New Video! Why TEKKEN's Story is Better Than You Think (ad/sponsor-free!) (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Just letting you know the new video is now available, entirely free of ads/sponsor reads! Fighting game stories are immensely daft, none moreso than Tekken's—a decades-spanning spiral of Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima throwing each other into volcanoes, and bodyguard bears doting after pandas. But it's the dedication to its wild lore over seven numbered entries, the pace at which you uncover said lore in its amazing ending cutscenes, and the series' consistent willingness to mess with our ideas of canon, that all elevate Tekken's story above most other games in its genre—weaving a tapestry that's equal parts hilarious, campy, heartfelt and mysterious. Time to join the King of Iron Fist Tournament—enter the Tekken.

So yeah, this one was a lot of fun to make—a deep dive on Tekken's daft story, a series I've legitimately adored for decades now. I hope that even if you're not into Tekken you can get something out of this video, as just talking about where the story goes is fun in its own right.

I'll have another video in a few days—I can't say much about it other than that it's a review of Gran Turismo 7! Very excited to talk about it. After that, I'll have a month clear more or less to focus on the Yakuza cinema piece—I'm already deep in the research stage, watching a ton of movies and reading a whole lot of academia around the subject. It's super interesting and I hope I can do it justice in the upcoming video! Oh also I guess I'll finally be playing some Elden Ring too...

Hope you're all well in these weird times we live in and I'll be back soon with another video, another Revisiting video and another call for Q&A questions. I'll also get back to streaming too now we're out of review hell season!

Thank you all for your unbelievably generous continued support. I would not be able to keep doing this without you. You're the best!

Hamish

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