My Main Character

At first glance, yes, Edward seems a mundane name for a game character. It also may seem that no thought has gone into this at all but that is not the case. First of all there arnt many archeologists with fancy names like Sir Zeliek or Baron Rivendare, most are normal every day names like Howard or Arthur and i wanted my character to be no exception to this. Having an everyday name makes him seem more like an everyday person eventhough he is not in an everday situation. The main character in Silent Hill 2 is called James Sunderland and even though he is not in a normal everyday situation withing the game, you dont control him going to work or parking his car, the name strengthens that games themes and help us as a person connect with the character more. At least that is my opinion, im sure there are other takes on this which I intend to look into, but I tried to think that if I had not been designing the game, if I had been playing it what would make the story and characters some alive more for me. This is also another reason why I have been playing the games like Silent Hill in order to discern how this choice affects the games story and our connection with it.