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The timeless origins of 10 gaming tropes

Words: on September 17, 2009
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  • elilupe - September 18, 2009 11:20 p.m.

    Awesome article! But in the part about the BElly of The Beast, Cronus swallowed all of his kids except Zeus AND Poseidon, you just said Zeus. Im a geek :)

  • twishart - September 18, 2009 10:54 p.m.

    Who the heck is Tom Goulter, and how does he COMMAND my attention so? Consider this article thoroughly enjoyed, and get this guy writing more!

  • Hurricrane - September 18, 2009 9:12 p.m.

    I wish games would quit making me go INTO enemies, it just never sits well with me... the reason I've never beaten OoT, GoW2, and any other game that makes me go through that shit

  • AA95mp - September 18, 2009 4:44 p.m.

    heres a few examples of the shadow you may forgoten about: kingdom hearts 2 at the beginning where you look into a waterfall and a shadow roxas will appear and in oblivion shivering isles an exact shadow copy of will appear and of course you'll have to kill it.

  • oryandymackie - September 18, 2009 3:16 p.m.

    See, this "chosen one" thing is why I like "PROTAGONIST" from Fallout 3. Yes, we know he's the chosen one, but he's quiet, well dressed, gets the job done and then does some hillwalking/hunting at the weekend.

  • wcatdoor - September 18, 2009 4:49 a.m.

    lol the good god from black and white...

  • IAmInFactTomG - September 18, 2009 4:34 a.m.

    Hinro: You just made my freakin' day. DarkPaladin: Terranigma may just be my favourite narrative-based video game ever. Agreed re: VC potential. Though "Thank you for arousing me" is still funny as all get out.

  • DarkPaladin - September 18, 2009 3:41 a.m.

    Despite what that first image depicts, Terranigma is truly fantastic game. If there was one SNES game they need to put on Virtual Console,it would that one, because so many people missed out on it as they didn't release it in North America, but did in Europe. Captcha - technology fracture

  • GamerTagsSuck - September 18, 2009 2:33 a.m.

    Hinro... It was a quote from the article... Atlas is a character from Bioshock...

  • Hinro - September 18, 2009 1:08 a.m.

    P.S: That was a really good article

  • Caio - September 18, 2009 12:33 a.m.

    Great article. Just goes to prove you can recognize the Hero's Journey in pretty much every story ever told. Lots of fun, though.

  • Undead - September 18, 2009 12:03 a.m.

    That first image shown was hilarious! xD

  • skyguy343 - September 17, 2009 11:20 p.m.

    who the hell is that in the last pic on page 2? havnt played any metal gears so i need someone to tell me

  • V13Dragongal - September 17, 2009 10:53 p.m.

    Good article. im suprised no one made it sooner. also i LOLed when i saw that pikachu.XD

  • GAYMER - September 17, 2009 10:24 p.m.

    "I have no idea who you are, but I thank you for arousing me" I LOLed

  • waynski1457 - September 17, 2009 9:08 p.m.

    Great article! I always like a new way to look at things. And more meat means MORE GUTS! RIP AND TEAR! RIP AND TEAR!

  • Jordo141 - September 17, 2009 8:46 p.m.

    Yes, children. Fight with your meaningless rhetoric.

  • Typo - September 17, 2009 8:28 p.m.

    You care about a website? Haha. You must've joined this site when you were 4 judging by your persona.

  • Cyberninja - September 17, 2009 8:17 p.m.

    hey typo i havent typed first in months and your reported and i been going to gamesrader since 03 so i care more about this site then you and your friends

  • albinomonkey90 - September 17, 2009 8:08 p.m.

    "The Chosen One" thing happens in almost every pokemon game. but instead of your mom waking you up its a creepy old proffesor.....

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