Nice Guys And The Dark Side
Via Min Jung comes this short IM chatlog regarding bad boys. I quote not the chatlog—the debate as to whether or why girls prefer bad boys is old—but a comment: “When I played Knights of the Old Republic, I couldn't bring myself to play darkside. I had 100% light side points before I was half done with the game.”
I'm a self-professed (albeit recovering) nice guy , but not so nice that, when playing Star Wars games, I feel the need to be a nice guy in that realm too. It's been a while now, but I remember playing Jedi Knight II and thinking "let's just kill everybody, even the non-combattants", which meant that, in the end, my character turned to the Dark Side. But don't you oppose the killing of innocent civilians, you might protest? Yes, but not when it comes to Star Wars games. I have yet to take a scientific poll on the matter, but I contend that Nice Guys, especially nerdy Nice Guys, and especially nerdy Nice Guys who have been served healthy servings of Star Wars (the "first" three particularly) in their youth, would pick the Dark Side. Because the Dark Side is undeniably cooler.
