Is anyone else tired of saving the world? How about playing the part of a renegade and\/or former black-ops commando out for revenge\/the truth?<\/p>\n
Someday, I hope to play a game where I’m not saving the world. Someday, I hope that a video game manufacturer can imbue the everyday with some excitement as well without requiring universal stakes. Failing that, I’d just like to play something ordinary but new to me.<\/p>\n
For example, I’d like to play the part of Officer Jerry Watkins, a medium-size town cop who plays by all the rules. I want him to be in the middle of an unexceptional career on the police force. I want to conduct a by-the-book investigation of a series of thefts of small electronics and jewelry from some middle class homes in the suburbs. I want to painstakingly follow police evidence procedure. I want to doggedly follow lead after dead-end lead until finally I catch up to the petty criminal responsible for the crimes I’m investigating. I want to arrest him at his apartment after the backup I called for arrives, but I want the backup to turn out to be unnecessary. I want him to come quietly, be convicted of petty theft and to serve 2 years of a five-year sentence before being released on parole.<\/p>\n
The overall stakes of the game should be the everyday rivalry between me and Officer Stanton, because both of us can’t get that promotion that the LT mentioned.<\/p>\n
Perhaps there could be a subplot where my 14-year-old son is caught shoplifting.<\/p>\n
If you draw your gun during the course of the investigation, it’s Game Over.<\/p>\n
There should be no soundtrack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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