You would think Team ICOs best game would be ICO, but youd be wrong just barely. ICO was the most beautiful escort mission weve ever seen, but Shadow of the Colossus was a revelation of simplistic, poignant and utterly epic game design. After cutting a deal with the spirit of a long lost temple to bring our dead girlfriend back, players hit the dusty trail. Wander was our name and Agro was our horse, whom we rode majestically across the surrounding landscape to slay sixteen lonely giants, one by one, until the deed was done. Like a mix between Zelda, God of War and a long walk on the beach, Shadow of the Colossus pulled our heartstrings out of our chests, fashioned a bowstring and shot us in the actual heart with them. Some footage of The Last Guardian debuted as Project Trico way back in 2009, four years after Colossus in 2005. The trailer introduced an ancient, mossy temple, a curious young boy and doggish griffin-type companion thing and it was all as cute as a button, it was. A year later at TGS 2010, a new trailer showcased similarly gorgeous gameplay renders and a Holiday 2011 release date. So much for release dates. We were promised a demo and it didnt happen. It took IGNs rumor of a full-on cancellation this Summer to illicit a formal response from Playstations Shuhei Yoshida, stating, It exists. The team is working hard on it. The Last Guardian may just have to exist for now, but if we get the game next year, we will still have waited a decade. Will it be worth it? If The Last Guardian is anything like Team ICOs mesmerizing past endeavors or the charming trailers weve been drooling over for years, itll be a relief just to put that wait to rest.
Real Science Magazine called James' addiction to video games "sexually attractive." He also worked really hard and got really lucky in college and earned some awards for acting, improv and stand-up, but nobody cares about that out here in LA. So... He's starting over fresh, performing when He can. His profile picture features James as Serbian, vampire comic Dorde Mehailo with His anonymous Brother and Uncle at the Nerdmelt Showroom in West Hollywood. In James' spare time, he engages in acting, writing, athletics, hydration, hours of great pondering and generally wishing you'd like him.
