few months? Certainly not a day or so - CJ must be suffering from constipation of collosal proportions and the mass must create the gravitational pull of a small planet. It's a surprise that at some time during the game his backside doesn't just explode in a fountain of crapola.
Perhaps he's embarassed about doing it in front of the player? Well, he's paying a rough price if that's the case.
Thanks go to Tom for creating the charming picture you see below of CJ having a shit while maintaining his dignity. I was busy at the time doing something for blog entry #50.
"Hold on, hold on, here it comes-"*faecal tsunami*
So what do you all think? Is realism in games and films something we need, or would it just simply spoil some of the fun? It would be a bit annoying if you had to go to Los Santos and recruit a gang member every time to wanted a gunner in your tank...
posted by Mkzrj at 1:20 pm
4 Comments:
GTA would be crap if you had to pop to the toilet every 6 - 8 hours. The same goes for films too. Realistic games and films would be boring, as you may as well go and do it yourself.
You don't have to actually watch them go into the toilet, drop their trousers/ open fly, fiddle with their bits and do their business. Just seeing a character go off screen with the knowledge they were emptying some area of their anatomy would suffice.
And yes, GTA would be awful if you had to go to the crapper every so often. I just hope CJ actually does go during those six hours you waste away when ever you save. But then, what happens if you were to never save...
Besides, it gave me a nice chance to edit a picture :D *is proud*.
Or farting - "James Bond sat in the depatures loungs of Miami airport, sipping on the end of his vodka martini. He was observing a beautiful Russian agent seated three rows ahead of him when he let off a slient one."
Hayden.
Well, I've now decided to try and give everyone who wants to edit an image a chance. The requirements are simple :
Be online when I am and at a time when I happen to need someone to edit a picture because I can't. For some reason.
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