I was just featured along with Streamline Studios' Art Director Renier Banninga and other dutch developers on Gamekings.tv's weekly segment, The Evolution of ____. The theme is Character Design this week, click the title below the image for the video. We also recorded for another segment which I'll post about when it comes out.
It's 30 mins, and Renier and I are the only ones speaking English, so be warned. Although my dutch is hardly up to par, I did pick up on a word or two here and there, and the images and footage is easy enough to follow. I think it does a pretty nice job of discussion character design from the early 80s up to now, with some good detail for its length. The montage at the end is great too.
Of particular note are some of the common and reverently mentioned games throughout the segment by different developers. Mario, Larry, Lara, Snake... We do all share certain powerful icons, and I can't help admit it's a bonding feeling; we all grew up loving these characters, and look at us now, discussing and working on some ourselves! It's pretty damn rewarding I have to admit.
It's something that fascinates me also, geek culture, like our own mythology, something with no set bible or guide-book, but so easily you find shared standards and icons among us. Like we all tapped into some common geek plane for our knowledge. Yes yes, it's called internet. But we were geeks before then too! Anyway, that's something for another article.
Finally, some self-indulgence, I'm entitled to it, it's my personal blog. It was my first TV interview, and I think it was alright, even though I did ramble on at times. So now, onto the next one. Oh, here's a picture from the interview:
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