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Video Games: A Word From a Shy Enthusiast

“No good woman will want to be with a man like that.”

These words hurt me more than I could have ever expected. I will not disclose who said them to me, but it suffice me to say that I highly respected this person’s opinion. To the point that I was modeling myself after them.

“Step five of having a productive life… Don’t play video games, throw them away.”

a religious leader said to a group of missionaries that I was a part of. I stopped taking notes on what this man said at that very moment.

My name is Zachary Tervort. My whole life has been full of people that have encouraged me and wanted me to “just be myself.” But the moment that I make it apparent that I am an enthusiast of video games they turn tail on this statement. Saying that I need to move on and that it is not a wholesome activity, that it will bring you no good. Claiming that my life would be far better off if I never came into contact with a video game in the first place. This has created a desire in me. To prove those people wrong. Not only will I be a good person that people can look to for an example but also prove that video games are more than capable of creating good in the world but that the experiences they create are better suited to teaching lessons than other media can. Few have taken up the mantle to champion this cause but I am willing to do so.

To start off. I think that it’s important to state exactly what art is. We need to have a base understanding of what art is. To do so I follow the teachings of two different masters of the subject, Van Doesburg and F. Wellington Ruckstuhl. Doesburg takes the time to define Art in the paper “Concrete Art”.

“The painting should be constructed entirely from purely plastic elements, that is to say planes and colours. A pictorial element has no other significance than itself and consequently the painting possesses no other significance than itself.” This definition is a bit of an oxymoron. As it gives a definition that explains away any other definition of art. As art only needs to have significance to itself to be valid. So attempting to waive something away as “not art” because it needs to fit some sort of neat and tidy set of requirements.

Ruckstuhl Wrote a paper in 1916 called “What is Art? A Definition” Where he takes the time to define the practice of creating art “Art is the power of doing things which is not taught by nature.” I believe that both of these definitions work in unison to create a new definition that I will use for this entire discussion.

Art is a combination of techniques, not learned naturally, applied to create a piece for others to enjoy, having no need to defend its own existence as it possesses no other significance other than itself.

Knowing this I would like to ask you, the reader, a question. When was the last time a piece of media taught you something new? I am not talking about an academic subject or a skill. I am talking about something unique to you, or about you? While a rare occasion, I’m willing to bet that many of you can think of, at least, one media item that had a large impact on you or that you remember fondly.

To keep in the realm of video games, I have an example that is very close to me. The game Persona 5, developed by Atlus in 2016, The main mechanic of what you are doing is mastering “Personas”. Personas are a kind of power that you can interchange to best fit what situation your characters find themselves in. The term Persona is actually a psychology term. Coined by a man named Carl Jung (young). Persona, as defined by Jung, is a mask that people wear in order to cover up the true self and better fit into whatever part of society that we are participating in. This is a very easily understandable phenomenon but there is a dark side to it. With the constant changing of Personas, or “masks” it’s easy to get lost in them. Losing touch with what makes you unique and suppressing your raw self. A loss in personal identity.

After learning what a Persona was I realized that I had done just that. Lost all sense of self and become a pawn in society that just goes along with whatever is happening, adjusting my personality to better fit in. This realization, combined with the events that take place in the game, exploring this concept of multiple Personas but also being in touch with the true self. And by doing so, brings about an attitude of rebellion to an established system galvanized me to be more honest with myself and others around me as I voice different opinions. I don’t want to be afraid of myself anymore. And I have a video game to thank for that change of heart.

The message of Persona 5 in pretty obvious on paper but the true power of these messages comes from the fact that this is a video game. Video games are an interactive medium and give the player the opportunity to experience these events firsthand because your actions move the plot forward. Rather then the characters in a book or film that will play out the same way every time. This experience and emotions that can be felt through another medium was given a name by the great Aristotle: Catharsis

Catharsis is a way to purge negative emotions, safely, by witnessing a tragedy or an act of horror played out in a dramatized way. Catharsis is what video games are the greatest at capitalizing on. Not only are you witnessing these events in that dramatized way but you are also giving input to events and changing them as you go making the catharsis you feel unique to you because of what you did or did not do. It’s not just me that thinks this way. I mentioned early on that there are others that have taken up the mantle to show the worth of video games. One of those kindred souls goes by the name Maximilian Dood. He has made a career out of showing people the kinds of experiences that can be had in a very specific genre or video games. That being fighting games. He has a very popular youtube channel and a Twitch live streaming schedule that thousands of people watch nearly daily. His bread and butter is fighting games but his love of games goes far beyond that. His favorite game ever is a title for the Playstation 1 called Final Fantasy VII (7). In 2015. IT was announced that this game would be getting a remake using modern technology. At Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) 2019. Max was invited to a media only showing of the game and he recorded a video journal about the experience. That can be watched here. (Foul Language warning)

“Max’s Insane FFVII Remake Story (E3 2019)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OalvWEJCZBA

When I watch this video. I see a man with a deep love for what he does. And received validation for what he loves. Bringing a grown man to tears. I crave what he has. And I know that I am not alone. I urge you to watch the full video to see the whole range of emotions on display.

It’s at this point that I would like to move on to the practice of making games. In our definition we talked about skills that are not found naturally. The scale and potential for artistry in video games scales with the technology available. However, it will never be able to take advantage of the same techniques that are used in 3D animated movies. A single frame (1/24th of a second) in a film can take days or weeks to render out to a finished product that is ready for public viewing. A game has to condense this time down to anywhere between 0.033 and 0.016 seconds per frame. So Developers have to figure out much more efficient ways to make a game appear visually pleasing and run at a speed that can keep up with the players inputs.

As a result of the speed requirements for rendering. Full simulations of certain phenomenon are impossible so creative work arounds are needed in order to get a similar look. Water is one thing that has always been a challenge for people to mimic in a virtual space in real time. This is where an artists hand is the most important. Depending on what kind of hardware the game will be running on different methods will be used. There is a wonderful two part documentary on exactly this that will show you how water was recreated from the early days of games all the way to more modern times. “DF Retro H2O! Water in Video Games Part #1” https://www.digitalfoundry.net/2018-07-22-df-retro-h2o-water-in-video-games-part-1

If you watch that documentary, you will better understand what needs to happen to make a game look the way that it does, a little better. But then you can probably think of more simulations that are way to complicated for real time rendering. I believe that the best example of digital artistry in video games is probably Luigi’s Mansion 3. The masterful use of light, animation, and texturing comes to product greater than the sum of its parts. This skill cannot be learned without a lot of practice and experience as animating something that is meant to look like water, but is not actually water is very similar to a painter that needs to make a river stretch into the distance on a flat surface.

A full technical breakdown can be found here.“Luigi’s Mansion 3: Switch Tech Breakdown - A Playable CG Movie on Switch?” https://www.digitalfoundry.net/2019-11-05-luigis-mansion-3-switch-tech-breakdown-a-playable-cg-movie-on-switch

At this point I can do no more than give examples of what to look for in artistry but that is a very subjective thing and I can’t tell you what to like. But hopefully I gave you a good Idea of where to look in order to be able to back yourself up when the next person asks you what good can come from video games. I hope that you are able to feel better about your hobby and are more confident in speaking your mind. Please don’t hide yourself anymore, there are people in the world that want to hear you and learn more about who you are. Don’t be ashamed.

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Genre: Role-Playing, First-Person Action RPG Developer: Unknown Publisher: Atlus Software ESRB Rating: Teen

Hints

Location For The Tempest, Meteor Strike, Anhilation, And White Mute

-Tempest- Blue Basilica stage, North of the town Clemona, along the river bank -Meteor Strike- Ptia, West of Furge close to the highlands -Annihilation- Barpheth, just East of Sondrio -White Mute- Argent, North of Meltaus along the Eastern river bank

Alignment And Reputation Tips

Lawful Alignment and Reputation: -Defeating enemies with a low alignment is the easiest way to raise your alignment. -Make sure you liberate Strongholds with units that have an alignment higher than the morale of the Stronghold. -Retreat from battles that you know you will not win. -Putting a chaotic character in a unit full of lawful characters will raise the alignment of the chaotic character. Chaotic Alignment and Reputation: -Attack enemy units that are camping to lower your reputation. -Attack weak enemy units with your most powerful units. -Use the Urn of Chaos item to lower your alignment. -Allow Strongholds that you've already liberated to be captured by your enemies.

Unit Formation Tips

-When forming units, try to add characters that are of the same type. When all of the characters are the same type they will have special advantages when battling on certain types of terrain. -Try putting a character in every possible location within a unit to see if it can attack more times if put in a different spot. The more attacks your unit has as a whole, the better chance you have of winning battles. -Once the Cleric class is available, try to put at least one in every unit. Clerics are the first class that can heal and will help you greatly even though they don't attack. -Make sure you create units with equal strength. You will not get very far with one extremely strong unit.

255 Of Any Expendable Item!

Get a unit with the ability to hold multiple items. Get a unit. ANY Unit. Make sure at least one character in the unit can only hold ONE item. Fill up all of that unit’s stock of items with anything, heal leaves are good because they’re common and cheap, but leave the last two slots empty. In the final slot of your unit, place the item you want 255 of in. Keep the next to last slot open. THEN, go and remove the character in the unit that can only hold one item. Now, go to the unit’s item list, and remove the final item in the list. It will show that 00/?? (how many you have) are equipped. When removed, it will see that NONE are equipped, and the ** digit of **/?? will change to 55. NOW, go and sell exactly one more than your ?? digit of **/?? the item. So, if you have 55/04, sell 5. Or, if you have 55/76, sell 77. Then, exit the menu. When you open up the menu again, you will have 255! Sweet! This trick works best with Love & Peace, Urn of Chaos and other rare items to make your units strong, if not ideally perfect.

Good Starter Team

To Form agood starter team You need too play up to scene 4 and gain Leias unit. Once you have and start the mission go to the organization screen and change the unit leader to one of her Valkaries or whatever they are called and then dispatch that unit and use stronghold commands to switch character with Magnus’s *[or what ever you named the main character] and switch Leia with one of Magnus’s* front row characters. Have The group tha Leia was formely in retreat back to H.Q. and then reopen the organization screen and Remove Dio from his team and put Dio on Leias formal team.Then despatch Exchange Dio just like how you do Leia then, VIOLA, Killer team! you might wanto Rearange Your remaining teams for stategic reasons. One more thingif your thinking great plan bot how the heck am I supposed to gaured H.Q.! Well just set Magnus’s* group off and dispatch all units to gaurd Yor H.Q.

Wooden Shield

The wooden shield you get from Troi’s Mom after the mission where you found Troi. Go into town after the mission and you will find Troi’s Mom and she will give you the wooden shield. It is THE ONLY place you can find it. It is not the best, but it is recommended if you don’t have the best.

Cheats

Quick Restart

This can be used anywhere but a battle. Press START+R+A+B+Z – it will take u to the part at the beginning where the soilders are.

Music Test

Start a new game and enter “MUSIC_ON” as a case-sensitive name.

Delete Saved Game Files

Start a new game and enter “DEL_DATA” as a case-sensitive name.

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