{"id":106515,"date":"2016-10-03T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=106515"},"modified":"2016-10-03T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:36:09","slug":"heres-why-your-favourite-video-game-characters-actually-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/106515-heres-why-your-favourite-video-game-characters-actually-suck","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why your favourite video game characters actually suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was\u00a0doing some light browsing this weekend when I\u00a0came to a rather startling realisation &#8211; most video games characters actually suck.<\/p>\n<p>What is it that made me\u00a0come to this startling conclusion?<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0discovered &#8220;The Plinkett Test&#8221;, a technique used by famed movie reviewer Mike Stoklasa in order to determine how much depth a film&#8217;s characters actually have.<\/p>\n<p>The best example can be seen in his review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, in which he asked a bunch of friends to do the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plinkett.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106521\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plinkett.png\" alt=\"plinkett\" width=\"650\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now trying doing the same to see if your favourite video game characters are up to the task.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not such an easy task, and while video games don&#8217;t necessarily need the same degree of depth\u00a0as films, it does point to some our favourite characters being somewhat one-dimensional when we face facts.<\/p>\n<p>Games have definitely got better in recent years, with characters like The Walking Dead&#8217;s Lee Everett and Clementine being standouts but there&#8217;s definitely still more work that could be done.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FxKtZmQgxrI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Does your favourite match up to the Plinkett test? Let us know in the comments below and in our forums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Which brand of graphics card should you buy?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/98724-which-brand-of-graphics-card-should-you-buy.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which brand of graphics card should you buy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/99002-highest-rated-video-games-of-2016-so-far.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/99350-how-to-buy-an-oculus-rift-from-south-africa-what-it-will-cost.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you sure you really like that video game character?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":106517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20],"tags":[31,21447,21398,22457,10568],"class_list":["post-106515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-features","tag-active","tag-characters","tag-favourite","tag-plinkett","tag-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106523,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106515\/revisions\/106523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}