Arturo Pérez-Revertethe famous Spanish writer author of the saga The Adventures of Captain Alatriste and the trilogy of falconhas come to the podcast once again The Wild Project to present his latest novel Mission in Paris from the series Alatristewhere he once again left the audience speechless by reaffirming his passion for video games as another cultural medium through which to discover unique works: “I have always played. I’ve never been a fan. I have played a lot of Silent Hunter“I have ruthlessly sunk many Allied ships,” said the writer, journalist and former war correspondent. However, the statement that has caused the most talk has to do with the famous saga of shooters warlike Call of Duty from Activision: “I’ve played almost all of them.”, the novelist has assured.
Pérez-Reverte highlights the realism of Call of Duty
Thus, Pérez-Reverte, who is about to meet the 74 yearsis fully integrated into the most current trends, including social networks or a way of understanding electronic entertainment that does not have much impact among those of his generation: video games. Although in the past he has already demonstrated extensive knowledge on the subject, Pérez-Reverte has not hesitated to delve deeper into his favorite genres and titles, including occasionally playing online to some strategy game that, although he couldn’t remember its name, suggested that it might be about Napoleon: Total War from Sega: “You get in and there are a lot of people who go with you”, comments the writer.
In addition, the writer also claims that he has played more classic games such as Age of Empires o Super Mario Bros.: “Princess Peach and I are close friends. But I like Lara Croft and Jill Valentine more”, mentioning protagonist characters from such renowned video game sagas as Tomb Raider y Resident Evilrespectively. However, the member of the Royal Spanish Academy He still had an ace up his sleeve: God of War.
Yes, because Pérez-Reverte loves Kratosthe implacable protagonist of the God of War saga, a PlayStation action adventure set in various classic mythologies that has gone from the hack’n’slash of its first installments to more cinematic action adventures in its latest PS4 and PS5 video games: “Sure, of course. I really like classical culture. “That game is a great way for a modern-day player to enter that world,” he said.
Finally, the famous writer has not missed the opportunity to speak positively about video gamesa medium that invites the user to use several senses to immerse themselves in the worlds they propose: “They require you to complete them with other activities. You read, you inform yourself, you look, you look for things… You contextualize it. God of War seems like an excellent way to bring the classic world in a very spectacular way“, concludes Pérez-Reverte, not without insisting that his favorite game is still Silent Hunter: “I am a sailor“, sentence.
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