The perks of being a seduction guru.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Super Seducer when I first sat down to play the upcoming full-motion video (FMV) dating game from the self-proclaimed seduction guru Richard La Ruina. Would it be so bad that it’s funny" Would I actually learn a thing or two that would enhance my own dating life" I’ll have a preview up soon of the game’s opening episodes, but I largely wound up being pleasantly surprised by the game. My fears of it being an overly toxic title largely disappeared, and each situation was handled with more tact than I would’ve expected from such a title.
In order to learn more about the game’s production, and to just delve into why such a title was made in the first place, I talked to Richard La Ruina himself. He was nice enough to answer a variety of questions about Super Seducer, toxic male behavior, and gaming in general. Tyler Treese: I just spent a couple hours playing Super Seducer, so I’ve got quite a few questions for you about the game, but before I really get into that, I wanted to get a little bit of your background because you call yourself a seduction guru in the intro. That’s not really a field that I ever thought people could get into when I was growing up. It’s not something really like advertised. You don’t go to college for it or see it a job listing. How did you wind up getting into that field"
Richard La Ruina: I think it’...