>I'd like to hear more about this time you played Crash Bandicoot.

Well... you remember that random gaming recap from a while ago? Joe Drake wasn't the only character I played in that game, he was more of a one-off for that session. My usual character was Crash, which I think happened for no better reason than I was totally stuck for an idea during character generation and I chanced to notice the original game sitting by the PlayStation.

He was... pretty much like you find him in the game; cheerful, indestructible, not too bright. With an added layer of "mutant Australian animal" tropes from the old Palladium Mutants Down Under supplement to TMNT/After the Bomb, simply because his portrayal in the original platformer game wasn't exactly what you would call deep enough to sustain a serious (or even not-very-serious) roleplaying effort. I seem to recall I played him as quite a lot swearier than you'd actually get in an OG PlayStation game aimed at kids. :)

Sample dialogue, paraphrased from very, very old memory fragments:

OTHER CHARACTER
So... you were genetically engineered by a mad scientist as part of a plan to take over the world?

CRASH
'Sright.

OC
How does one mutant animal get anyone closer to taking over the world?

CRASH
(cheerfully)
Fucked if I know, mate. I'm a fuckin' bandicoot.

--G.
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