Apologises to anyone who expected “Mecha: A Brief History: Part 2” to be the next article to appear. Some stuff got in my way and I’m writing something else to fill the empty void of inspiration. So here’s an article on something I’ve been thinking about a lot.

Laurel and Hardy were predicting the era of the adventure game back in that time of silent film and into—the kind of adventure game Lucas Arts use to make and that makes it amazing to think: they were comic masters and unforeseen ability to predict the kind of game-play mechanic we’ve all played in our gaming lifetime. A world of gaming that involved clicking anything and everything on screen for that simple reaction of your random ass clicking to find the next step. If you’ve ever put a few second of thought into how the screen looks in some of the games, you’ll realise it resembles the setup of a Laurel and Hardy film or short. Everything is there, waiting for you to find that hidden key, lost parchment, a hidden doorway or something to reveal the former to make it happen.

A Laurel and Hardy film is no different, everything on screen is the item that makes something else possible later on—a table of dishes and something on the floor combine to make something happen later on. I got into this train of thought when I took notice of how the camerawork was stationary and everything is present on screen—it makes for a keen eye to spot the potential comedic to be used later on.

Laurel and Hardy: The Comedic Adventure, that’d be a good title for a semi-puzzle/adventure game, if one was made or even thought up by some far-off indie games developer trying to come up with something original—surprising how the original kind of comedy could be found to take form in a game.

Hoped you enjoyed this article and hoping for someone to get the hint—Hint! Hint!

Thought of the Day: September 17th:

I’ve been heading to college for the last few days and it’s been interesting—hard to say what that means directly, but I do know it’s interesting to be back since Monday.