George

"I think I can sum up the game for you in one word....NOTHING"

Executive #1

"Nothing?"

George

"Nothing"

Executive #1

"What does that mean?"

George

"The game is about nothing"

Jerry

"Well it's not about "nothing"

George

"No, it's about NOTHING"

Jerry

"Well, maybe in philosophy... but even nothing is something"

Executive #2

"What's the premise?"

Jerry

"Well, as I was saying, I would play myself as a Japanese teenager living in Japan, and I'd have a bunch of neighbors and my dad gets punched to death and an old grandma...which is all true"

George

"yea, but nothing happens in the game. You see, it...it's just like life...ya know you eat, ya go shopping, you read, you eat, you read, you go shopping"

Executive #1

"You read? You read in the game?"

Jerry

"well, I don't know about the reading...we didn't discuss the reading."

Executive #1

"Alright, tell me...tell me about the story"

George

"No story"

Executive #1

"No story? So...what is it?"

George

"What did you do today?"

Executive #1

"I got up and came to work"

George

"THERE'S a game, that's a game!"

Executive #1

"How's that a game?"

Jerry

"Well...uh...maybe something happens to you on the way to work"

George

"No NO NO! Nothing happens!"

Jerry

"Well....something happens!"

Executive #1

"Well, why am I playing it?"

George

"Because it's on Dreamcast!"

Executive #1

"Not yet"

George

"Ok...uh...look, if you want to just keep doing the same old thing...then maybe this idea is not for you. I for one am NOT going to compromise my artistic integrity. And I'll tell you something else...this is the game, and we're NOT gonna change it"

It's Shenmue (1). Enjoy?

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