Forgotten Tales: a Phoenix Dream (ePub)

From a young age, Darren has always seen that the main driving force behind the entertainment industry, this being movies, video games and books, is the narrative. Which he believes that a number of these mediums, are forgetting.
Since then Darren has planned and developed a series of books, from the age of 11 to today, based on the idea of that nothing is bigger than the characters and narrative of any medium, and through this idea the reader will learn about these characters, not just of who they are as a character but who they are as a human being.

This is an idea that Darren even hopes to continue and explore with in the video game industry as a Creative Director and Co-Founder of EMP Software Design, a mobile video game development studio.
Gaming technology and techniques have always fascinated him and always will. They’ve driven him to a gaming degree, and aspirations to a whole lot more.
When he was growing up he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with my life, which path to take so to speak, with no real role models it was a very hard choice for him to make.
This was until Darren reached the age of twelve and played two great games for the PlayStation: Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII.

Since then Darren had and always wondered how they make games and once he played those two games, he knew he was hooked for life.
"I loved their connection to the player and imaginative attempts to break the forth wall. They were really trying to get to you while you played. Metal Gear Solid tells you which buttons to press, even to turn the console off – not a good idea. And of course there’s the infamous fight with Psycho Mantis whom can read your memory card. Then Final Fantasy, with its massive world and deeply flawed, but brilliantly human characters that made you care about them.
All this set me on a read towards the video game industry, and to learn the technical ins and outs of making games, and maybe one day to be a Creative Director. And since

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