Conversation Between Wolf Kanno and Karifean

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  1. I would be super excited if SE took all of the attention its getting lately to try and do something with the IP other than a simple port, or a bad one in the case of the Steam one. It kills me that Kato and Mitsuda, one of the head writers for all three Chrono titles and the composer as well, always say they want to do something with the IP but SE just kind of lets it collect dust. Xenogears is a lost cause since most of the creative team works for Nintendo now, but a lot of the original creative staff for Chrono always wax on how much they would love to do something like that again.
  2. Sheesh the English and Irish have a horrendous history together. Makes me wonder how the current issues surrounding Brexit are affected by these enduring strifes and tensions. And I guess "not much has changed" in regards to keeping parties divided. That's something that goes all the way back to Roman times and earlier, with Caesar and others openly utilizing "Divide & Conquer" as a strategy. Devious, inhumane, but undeniably effective it would seem.

    Gotta say though I can feel your passion for this ^^

    Btw I'm currently watching a YouTuber playing through Chrono Trigger again who's posting the alternate endings alongside the main storyline run, and I'm using that to see the optional endings I didn't get to see yet. Feels like the whole #1 game of the Heisei era thing kickstarted a sort of revival of appreciation for the game almost, though maybe it's just coincidental.
  3. It pretty much was, but looking at how cultures clash when they first meet, especially European expansion in the sixteenth century, often meant the culture with the superior advantage will find anything to make themselves feel superior to the other party. The Irish and English didn't really get along before religion came into the picture, but once England took over through expansion, they used it as a means to reflect their own cultural superiority. The whole conflict with Northern Ireland pretty much stems from the fact that their ancestors were the Protestant upper class citizens of the country back in the day who can trace their lineages back to England. Likewise, Ireland used Catholicism as a cultural identity like a lot of other countries tend to do, which simply embittered them against the "heathen mainland". A lot of dumb trout happened between Ireland and England, but like a lot of history, details get lost over time for the sake of historical convenience. England did make a lot of polices that hurt Ireland, and their suppression of their political system drove a lot of the strife between the two countries which eventually led to Ireland leaving the UK and caused the Troubles during the 20th century. At the same time, if you were to hear the story from Ireland's perspective, some would try to convince you that England was trying to commit genocide and that the potato famine was "a British plot to eradicate the Irish". While Cromwell is a controversial figure within England itself, he's on the same playing field as Hitler as far as the Irish are concerned. As a third party in all this, we can see how both countries kind of screwed up the situation, even in times when both had good intentions.

    Oddly enough, England never really used Christianity on India, in fact, a lot of parties within did their best to keep missionaries out of the country in order to not complicate the tense religious issues that place had already to begin with. Their bigger use of control was simply playing favorites and keeping both parties at each other's throats so they could never amount an effective rebellion. The last time India nearly won its independence through armed conflict was pretty much the last time the Muslim and Hindu groups actually worked together, and even that eventually fell apart because of the animosity they have with each other. It was kind of ingenious actually but not nearly as bad as the Belgium Congo.

    If you want to hear the real horror stories of European colonialism, the Belgium Congo is like the poster child for it. You know its bad when nineteenth century England, France, and the U.S. are looking at you and saying you really screwed that place up. While a lot of countries have some serious grievances against Europe and the U.S. for interventions and colonialism, the Congo is so messed up it will probably be another century if not two before they are a functional country again, assuming the place doesn't fall apart like Yugoslavia did, and just turn into a bunch of smaller dysfunctional countries who keep their animosity directed at each other.
  4. Jesus smurfing christ, I guess religion was in no small part just another 'weapon' they tried to use to gain a position of superiority huh.
  5. A lot of the religious conflict in Ireland came from Henry the VIII creating the Church of England and dragging the rest of the country into Protestantism. Which is funny because the Catholics had a hell of time trying to instill their religion in Ireland in the first place. Though honestly, both groups disliked each other before the religious problems crept in, the English simply had the benefit of not being as remote from mainland Europe like the Irish did. Ireland was also the place where a lot of self-exiled monks built monasteries because they were sick and tired of the bulltrout going on in the Vatican before the Protestant Reformation kicked in. I believe even today that the Vatican doesn't really recognize the Irish branch of the church since they have some major differences in opinions.
  6. Accidently huh O.o that sounds awfully convenient but I can kinda see how that might occur. Interesting though. Kinda not too surprising to hear they exacerbate tensions like that but still feels pretty irksome ngl. What was the predominant religion in England at the time they were prejudiced against Catholicism?

    And yeah it's not hard to imagine why Ireland and Russia kinda struggle back and forth between those ends. A study in human cycles indeed >.<
  7. Yeah sadly, a lot of industries has that kind of soul sucking attitude about things. Until you make it up to higher management positions most industries seem to treat the lowest members of their workforce as expendable. At least in my country where there are still major push backs towards labor unions. It may very well likely be different in other parts of the world. That might also help with my attitude on the subject.

    As for English expansion, I feel the two oddest elements that caught me off guard was learning how England accidentally acquired an empire. It didn't really set out to do so, but unscrupulous acts by their banking system or trade companies ended up acquiring a lot of territory for the crown over the century. India, Egypt, and Argentina are just a couple of examples of countries England accidentally acquired because their economical division within the country took over these places and once the government learned of some of the atrocities they were pulling in these places, stepped in and took over.

    The other element is how their foreign policy to maintain control in some of these regions pretty much exasperated the ethnic tensions in these regions which are still a problem today, though unlike some other foreign colonial powers, England had a tendency of creating these tensions through religion more than anything, likely because England itself spent centuries grappling with the issue within its own borders. The divide in Ireland largely stems from English prejudice against Catholicism which itself was something they pushed on the Irish earlier in their dealings with them, whereas India was kept in check and most of their rebellions failed be3cause English policy makers and regents kept pushing and exasperating the conflict between Hindu and Muslim natives which would eventually spawn the split between the two groups when England finally relinquished control back to people and that led to the creation of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. It has all been interesting for the most part.

    I also find it amusing how similar Irish and Russian history mirror each other. Both countries have a real common theme of pushing for more independence and democracy within their countries from tyrannical rule only to always screw it up when someone in power who is sympathetic to their plight comes along.
  8. Yeah that sounds like a good way to describe it. On that note I'm curious to hear if there's something about the history of English colonialism that you found fascinating that you'd like to share? ^^

    And yeah, as much as I want to think that way I don't think the passion for creating could pull me through a day-to-day life of feeling completely unvalued despite overworking, and feeling on the verge of being thrown out into the streets at any time. Not long term at least. Maybe I'm setting myself up for a fall by assuming anywhere else is going to be better about this, but I hope not >.<
  9. I had a history teacher who basically described the subject as simply a study in human cycles. Even when you go into smaller histories of just countries, its interesting to see how certain elements keep cycling back.

    Yeah, I jumped into programming for the sake of game design but also figured it would be a useful talent just to have in general, but I just didn't have the aptitude for it despite enjoying coding conceptually. The horror stories of the game industry can be frightening, but are honestly nothing new. It's always been an industry of grueling hours, no appreciation, and lousy benefits. I'm sure its only gotten worse over time, but I feel the real draw here is that you want to make something, and I've always felt that if I could hold onto that feeling then I could probably deal with the rest of it. I enjoy watching ideas grow so part of me wishes I had stuck with my major though. I wish you luck in finding work to build on your sense of independence though.
  10. Yeah I figured, while I had pretty bad history classes in highschool (think basically data upon data upon data) I've kinda been wanting to read up on history a bit, at least in spare time if nothing else. Funny to hear about that record from Rome, I'm not exactly surprised but it is interesting to see how closely the concerns mirror our own right now. That's the kind of thing real fascinating about history, realizing that you're not special, that societies have been here before and what you think might be good ideas have already been tried in the past and failed. There's probably no better way to break ignorant/naive idealism than that.

    I've been studying Software Engineering myself. Tbh the field I actually wanted to break into was game design but at the time I finished highschool I was too scared to voice that to my father so I just went with the next best thing under the rationale that it's pretty close, and that it's a field I've dabbled in a bunch and I'm generally good at. By now I'm much less inclined to actually aim for a place in the game industry given all the horror stories surrounding it. Regarding Software Engineering though, I could probably continue to pursue it but I don't really want to, so I'm taking a break. A few other factors playing into it as well, but long story short, I'm looking for a job atm aiming to actually be self-reliant for once. Currently hoping to get a position in customer service at least temporarily.
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