This is a movie that thrills the viewer with the threat of being stranded on a deadly, alien planet with an ugly, battle-scarred, merciless killing machine… named Danny Trejo. And I guess I was excited when I found out Predators were involved too.

In summer the need for genre reading grips me, stacks of fat squat books howling my name like newsprint-scented wolves. I love serious fiction. There are Great Books gathering dust unread on my shelf. But ultimately the call of the genre will get me, wrap me up in a quick-drawn world and plot-drive me where it will. The inevitability makes me wonder how bad a fate that is.

A few months ago I was arguing on facebook with a guy about Kefka from Final Fantasy 6. The guy claimed Kefka was an awesome video game villain. I didn’t agree with him, but it took me awhile to fully formulate my arguments. This post is the result of that formulation. I present to you, for your unadulterated amusement, what makes a good video game villain.
The thing is – I believe Kefka, while better than some, is just a poor villain masquerading as a good one. If you don’t play …