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Examining the merits of video games as an art form through the works of Fumito Ueda and his staff at Team Ico and GenDesign.

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Special thanks to my brother for the breakdown of how animation works in these games, as well as the FK and IK visual demonstration @daylight707

Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:39 Ico
28:09 Shadow of the Colossus
59:48 The Last Guardian
1:27:27 Conclusion

Sources
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection - Bonus Content
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
Fumito Ueda Biography https://www.giantbomb.com/fumito-ueda...
https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/ei...
https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/s...
Ico GDC 2004 Slides https://www.intelligent-artifice.com/...
https://www.timeextension.com/feature...
Fumito Ueda Interview    • Fumito Ueda Interview  
Shmupulations Fumito Ueda Interview https://shmuplations.com/ueda/
Fumito Ueda on The Last Guardian https://kotaku.com/the-last-guardians...
Fumito Ueda Leaves Sony https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/13/2...
Kenji Kaido Leaves Sony https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/...
Ueda on Shadow of the Colossus - “They’re not bosses. They’re more like… inverted Zelda dungeons.” https://web.archive.org/web/201702211...
Ico inspires Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time https://siliconangle.com/2015/12/23/p...
Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead’s favourite games https://web.archive.org/web/201012011...
Guillermo Del Toro on games https://web.archive.org/web/201008120...
Goichi Suda on No More Heroes’ Toilet https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n...
Hidetaka Miyazaki Interview https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
Fumito Ueda Video Interview    • Fumito Ueda Interview  

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