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APRIL 30
Rubber Ugly |
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The first time I laid my eyes on this hideous treasure, I thought it was a giant aquatic monster! It took me several terror-filled seconds to realize that it's just an ugly statue. What a relief... I was ready to run all the way back to Hocotate!
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Ugliness that can destroy all beauty drives deep despair into the heart of the beholder. This hideous item is a must-have for connoisseurs of all things wretched and repellant.
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Look at that horrendous thing! A rubber ducky!
These two entries use a sort of dramatic irony as a device to further continue the theme of "one man's garbage is another man's treasure," a theme that's found in abundance in Olimar's logbook. We, the audience, find rubber duckies quite cute. On the other hand, Olimar and his ship see it as a hideous monster of an object. As far as this game is concerned, this is the best showcase of this one theme, as it uses the audience as part of the example.
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Paradoxical Enigma |
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I'm not just an intergalactic space captain... I'm also an artist. I see the inner beauty in everything. Some things other people call ugly and boring, I find intellectually stimulating and aesthetically pleasing. It's true... I'm sophisticated like that.
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What's funny about this entry is directly related to the previous one made by Olimar. It's ironic that he calls himself an artist who sees the inner beauty in things, yet doesn't notice how he found the rubber ducky to be ugly when most people think the opposite. Furthermore, this object is merely the head of the rubber duck, yet it apparently isn't as ugly as it is with a body. Sometimes irony and hypocrisy drive deep within Olimar, as they do in us humans as well.
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// A mysterious character within the Banjo-Kazooie series was meant to star in his own N64 spin-off...
Click for more . . .
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// Delve into the philosophical world of gaming in this Pikmin 2 special, Buried Treasures
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