What’s Up With Dreams?
Sony E3 2018: Questions We Still Have
I have an amusing story about Chris Tucker’s first encounter with Prince, if you’ll allow me to digress for a moment. Purportedly, Prince was impressed by Tucker’s performance as Ruby Rhod in The Fifth Element, a role that was originally intended for the pop superstar, and one that Tucker based heavily upon him. The story goes that Prince invited Tucker to his mansion as a result, and upon his arrival, Tucker was advised that Prince would be with him shortly, and that he could walk around the grounds freely until then.
About an hour had passed, with Chris Tucker roaming aimlessly around the property until he had spotted Prince peering at him through a window, presumably observing his every step the whole time. Tucker left immediately after.
Dreams is the manifestation of Prince at E3 2018, always watching, but never engaging. I can’t find any proof that this Chris Tucker story even actually happened, but I heard it once, and it was excellent – so dammit, I’m sticking with it.
Though not quite as sinister as Prince surreptitiously creepin’ on you, the integration of Dreams into Sony’s presentation was bizarre, to say the least. It had little segments interspersed between, in order to show off the versatility of its creation suite, without playing a featured role at any point. This contradictory message left us pondering what state the game is really in. If it was supposed to be our ‘host’ for Sony’s event, it was not a very present one – so why lay the claim that it would be so significant in the first place?
