The Guns of Navarro: On Infinity, and Beyond

@Colourful_Hippie said:

Alex Ratcliffe? Navarro is so much better.

I kinda like Ratcliffe better. :p

@Alex Glad to see the new column, Alex. Keep 'em coming.

This should be where Alex continues Year of the Cage.

Nice

Love your stuff Alex. NAVARRO > SCOOPY DOO

@alex I'm intrigued, can we get more about your name change? As for the article, good stuff. i read the whole thing and there is zero chance i would buy that for me, friends or family. But, If Lasseter is behind it I think they might be able to pull off a toy that helps imagination in the kids that play it.

Great to see some more content from Alex

And here I was thinking Alex was Latina.

Loving it Alex. Keep it up.

I'm waaay too old to be the target of this product, but I love the potential of this. Having watched a lot of footage, including the presentation in full over the last week, I both understand and lament that they are concentrating on the recent history of Disney, as fun as it looks. If they somehow worked in Marvel (using alternate costumes for the buff system is surely a no-brainer), eps. 4-6 of Star Wars (I'm gonna guess the clone wars stuff will be supported first), and "classic" Tron (I saw lots of stuff from recent Tron), along with their traditional, painted, animation I'm sure they could tug on the nostalgia-strings of parents (and me), too.

All in all, this looks a giant leap better than I expected when it was first announced, and look forward to see how it progresses.

As far a the column is concerned, hearing Alex on the GOTY podcasts reminded me how much I missed his regular input, and this now gives me something to look forward to on Sundays. Good first column, Alex, thanks.

It's an eerie vision I have where I'm buying whole sets of Infinity toys. Luckily Disney made sure the art style sucks so I'm not tempted.

Loved it. Thanks Ratcliffe

awesome stuff, Alex, always nice to hear from you , and especially have more weekend content!

Darkwing Duck Metroidvania with elements of Ninja Five-O is still a dream game of mine, that NES game is kind of lame.

Good column Alex!

keep it up alex.

That kind of just blew my mind. Ratcliffe makes so much sense.

Looking forward to this feature

Cool, I actually completely ignored the Infinity announcement, I know it's big for kids and Jeff, but I don't really see how this can impact the rest of us in the future, I mostly see huge amounts of money going to Disney. Are these things going to be in all games? I don't get it.

Thank you for this, Alex! This kind of thing is EXACTLY what the site needed. Too bad everyone else is probably too busy to have their own columns...

Never before seeing that Disney cartoons promotional picture have I realized how heavily they had themselves invested in ducks.

Nice to see (read) more of you around here, Alex! Your writing tends to be pretty unique.

Great column, Alex. I look forward to more!

I actually totally ignored the announcement of this Infinity thing and had no idea what it is. Now I am going to look it up, it sounds interesting.

@Undeadpool said:

@Wrect said:

The kids love the Alex Navarro.

It's that damn Navarro, he's so hot right now!!

I remember when I used to do some Ratcliffe out by the back of the lazer disco, now all them kids are into "The Hunk" and now this damned 'Navarro!

Awesome to have more content on weekends, this column is the real deal Alex! DANKE!

Did not care about Skylanders...but skylanders with Disney characters? YES!

I like reading these editorial pieces from Alex and Patrick Love how GB focuses more on these longer articles than just rewriting PR crap.

Great Article, It will be hard to predict whether or not infinity will succeed on their ambitious aims. It all depends on how hard Disney markets this to the wider audience.

I hope the Disney figures have some sort of articulation (I can't tell really from the picture). What turned me off of Skylanders even as a collectable is not being able to put them in neat poses for display.

DisneyLanders. When do they make the Giants sequel?

I love this! Hooray for new content that is free for everyone! I was also surprised that a bigger deal was not made about this on other sites. This looks like it could actually be a game changer. 
 
Also this shit was hilarious: 

Dear Disney People, I would like to see Duck Tales in your Infinity video game because it is my favoritest show. I also like Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles. Please do this or I will be sad forever. Sincerely, Alex Navarro -- Age 31

Can't read it all the way through...don't know why. It's so long.

And I just read A Dance with Dragons. That's 1,000+ pages!

My brain is fucked up.

Hooray for the new column!

I approve of this feature & Alex doing more Bombastica.

Oh this is going to be good.

Good Job Alex! It was a good read. When Alex was with Screened... His articles were kind of mean. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

I am glad this column now exists. Always thought Alex was a gool guy from back in the Gamespot years. Finally signed up to Giantbomb just after reading this.

Hey, this is cool. I had no idea Disney was thinking of any of this, and when you lay it all out like this, it's obviously a big fucking deal.

I can't tell for sure if you were serious or not about your last name, but I think you were... so I have to ask you @Alex - what do you think of having a made up last name? I've been thinking of suggesting it to the ladyfriend instead of either not changing either of our last names, or having one of those goddamn hyphenated things. Seems like a cool idea. But picking one seems like it'll be a goddamn pain.

I love the fact that you just have a picture of Nicholas Cage screaming as your avatar. 
 
edit: Oh, and that was a pleasant article to read. I love me some original content.
I would've loved to hear some of the hypothetical ideas that you feel Infinity might lead to. 
For the next Guns of Navarro, I was thinking maybe there might be room for a video. Like David Jaffe does. An opinion piece, like this, but in video form. 
Something of a Jar Time, but shorter and with a point. And to the point. You get the point. 
Good stuff, man.

I enjoyed this a lot, very happy with the prospect of a weekly column like this from you Alex.

Great read. Looking forward to more.

I will always take more Alex powered content. The annoying part about Disney Infinity is that it won't cater to the Disney I enjoy like Darkwing Duck, or Gargoyles.

I like the idea of The Guns of Navarro feature, good way to start it with this

Alex Navarro speaking his mind and at the same time being optimistic? That is completely mind blowing. In a really positive way!!

I'M CONFUSED. I thought I disliked Navarro's personality. WILL THIS AND UPCOMING ARTICLES TELL ME THAT HE IS A GOOD GUY?!?! Brrr.. Too many earth/internet shattering questions . but a really great read nonetheless! ;-)

More Alex less Patrick. Thanks.

Looking forward to more of this, it was a great read.

Also, fuck shitting on Patrick. You assholes do it everywhere. It has to fucking stop.

@Butano: Prime it up. It's a nostalgia machine.

Now I'm remembering hours of playing the Duck Tales game for Game Boy. A classic.

Great article Alex!

The negative tone of so much of your stuff on the site (which is necessary given the number of crap games you have to review) has made me unconsciously think of you as the site's resident pessimist, glad to read about something that you're actually excited about. I love the idea of the weekly column, keep it up!

As far as the Infinity stuff goes, I'm very excited about it. I have a handful of Skylanders and I love the premise, I just wish the game had a little bit more hidden depth and difficulty for the few adults that want to let their kid selves roam wild at Toys R' Us. Hopefully Infinity will provide a bit more game without sacrificing the ease of use that gets kids excited.

I have never been able to take Disney seriously when it comes to developing games. Not sure they will give this game the backing it needs.

good read :)