Tired of being that good guy in videogames? Are you growing bored with saving the princess? How about saving the world from some malicious evil force? Are the flashes of violence perpetrated by you in a game dulled because through the game's narrative it is a justified act ( i.e. you're a cop, a protector of the land, seeking revenge for a wrong doing, or you're Link or Mario and don't feel anything but rainbows and sunshine overflowing out your ass )? If your answer is a resounding yes to all of these questions then join the I'm Hating Always Being the Good Guy Club, I'm not only an active member, I'm its president.

Isn't it about time game developers started catering to us in a different light ? Is it that hard to create a game where the protagonist is a son of bitch hell bent on causing as much wanton chaotic upheaval as is allowed without any apologies? Hell what about just creating a protagonist that is just an average joe, like you or I, and not have a ten pound halo hovering above his head? It's bizarre that our favorite interactive medium's main theme is that of the hero. Somehow I doubt in our real life there would be enough white horses for all of us to ride on if we chose that heroic vocation.

I doubt half of us would entertain just the idea of being anybody's savior, especially a complete and utter stranger, under extreme direst or circumstance. I get the feeling that if we were smacked upside the head with a scenario where help was needed, say if someone was getting mugged or raped in a dark street corner by a couple of large shady individuals, that we would answer the call. At best we may call 911... at the next block. If you can't bring yourself to aid that person in that dark street corner against two guys, do you think you have what it takes to pick up a game controller and save the freakin' world?

I don't know about you but I want to be the bad guy. I'm tired of always playing the good guy. Of always being the hero. Switch it around. Let me play the villain, let me be the one that kidnaps the princess, that kills and maims on a whim without it being tongue in cheek or a caricature. Show us the consequences of our dark deeds. Let the game camera linger after we kill someone. In a day and age where 98.7% of most games revolving around blowing someone away, take it the next step forward and omit the hero mantra altogether. How about an RPG where you're a serial killer, or a World War II game where you're playing from the Nazi's point of view? Immerse me in a dark world with a dark purpose. Don't give me a choice of being good or evil, just the tools to get the job done as someone devoid of a conscious.

There is a reason why the Grand Theft Auto series is a profitable one. It's because it lets us run over people with cars, pay a hooker for her services then afterward blow her away and take our money back and then some. It gives us a world where we are like, Hmmm I wonder if I can do this? And by this I mean something appropriately psychotic. But even GTA's world plays it safe for the most part. The supporting characters revolving around the main story of the game are usually scummy criminals, dirty politicians, and degenerates. If you kill them it's all good, they had it coming and killing pedestrians isn't really even touched upon. You may as well be killing rats or swatting flies for all concern and time given to your actions.

Do developers just fear the gaze of the media, its pouncing on the controversy of creating an unapologetic game like that? That must be it because nowadays just showing a side of a breast in a brief and practically unseen simulated act of sex cause people to lose their minds. Imagine an honest to goodness murder simulation? When are game developers gonna just buck the trend into more mature territories without fear of any backlash? I mean , hello, videogames are played by adults too folks. More so than kids actually. Just like any medium there will be different kinds of entertainment for different demographics. Some for the younger crowd and some for the big boys and girls. How can people even talk about art and games in the same breath when the artists can only use the colors and paints that are deemed acceptable?

Forgive me, my thoughts are bouncing around in my head and they all want to come out at once. Essentially, I just want to experience something else. I want to play something else. I want to be someone else. Don't get me wrong, being a hero is fun. But after the millionth time of saving the princess, saving the world, being that superhero, that space marine, defending my country against terrorists, or being that boy who through trials and tribulations finds out he's something more than he dreamed... its time for something meatier.