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Inadvertent themes in our beloved classics?


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Okay, in the "depressing" thread, I made a couple posts, and my second one is inspiring this one. Inadvertent themes within a game.

 

Pac Man series. Okay, you are a pill popping junkie. All you can think about is getting the next pill. However, while doing so, you are haunted by the ghost monsters, or your drug induced hallucinogenic demons. If you don't get that really good fix, they f**k you up. the Ghost Monsters possibly representing specific characteristics of yourself that you are constantly popping pills to forget, yet constantly sneak up to remind you of yourself, sending you spiraling out and into depression...or an overdose.

 

This trend transcends sexuality and age as it effects us all. Starting with Pac Man, then moving into Ms. Pac Man. After that we have Pac Man Jr. Here we have the by-product of our addictions, still addicted to what we so crave. The food and toys within each game represent our cravings and onset of "munchies" while falling prey to the addiction. However, you don't have to get it if you don't want to, as the pills are more important.

 

Super Pac Man represents a different theme. The keys represent salvation from the drug addiction, unlocking the healthier things in our life, but we still have the "power pills" that help us cope with the same demons we constantly battle.

 

Now, I know people have jokingly looked at this the same way I just described, but I went a little deeper with it. It is depressing, and an interesting inadvertent theme on the lives of those addicted to various things in ones life, while hiding from the evils within.

 

What do you have for an interesting "Inadvertent Theme" within a game...

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Not a video game, but just for fun on this thread...

 

We all remember Scooby Doo. I know this comparison was made before, but here it is again.

 

Fred - In the closet and hid it by always "teaming up" with Daphne. However, no matter how many times they go off to "find clues", they never do anything interesting. Come on! Daphne was HOT, and Fred never made a move?

 

Daphne - The average stereotype of the "pretty girl". However, she really wanted to prove that she was more than just looks. She also had a thing for Fred, but never made a move herself. Why else would she happily go off with Fred? Also, possibly freaked out by Shaggy.

 

Velma - She is this geeky girl. She so wants to jump Fred, but knows it won't happen because Fred is to busy trying to cover up his homosexuality by hanging out with Daphne. However, Velma may also be interested in jumping Daphne too.

 

Shaggy - Stoner. Nuff said. He was shaggy looking, and didn't really care about his appearance. He was paranoid and always had the munchies.

 

Scooby Doo - A lesson in that it is not a good idea to get your dog stoned.

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Not to uh.. toot my own horn, but I put out an atari themed album some time ago with songs explaining such things. See if you can match the song to the game and win a rare picture of me giving a thumbs up

 

treetops waving, so high in the air,

there's delicious fruit waiting for you up there

all you gotta do is climb a little vine,

so come on monkey don't waste your precious time

no, don't be afraid

higher and higher, there's so much to see

climbing up a tree in 1983,

descended from monkeys, it's easy to believe

but I won't be ashamed

 

eat or be eaten in the deep blue sea

if i don't eat you you're gonna eat me

no place to hide no sanctuary

bleak survival every goddamn day

takin bets dodgin nets heave away

don't wanna be no fresh filet

those old dead eyes you know the look XX XXXX!

some got slit & some got shook

the end of the tunnel is the tip of the hook

this is the life is the life we choose

this is the life is the life we lose

hear them bluegill sing the blues

 

 

to the left, to the right, now shoot, and hide

i'm not gonna brook no XXXXX XXXXXXXX

cap em in the grill cause they all haters

plug my wico into my vader

bam motherfuckers i'll see y'all later

to the left, to the right, now shoot, and hide

i'm not gonna brook no XXXXX XXXXXXXX

or the endless legions of imitators

mc poser or dj faker

bam motherfuckers i'll see y'all later

 

 

I'll never let go of the days

we hung around and played games

me and the enchanted bugs

at the enchanted bug social club

until the day that the wizard arrived

burned our village and he took their minds

so now it's goodbye my friends

goodbye fleas and scorpions

goodbye to the lovely trees

goodbye to the XXXXXXXXX

so now it's goodbye my friends

spiders, fleas and scorpions

goodbye to the lovely trees

goodbye to the XXXXXXXXX

 

 

I wanna go on the XXXXX XXXXXXX

I don't wanna go on the XXXXX XXXXXXX

it's quite stimulating to play this simulation

similar to takinga a nice space vacation

if flipping switches scratches itches &

you think decimals are neat, pop this one in

you're in for a treat

 

 

now nobody says i'm a loser

riding a beam of light into the future

laser lariat arcing on a vector

so far from inhabited sectors

go ride!

my girlfriend, she's a XXXXXXXXX

riding my beam of light, an all-nighter

she ride so hard and tight, she a fighter

and i will ride, by your side, foreverrr..rr.r. r.

 

 

I'm gonna get to the other side

i'm gonna cross that road if I die

(you better bet i'm gonna try)

and I don't care what I find there

snakes and alligators, why won't you leave me alone?

i don't come and bother you in your own home

i'm so tired of hopping i'm weary to the bone

 

 

what's inside the XXX XXXX?

kennedy motorcade?

could it be the ace of spades?

I don't know

psycho with a heat gun

wouldn't wanna meet one

slicin up the poor thing

oh god nooo

what's inside the XXX XXXX?

I don't know

 

 

 

do you feel the turning of the gears

the weight of all the years

pursued by ghostly fears

(shadows fall, all around the walls

summoning the host,

the assembly of your ghosts)

feel so ill that you gotta take a pill

then turn around and kill

the ones who did this to you

(do you feel like you're running in a maze

consuming all your days

and living in a haze)

 

 

intercontinental ballistic missile

unleash waves of red hell

innocent people

a holy crusader and commie dictator

the grain their silos possess

will feed only death

no that reagan guy and his SDI

can't stop the ICBM

no a missile base way out in space

won't do me a goddamn thing

no our cities will fall

one and all

as the bombs keep falling down

 

 

 

five million aliens

lost under the desert sands

such a friendly face, buried in a lonely place

roswell, new mexico, you don't even know

now i'm in some deep shit

get me out of this damn pit

i want reese pieces bits

i want my telephone kit

 

 

somebody is gonna get hurt

the robots are going XXXXXXX

lasers flying everywhere

clawed hands waving in the air

and there's no way out of this maze

hang around too long you get killed by a happy face

somebody is gonna get shot

by a big ugly evil robot

somebody is gonna get maimed

by a big ugly walking mainframe

and there's no way out of this maze

 

 

last six matches. phosphorus sparks

show what you fear - in the dark

when you're alone - in the dark

you can't see what you need

to stop up the hole in your heart

before you bleed all over the carpet

in a XXXXXXXX XXXXX

 

 

oh my darling dear, i will always save you

whether far or near, i will always brave

the dangers in my way

i'll see you some old day

the sky and your skin are blue

and that's what i am without you

since old gargamel

locked you in his castle hell,

i am on my way.

i'll see you some old day

see you in my dreams

till my feet can bring me

i will jump the streams

and if they grow wide

i'll swim and breathe through reeds

in the mud and weeds

i'll see you in my dreams

through the caves and the graves of old centurions

through the fields and bogs and three headed dogs

i will dig you out of any kind of hell

don't worry it's just as well

and i won't look back

 

 

 

with the eyes of a jeweller, the hands of a thief

ignoring dark warnings i find carved in bas-relief

the natives are my porters grab some diamonds for my daughter

i'll even steal their water pump the oil out to the fleet

bring in the british rifles steal their trinkets and their trifles

i'm feeling pretty stifled in this unedurable heat

a real tomb raider, a sacred space invader

dodging alligators with one final mighty leap

 

 

EDIT: forgot to bleep out a game name

Edited by DickNixonArisen
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The the themes, then, are

 

 

Evolution Vs. Personal Growth

The Struggle to Survive

Braggadocio and Violent Jingoism

The pain of losing a loved one

Being absorbed in technical minutiae

Sex and Self-Esteem

Persistence against Pain

Paranoia and Hype

Despair and Fear

Nuclear War

Social Alienation and its effects

The fear of technology run rampant

Superstition and Horror

Courtly Love and real commitment

Imperialism and the white man's burden

 

 

and the games are...

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