I have wanted to do a video/computer game review for some time, but it seemed incongruous. How to reconcile a game with Yearning for Wonderland’s whimsical tone. Then again, I’m as much geek as dreamer, so that dichotomy must be addressed.
So I had to write when I discovered a perfect blending between literary and geek in the game, Arm Joe, which is a Street Fighter-style fighting game based on Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. Yes, you read that correctly.
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Eponine vs. Marius |
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Jean Valjean vs. Cosette |
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Marius vs. Robojean |
Thernardier, bear trap, tossing Mmme Then
farts, dies butt-up, exposed
banks of the seine
paris streets
sewers of paris
graveyards of Paris
javert
held by police as Javery punches
summon meteor storm
enjoralas – butt of rifle, shoot soldier that flops down from barricade
Marius
summoning his dead amis
Pardon, pourquoi
Judgement, muscle-bound dark Javert
levitates off field
huhuhuh
smoke bomb, throws off coat
pon pon
mustachioed baby, car
Robojean
spurts gears, explodes in shower of sparks and sprockets, ice gun, laser gun, gogo gadget
cosette, hat blows off, throws Valjean at you
police, purple blood