When Tristan Cooper started following whether or not the match was given would let you pet her digital dogs, people wonder why he cares so much about such little details. When it comes to video games, Cooper explained, players often have certain expectations about what they can do as they experience certain things.
"If you see a car in a video game, you'll want to drive in it," Cooper told Polygon in an email. "When you see a lake, you want to jump (or fish). When you see a dog, you want to keep it. And when you see a waterfall, you definitely want to see what causes that water."
Now there is a Twitter account to keep up with this latest wish: Is There a Cause?, a feed that Cooper is now doing on his side Can You Keep a Dog?
Cooper, which is her favorite water source Mario Kart 64Sea track, not sure where this thing started. The slow start of the secret underground video game inside the water that it knows is the Nintendo Entertainment System & # 39; s Zelda Myth, but it may have started earlier in the days of the text's arrival. Video games, Cooper said, is not where the idea of hiding something behind the water seal began.
"It was preceded by books by The Lord of the Rings, Tintin and Beowulf, ”Explained Cooper.
Whatever caused this trend, becoming one of these video game motifs, such as cracks in the wall or light orbs, now it's impossible to ignore. Developers like to hide everything from collections to whole sex scenes after being attacked by water, with the aim of finding players who are rewarded for their curiosity and time. It's common enough that some developers have policies against
"The average person will not have the opportunity to leave after the water falls, if they do not find the treasure or other secret behind it," Cooper said. "There is a certain satisfaction of finding a waterfall and going through it, it's the kind of little adventure you can only have in the game."
You can follow Cooper's catalog of video game waterfalls on Twitter – I feel you will have enough content to fill the account for years.