Games with happy endings

Why don’t games have happy endings?

In this episode of Argue the Toss, Drew and Chella discuss happy endings in games.

While one half of the world watched the royal wedding and the other half avoided it, Chella got to wondering about weddings in games. Then when she couldn’t think of any, she thought about a simple happy ending, but those are in short supply too, so she asked Drew.

This podcast episode is the what happened next of when Chella asked Drew – why don’t games have happy endings?

Generally, games seem content to dole out dark worlds and dystopian futures with no room for a celebratory ending. There’s no party in the ewok village for gamers.

Step away from the misery and listen to Drew and Chella as they discuss the few games that do end happily and whether games need happy endings. The ATTeam even discover a few video game weddings.  From Mario and Zelda to Dragon Age Inquisition and Uncharted, the ATTeam navigate the happily ever after of games.  Oh and we both wax lyrical about A Mortician’s Tale because that’s always a good thing to do.

https://soundcloud.com/arguethetoss/s4e11-happy-endings-in-games

 

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Chella Ramanan
Chella hails from the UK and joined Gameindustry.com around the year 2000. It was so many moons ago, she can't quite remember. Back then, the only women you saw in the games industry were in bikinis and vertiginous heels at trade shows - oh how times have changed, kind of. Chella started as a humble reviewer, but soon became our European Correspondent and keeps us on top of industry happenings across the Pond. She tends to like the weird Japanese games we've never heard of, so that's good for making us look all-encompassing and stuff. Chella does like games, so don't be fooled by the copious amount of columns devoted to bemoaning the lack of variety in the industry. When she's not surfing (the sea, not the internet) or camping up mountains, Chella likes a good action RPG (especially if it's sci-fi), anything with a good narrative and like we said, the weirder the better. She's also a regular in the GiN Lounge, but that's just because we like her accent.

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