19th June 2007, 4:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 19th June 2007, 4:26 PM by Dark Jaguar.)
I think I'd like to nail one thing in the bud and say I said they DO care about the story. Someone else said otherwise.
As for the rest of that, that's an interesting interpretation and not at all beyond my neanderthal understanding (you seem to think I lack the mental faculties to understand symbolism, so I guess I'm a neanderthal). The key in any symbolism of course is I have to actually be familiar with what they are symbolizing. Saying "find out what hidden meanings are" is not just insulting, it doesn't help at all. I know what a hidden meaning is, everyone does. Instead, you should have pointed to specific cultural legends on wikipedia or something.
That said, I think that a lot of that is a bit of a stretch. The whole "wii remote" thing, well, how do you know that's what they were aiming at? I mean it all seems a little forced, like Nostradamus forced. If one of them has said as much that'd seal the deal for me. As it stands though, it doesn't really affect how I see the game either way.
The other stuff is interesting. Keep in mind I don't really study ancient mythology or anything (except Norse stuff, but that's just because Odin is the best god ever, and words like "einheriar" are just awesome sounding, and the TRUE creation story of a frost giant forming Midgard while feeding from the Prime Cow is great, and most of those words have like 5 consanents in a row, also every last god will die in the end to birth a new order). Huh, actually if they wanted to preview the Wii using the story of a Zelda game, where my norse mythos at? I mean there's the giant tree but that thing was no Yggdrassil... and the three main goddesses are more like some weird cross of the trinity and the deist "founder but then leaves the world to it's own devices" sort of god.
Anyway, all I'm saying is just because I didn't interpret it exactly as you did doens't mean I lack higher brain functions. Art is pretty much open to interpretation and how it's interpreted is going to be different for each person. Also if your interpretation is based on sufficiently vague bits, it's hard to really say if they intended for you to get that idea or not. After all, you didn't predict a Wii remote based on Zelda, you retrofitted that allusion after the fact.
As for the rest of that, that's an interesting interpretation and not at all beyond my neanderthal understanding (you seem to think I lack the mental faculties to understand symbolism, so I guess I'm a neanderthal). The key in any symbolism of course is I have to actually be familiar with what they are symbolizing. Saying "find out what hidden meanings are" is not just insulting, it doesn't help at all. I know what a hidden meaning is, everyone does. Instead, you should have pointed to specific cultural legends on wikipedia or something.
That said, I think that a lot of that is a bit of a stretch. The whole "wii remote" thing, well, how do you know that's what they were aiming at? I mean it all seems a little forced, like Nostradamus forced. If one of them has said as much that'd seal the deal for me. As it stands though, it doesn't really affect how I see the game either way.
The other stuff is interesting. Keep in mind I don't really study ancient mythology or anything (except Norse stuff, but that's just because Odin is the best god ever, and words like "einheriar" are just awesome sounding, and the TRUE creation story of a frost giant forming Midgard while feeding from the Prime Cow is great, and most of those words have like 5 consanents in a row, also every last god will die in the end to birth a new order). Huh, actually if they wanted to preview the Wii using the story of a Zelda game, where my norse mythos at? I mean there's the giant tree but that thing was no Yggdrassil... and the three main goddesses are more like some weird cross of the trinity and the deist "founder but then leaves the world to it's own devices" sort of god.
Anyway, all I'm saying is just because I didn't interpret it exactly as you did doens't mean I lack higher brain functions. Art is pretty much open to interpretation and how it's interpreted is going to be different for each person. Also if your interpretation is based on sufficiently vague bits, it's hard to really say if they intended for you to get that idea or not. After all, you didn't predict a Wii remote based on Zelda, you retrofitted that allusion after the fact.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)