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What is this thing about gamers perceiving monkeys as 'cool'? Why is it that whenever a new game is going into development one of the questions that the gaming press and gamers usually ask is "Will there be any monkeys in it?" Did it all start with Donkey Kong or is there a deeper symbology that goes straight over my head?
What, essentially, is the big fuss about monkeys all about?
Why are hedgehogs left out of the equation?
Why not frogs?
I was trying to compile a list of all console and PC games that include monkeys. What is fascinating is that monkeys seem to crop up in all genres, from FPS - TimeSplitters 2, Arcade/Puzzle - Super Monkey Ball, Platformer - Donkey Kong of course, Adventure - Pirates, Legend of Black Kat, Action-Adventure - Tomb Raider 2, Racing - Diddy Kong Racing, the list is large and seemingly endless, so I gave up trying.
There's even whole games devoted to monkeys, like as mentioned previously SMB, DK and DKR, not to mention Monkey Hero, Skull Monkeys, Sea Monkeys, Monkey Magic...
It's a bit like the word 'spam'; someone somewhere coined the phrase first but the origins have been lost in the mists of internet gossip and hearsay. I feel it's VERY important that we trace the origin of the 'Monkey Thing' before it's too late, so we need facts and fast.
I've tried doing a few haphazard searches on Google using "monkeys and gaming", "monkey" AND "videogame" etc., but need better search strings. "The origin of monkeys in video gaming" doesn't bring up any results at all, which is surprising as the phrase "The origin of the word Spam" brings up 11 hits straight away.
You'd have thought that with gaming becoming a more academic pursuit (you can do an Honours Degree with 'The History of Video Gaming' as a major module now) that some bright spark would have done a paper on it. But they haven't, which is troubling, because I fear the origin of the monkey may vanish forever.
And for all you game developers of the future reading this: next time you justify adding a monkey to your game, don't just palm yourself off with the excuse that 'Monkeys are cool', think to yourself 'WHY are monkeys cool?'
What, essentially, is the big fuss about monkeys all about?
Why are hedgehogs left out of the equation?
Why not frogs?
I was trying to compile a list of all console and PC games that include monkeys. What is fascinating is that monkeys seem to crop up in all genres, from FPS - TimeSplitters 2, Arcade/Puzzle - Super Monkey Ball, Platformer - Donkey Kong of course, Adventure - Pirates, Legend of Black Kat, Action-Adventure - Tomb Raider 2, Racing - Diddy Kong Racing, the list is large and seemingly endless, so I gave up trying.
There's even whole games devoted to monkeys, like as mentioned previously SMB, DK and DKR, not to mention Monkey Hero, Skull Monkeys, Sea Monkeys, Monkey Magic...
It's a bit like the word 'spam'; someone somewhere coined the phrase first but the origins have been lost in the mists of internet gossip and hearsay. I feel it's VERY important that we trace the origin of the 'Monkey Thing' before it's too late, so we need facts and fast.
I've tried doing a few haphazard searches on Google using "monkeys and gaming", "monkey" AND "videogame" etc., but need better search strings. "The origin of monkeys in video gaming" doesn't bring up any results at all, which is surprising as the phrase "The origin of the word Spam" brings up 11 hits straight away.
You'd have thought that with gaming becoming a more academic pursuit (you can do an Honours Degree with 'The History of Video Gaming' as a major module now) that some bright spark would have done a paper on it. But they haven't, which is troubling, because I fear the origin of the monkey may vanish forever.
And for all you game developers of the future reading this: next time you justify adding a monkey to your game, don't just palm yourself off with the excuse that 'Monkeys are cool', think to yourself 'WHY are monkeys cool?'
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You did a post about monkeys in gaming, and didn't mention Monkey Island once.
Hang your head in shame.
Hang your head in shame.
Monkeys are a fiction of the internet. They don't really exist, just a lot of online hoaxers toying with the collective mind of the planet.
Little hairy people-shaped animals indeed. I ask you.
Little hairy people-shaped animals indeed. I ask you.
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> We are related after all.
Some more than others, I think!
Still, it's a good point, perhaps it was fate that made the monkeys cool.
> We are related after all.
Some more than others, I think!
Still, it's a good point, perhaps it was fate that made the monkeys cool.
We feel some sort of natural sorrow or commitment towards them. We are related after all. We get in games all the time, it's only fair that they should too. I don't think of it as "Why is a monkey in this game?", but "Why aren't monkeys in all my other games?".
Actually, that was pretty much a lie, as I always ask questions about things that don't have a purpose. Things that don't have purpose annoy me.
Actually, that was pretty much a lie, as I always ask questions about things that don't have a purpose. Things that don't have purpose annoy me.
We throw our poo-poo.
They're like us but they don't care what other monkeys think of their habits.
What is this thing about gamers perceiving monkeys as 'cool'? Why is it that whenever a new game is going into development one of the questions that the gaming press and gamers usually ask is "Will there be any monkeys in it?" Did it all start with Donkey Kong or is there a deeper symbology that goes straight over my head?
What, essentially, is the big fuss about monkeys all about?
Why are hedgehogs left out of the equation?
Why not frogs?
I was trying to compile a list of all console and PC games that include monkeys. What is fascinating is that monkeys seem to crop up in all genres, from FPS - TimeSplitters 2, Arcade/Puzzle - Super Monkey Ball, Platformer - Donkey Kong of course, Adventure - Pirates, Legend of Black Kat, Action-Adventure - Tomb Raider 2, Racing - Diddy Kong Racing, the list is large and seemingly endless, so I gave up trying.
There's even whole games devoted to monkeys, like as mentioned previously SMB, DK and DKR, not to mention Monkey Hero, Skull Monkeys, Sea Monkeys, Monkey Magic...
It's a bit like the word 'spam'; someone somewhere coined the phrase first but the origins have been lost in the mists of internet gossip and hearsay. I feel it's VERY important that we trace the origin of the 'Monkey Thing' before it's too late, so we need facts and fast.
I've tried doing a few haphazard searches on Google using "monkeys and gaming", "monkey" AND "videogame" etc., but need better search strings. "The origin of monkeys in video gaming" doesn't bring up any results at all, which is surprising as the phrase "The origin of the word Spam" brings up 11 hits straight away.
You'd have thought that with gaming becoming a more academic pursuit (you can do an Honours Degree with 'The History of Video Gaming' as a major module now) that some bright spark would have done a paper on it. But they haven't, which is troubling, because I fear the origin of the monkey may vanish forever.
And for all you game developers of the future reading this: next time you justify adding a monkey to your game, don't just palm yourself off with the excuse that 'Monkeys are cool', think to yourself 'WHY are monkeys cool?'
What, essentially, is the big fuss about monkeys all about?
Why are hedgehogs left out of the equation?
Why not frogs?
I was trying to compile a list of all console and PC games that include monkeys. What is fascinating is that monkeys seem to crop up in all genres, from FPS - TimeSplitters 2, Arcade/Puzzle - Super Monkey Ball, Platformer - Donkey Kong of course, Adventure - Pirates, Legend of Black Kat, Action-Adventure - Tomb Raider 2, Racing - Diddy Kong Racing, the list is large and seemingly endless, so I gave up trying.
There's even whole games devoted to monkeys, like as mentioned previously SMB, DK and DKR, not to mention Monkey Hero, Skull Monkeys, Sea Monkeys, Monkey Magic...
It's a bit like the word 'spam'; someone somewhere coined the phrase first but the origins have been lost in the mists of internet gossip and hearsay. I feel it's VERY important that we trace the origin of the 'Monkey Thing' before it's too late, so we need facts and fast.
I've tried doing a few haphazard searches on Google using "monkeys and gaming", "monkey" AND "videogame" etc., but need better search strings. "The origin of monkeys in video gaming" doesn't bring up any results at all, which is surprising as the phrase "The origin of the word Spam" brings up 11 hits straight away.
You'd have thought that with gaming becoming a more academic pursuit (you can do an Honours Degree with 'The History of Video Gaming' as a major module now) that some bright spark would have done a paper on it. But they haven't, which is troubling, because I fear the origin of the monkey may vanish forever.
And for all you game developers of the future reading this: next time you justify adding a monkey to your game, don't just palm yourself off with the excuse that 'Monkeys are cool', think to yourself 'WHY are monkeys cool?'
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