Hello friends, I hope that you are doing well. We are getting into the rush of the holiday season, and speeding towards the end of 2025. This year has been full of ups and downs on the work, and family side. We had some milestones happen, and unfortunately some tragedies as well. I can only hope that things are great wherever you are. I am sending you positive vibes if you are going through any challenges. My birthday also happens to be in the middle of the month. I look forward to relaxing, and spending quality time with family, and friends. I already know what some of my birthday presents are because I bought them for myself earlier in the year. I’m notoriously hard to shop for, so I let my family know when there was a sale on a few super rare items much earlier in the year. With that said I still look forward to getting some treats in a couple of weeks. One thing that I wish I could afford was announced earlier this year.
genDESIGN, Akishi Ueda, and Torch Torch collaborated to create
a statue of Trico from the Last Guardian. The gorgeous piece is 20 inches tall and costs about $1,400. If I had the money, and the space I would have picked it up in a heartbeat. The game was one of the greatest titles released in my lifetime. It was an absolute masterpiece. Just like everything that Fumito Ueda had released. On the blog I said
you must play ICO before you die. I also highlighted how its successor
Shadow of the Colossus forever changed the industry. The third game in his run was The Last Guardian. Which I might write about someday. For now I would say that it was an absolute masterpiece. From storytelling, to design, animation, control, music, and direction. There was nothing else that could compare.
I couldn’t believe that the Mr. Ueda released only three games in 18 years. ICO debuted in 2001, however it started development in 1998. Shadow of the Colossus came out in 2005, and The Last Guardian in 2016. Other developers pushed crunch culture, while they cut corners, and publishers forced teams to rush games to market. It was nothing short of a miracle that Sony Playstation Japan supported Mr. Ueda through it all. They allowed him the grace to complete his vision. In doing so they built a legacy of AAA titles in different genres that no other company could compete with. From the birth of the Playstation we could see that certain studios were creating something unique. Polyphony redefined the driving experience with Gran Turismo, while Sony Santa Monica graced action fans with the God of War. genSTUDIO was the one that brought us the “artsy” games that took forever to come out, but were always worth it.
Unless I win the lottery I won’t get the brand new Trico statue. However I already have a great item featuring the fantasy creature. When the game was released for the PS4 there was a collector’s set that included a highly detailed statue. The base even had flocked “grass.” It was one of the nicest collectables I ever got from a game. It was also one of the very few collector’s sets I ever spent lots of money on. I’d like to know what great collector sets you have, or you wish you got. How much would you be willing to spend on a game related item? Tell me in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me
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