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| Mr. Scott (right), looking remarkably like the character he voices (left) |
This is the last interview for a
while. I will try to do more over the
summer, but this is the last of all the ones I have done over the past year.
Humor is a tricky thing. Sometimes, it can be as complicated,
intricate, and subtle as the satire of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, to vulgar and base as…well, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. It can come in many forms, and a comedian
will never know if they will strike gold with an idea for a comedy short. Ross Scott, the creator of the Machinima
series, Freeman’s Mind, struck
gold. And all it took was Valve’s Half-Life, a microphone, a bit of
creativity, and an endless stream of utter nonsense and criminal psychosis.
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| The Series's Iconic Logo |
For the uninformed, Freeman’s Mind is a series featured on
Youtube, where Gordon Freeman (voiced by Scott) goes about the events of Half-Life, constantly narrating his
activities and going on random tangents of his days at MIT, his fantasies of
world domination, his constant yearning for shotguns and explosions, and his
chastising of the aliens trying to eat his face. It’s a bizarre romp into the psyche of
everyone’s silent scientist protagonist with hilarious and sometimes even
fascinating results.
In this interview, Scott discusses how
the idea for Freeman’s Mind (and his other series, Civil Protection) started,
his process for making each episode, his past, his reaction to the imitator’s
of the “Freeman’s mind style”, and many other topics.
Again, apologies for the low quality of
this interview. Despite the late release
date, this was actually the first interview I did. I was still figuring out the microphone and internet
connections that worked best.
LINKS
- INTERVIEW WITH MR. SCOTT: http://www.hulkshare.com/9onkg5e43534
- Accursed Farms Website: http://www.accursedfarms.com
- YouTube Playlist for Freeman's Mind: http://www.youtube.com/show/freemansmind
