I woke up this morning and started ranting at my brother about PC Gamer's new cover looks like poop (I rly dont like the new editor-in-cheif). So I can see where he got the idea that I think about weird things.

The cover on the mag is for Left 4 Dead 2. And I got an idea

"Hey, maybe they're making a whole new game because they want to add this new set of characters and they couldn't rightly just throw them in with the first four, could they?"

"What? No that's stupid. They're not characters. They could easily have just added the new content to the first game."

.... Not characters?

"lulwat. They have age, name, backstory, and personality. They're just as much characters as the ones in TF2."

"They're not characters either."

".............They have personality."

"They don't have personality, they just say random stuff while you shoot things"


per-son-al-i-ty  /ˌɜrsəˈnælɪti/ –noun, plural -ties.

1. the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
2. a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities: He is a curious personality.
3. Psychology.
a. the sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual.
b. the organized pattern of behavioral characteristics of the individual.

Umyeah. What they say--how they interact with thier surroundings--that's personality.


Now I realise I'm ranting this on a artistically-minded site but c'mon. How can you be that dense? Character design is a vital part of game development, yo. I don't get my brother sometimes.

Also, gaemz r srs biznus. </end pointless rant>