Video Game Aliens are a cop-out

You mean Seiken Densetsu 3? Man, there’s a whole stage full of Ninjas in that game, and they are really tough.

Is there? It’s been a while since I played it. I just remember a pair of Ninjas who meet you at the entrance to the fire valley and at the top of the wind castle, and who are a royal pain in the ass.

The freakiest creature I’ve seen in a game (in my very limited experience) was The Licker in Resident Evil 2.

And my favourite way to approach the ridiculous conceit of video game scenarios was how Serious Sam does it - no logic, just a linear onslaught of chaos.

So basically Enright, what you’re saying is that a game is only fun for you if the enemies you get to kill are human?

I don’t understand that, nor do I want to.