Philips Magnavox Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Trigger Happy - Manual (Page 156)

Trigger Happy
158
Fig. 8. Crash Bandicoot 3: a cartoon you can play with (‰ 1998
Sony Computer Entertainment)
It is perhaps no coincidence that since videogames
have been able to offer a detailed world of humorous
action similar to that of the traditional cartoon, with the
added killer ingredient of control,animated cartoons
themselves have changed in order to survive. Cartoons
such as South Park or The Simpsons no longer rely
solely on pure kinetic comedy, but excel in the scabrous
comedy of situation and character. Hence it is easy to
see how the disgraceful videogame adaptation South
Park (1998) totally missed the point, offering as