Who is your favorite video game character?
Submitted by Korgoth.
That's a toss-up between two folks, really. On one hand, you've got Raziel, who hits all my thematic buttons: he's the Champion of Free Will, he's a rebellious little pissant, and he's great with the righteous anger. On the other hand, he's also an angsty little bugger and likes to soliloquize a lot. Trappings of the genre, I know.
On the other hand, we have my recently reawakened love of Sarah Kerrigan, who can be addressed as either 'The Queen of Blades' or 'The Queen Bitch of The Universe'. She was my role model as a child. And no, I'm not actually kidding. She was awesome. I used to introduce myself as Queen Bitch of the Universe. I had her picture on the back of my school diary. I even memorized her victory speech from the end of StarCraft: Brood War:
"Once again, I stand atop the broken bodies of my enemies. Victorious, but not unscarred. The Earth-borne Directorate has been destroyed, and the Overmind lies dead and trampled beneath the ashes of Char. As for my unlikely allies, I think I should allow them reprieve. For in time, I will seek to test their resolve, and their strengths. They will all be mine in the end. For I am the Queen of Blades, and none shall ever dispute my rule again."
I mean, seriously. How awesome is she?
I think Kerrigan wins this due to a combination of low angst, high evilness effectivity quotient (SHE WON at the end of the game), and most importantly, impending return to my computer screen. Yahey!
