Episode 41 – Behind the Scenes

That’s the new thing now in video games now. The behind the scenes features. The first game I remember doing that was Halo 2. It came with a DVD showing the making of the game. I thought it was a little excessive. So I didn’t get the special edition. Now it seems more and more games are getting special editions. Everything from the big budget shooters like Gears of War to Forza 2 are getting behind the scenes documentaries.

I enjoyed it when DVD came along and introduced the making of thing to the public. But that’s because you can see the actors there, and the director and all these people in real space and time. The thought of watching some people on a computer as they progress in creating a sniper riffle doesn’t really appeal to me. There’s no rehearsal type, for a video game. And therefore either something can do what it needs to do, or it can’t. To me that’s not interesting.

My friend Dorian bought the Halo 2 SE as well as another special edition… though I cant think of it right now… and never watched it. When Halo 3 drops next year there is going to be a Legendary Edition, or Extreme Excessive Edition as I call it. Included in the box (which is shaped like the Master Chief’s helmet) is the game plus 3 discs of bonus content. 3? That’s more content then the actual game itself. It includes all of the cinematics from the first two games in HD. So you’re selling me things I already bought?

The whole thing makes no sense to me. I enjoy games. I just want to play the game. By including the behind the scenes stuff it makes it less real. Videogames are supposed to allow you to submerge yourself in a world. That’s not happening if I can see that world being created.

(I know this post isn’t so good… but I’m in a rush, and was only given 20 minutes to write this as I transfer 50 gigs of data from one hard drive to another… You can see the making of this blog in stores next week…)