Karl_ wrote:Clarkman wrote:Karl_ wrote:Had the pleasure of meeting Dala a year or two ago at a convention. He was very busy manning the Nintendo zone and I think he only vaguely remembered me (
), but he was still really nice and super friendly, as he always was on here back when he posted regularly.
I know him and Qikz are very good friends, so hopefully Qikz might wish him well on behalf of GRcade!
He's going to do the same role at Rare, I believe!
That's absolutely awesome! He can hang out with Tiarny. (Gosh, GRcade is practically the shadow government of the games industry.)
Karl_: I trust you've been able to find yourself a place within the organization?
Dalagonash: I'm personally overseeing the community of Rare, but it'll still take months to restore the goodwill. We'll have to arrange additional patches and bugfixes in Sea of Thieves. Maybe Battletoads as well.
Karl_: All through proper intermediaries, of course.
Dalagonash: Intermediaries?
Karl_: We have a great number of agencies, who in turn operate other agencies. Boxes stacked one in another. They'll need to be reactivated, but we never touch anything directly. We only influence. Suggest. Insinuate.
Dalagonash: The world must know by now, Karl_. What we've done.
Karl_: Know what? Only that the long night is over. The crown of games is tarnished, but that will fade in time. The bugs, a fever dream; the crashes, a horrible nightmare, and like everything else that happened, such things will only be dimly remembered upon waking to their normal lives. In the end, all sins are forgiven. Even yours.
Dalagonash: What about the next generation Perfect Dark and Banjo-Kazooie?
Karl_: Do you really think they're ready for that? After everything you've seen? Everything you've done?
Dalagonash: No. Not yet.
Karl_: But soon. We have made our own mistakes, became insulated from the world we sought to control, and whatever they may think, the night is far from over. But that will change, and you will help us change even as we teach you, this time... this time we will do it right.
Dalagonash: And who are we? Who are we really?
Karl_: We are the invisible hand. We are GRcade. We came before and after. We are forever. And eventually... eventually, we will lead them into the day.