CGI is pretty impressive nowadays. Know what is even more impressive? Puppets.
A surprising piece of media hit the internet today, and I can safely say it was the last thing I would have expected – the incredible story of Arthas, the crown prince from Warcraft III, and his dramatic fall to become the intensely villainous Lich King.
Performed by a group of Taiwanese puppeteers, we see all the iconic moments that defined the tragedy of Arthas Menethil:
It is amazing to see the creativity across the Warcraft universe and community.
This is the story of Arthas interpreted by our Taiwan team with traditional hand puppetry. pic.twitter.com/CrTuQsHvdg
— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) December 16, 2022
It is every bit as epic as I remembered, but with the added awe of how spectacularly meticulous the production must have been.
The TWworldofwarcraft YouTube has a magnificent peek behind the scenes, with a stellar featurette showing some of the effort involved:
The entire project just has me in awe – and hungry for more of this storytelling. Maybe we could get some iconic moments from other blockbusters like God of War or The Last of Us?
Think puppets have a future replacing in-game cutscenes? Or is this just an epic one-off? Let us know in the comments or on social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views.
