{"id":153655,"date":"2022-12-10T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/armored-core-vis-use-of-gray-could-inspire-a-new-generation-of-carpet\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T09:29:11","slug":"armored-core-vis-use-of-gray-could-inspire-a-new-generation-of-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/armored-core-vis-use-of-gray-could-inspire-a-new-generation-of-carpet\/","title":{"rendered":"Armored Core VI’s use of gray could inspire a new generation of carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earlier this year I compared the MMO Lost Ark to gray carpet, in the sense that the MMO Lost Ark is exactly like a gray carpet: trendy yet drab. At the time I’d been in the market for a new \u2013 and entirely necessary – underfoot experience, so I turned to a local Carpet Man to procure said plush. In the end he seemed pleased that I rebelled against the majority and opted for a sunny corn colour.<\/p>\n
But the latest Armored Core VI trailer from this year’s Geoff Awards had me in a contemplative mood. “Perhaps”, I thought, “Carpet Man would appreciate FromSoftware’s use of gray”. Even though there isn’t a fuzzy floor surface to be seen, could the trailer have triggered gray’s redemption arc?<\/p>\n
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I’ll be the first to admit that I know nothing about the Armored Core series. Technically, I suppose, I know that the games feature big robots that fight each other, but that’s it. And it’s never interested me, either, as machines can’t ragdoll down cliffs like the deer from Oblivion. They only fire large gatling guns and rarely flinch, because they are unfeeling, unthinking slabs of metal. Yawn, am I right?<\/p>\n
Then at the Geoff Awards I saw “FromSoftware” flash up on the screen, having just watched a world succumb to some fiery apocalypse (it wouldn’t be FromSoftware without fire and cinder, would it?). Then: blam! GRAY. There’s ash all over the gaff, with a gray sky, and the disintegrated remains of a gray building. Even the color of the font they use is grey, not white (aside from the “FromSoftware” pop-up) rather than white. A gray robot wearing a backpack hoists a gray limb from the floor.<\/p>\n