Video Game Parody

Last night while I was wathing my little brother with my cousin play on the Ps2 an old idea occred to me.I have been around for videogames since I can remember0 (Amstrad,Basica Games and Atari ST) and it always made me wonder.Why there have been no Video Game Parody so Far?

First of all let me define parody what I mean by saying parody.Its sort of comedy that is mainly adressed to people who are aware of the matter.So imagine a video game adressed to people who have been around that trend for a while.Take for exemple the movies.There are horror movies,action movies,romance movies,and comedies as mainstream categories.In the game industry we have seen the first 3 in all possible combinations but the latter is practically non existent with very few games adding a humorus touch in their feel.I bet everyone has seen a Leslie Nielsen film.Imagine that in a game


The best way to do this would be to make a multiply character game with rather simple controls but not lacking in gameplay and swift transitions.Let 's see how would such a game be if I had the lyuxury of owning a video game company.


As the curtain rises the player would find himself in a stadium playing what it would seem to be a soccer game but amongth the 2nd quarter the referree would start to behave in a bizzare way(sold out the game).This would be the initiative of a massive fans riot.At this point the camera changes to a strategy view and you are asked to place your hulligan teams inside and outside the stadium(kessen Way or any RTS ).Then a brief cinematic of a stone hitting the refferee and backtracking time so the player sees who threw it.


This is your new char.A brief loading screen with the commands and we are into good old double dragon action.Move freely and kick everyones ass around there using any enviromental object at your disposal(figting force,and that Rockstar Riot Game) while beeing carefull of not getting arrested .While you do have fun soon the game will switch you to your new char who this time will be a law enforment officer whose clubs happens to meet with your face.This turns to Co-Op mode (Hallo)with the cross directional button issuing voice commands in the rest of your team and our main objective is to secure some points among the massive chaos.When you succeed you loose the suit and go with a colleage for a coffee...

At this point the camera changes to one inside the windshield of an unknown car speeding and you can see the your previour char while a button will flash leting you choose accelerate or break.No matter what you choose you run over him and your new hero is a guy in a hawai shirt who had just lifted a car and was on his escape...A high speed chase could follow in Most Wanted style till you get yourself safe in a deserted town...Or isnt it??And what is that DAMN fog around here??(Silent Hill for those who are not aware of it)

Anyway this could go on forever but I think you pretty much get the idea.A composition of quick and simple gameplay and character transitions would offer much more than enough fun to any gamer around here.And this is all games are about,fun...Offcourse apart from the transitions there are many little touches that could make the whole issue much more interesting.

-Not always the good guys win.For start I would make a boss so elite that would instagib your toon and would be your next char breaking havoc.Like that Collosi in the "Shadow of the Collosus"inNY city or that ancient arcade game that you get monsters to destroy the cities...

-Time lapse.Everyone can mock about the way time passes in video games.Imagine a save room typewriter way (Resident Evil) that the camera is facing so you can see your charand while you take your time to write your story you see monsters pilling up and waiting for you to finish.That can also be achieve while in a tight situation that you need to switch weapons.You see your char say to the bad mob "one sec" and you see him start searching his bags..When he gets it "ok lets move on now" and the fight continues

-Inventory space.I dont know about you but I would LOVE to see the char hardly moving because he is carrying a 1mx75cm bag filled with everything he got.Or even better imagive your char getting caught in prison and to put the results of the body search to a big pille :P

-Stupid Riddles.Imagine a door that gives you to solve a hard mathematic equasion.And after 3 tries the char gets pissed and knocks it down or just blast it with that grenade launcher.

-Famous battles.Every gamer out there knows of the console wars.Imagine your char geting attacked and by grabbing the first thing he sees to trow into the attacker he grabs a PsTWO(the small one).He looks at it and reconsiders so by grabing the XboX breaks his attakcers head...The Scene closes with the Char Smiling and holding the box as if it was one commercial with a stupid punchline...

-Battles no2.I dont even wanna get into the Mario Vs Sonic battle,Link Vs Solid Snake etc because this can get endless...But the majority of flashes out there can show the vast interest in this area....

Anyway lets conclude this already long post.I do believe that this section of Video Games is still unexplored and has a lot to offer and even more raw materials to choose from.Right now we are the at a point that the media (DVD ,Blue Ray)offers plenty of space to fill.If there is such a game to go out this would be the best time..Now as far copyrights are concearned they can be dealt with the same way to the movie.Change the name to something similar.They can also be cross platoform so noone would bother starting a legal war...Let me know what you think of it...