User blog comment:Chesha/Hello everybody!/@comment-4059927-20120623190026/@comment-4675595-20120627214915

Hello there, Dan :)

I actually really like Gary's character, personally, mostly because I've seen him interpreted really well in fanfiction. There's a lot to work with for fic writers who like to delve into characters' psyches. But now that you all mention it, for an antagonist, he does have very little screentime.

Would he really be considered the "main" antagonist, above all the other stuff that was thrown at Jimmy during the game? After he goes nuts and thinks Jimmy's out to get him, he just kind of leaves. If I remember correctly, his lying to Tad was his only appearance in Chapter 2, and after that it was the preps themselves that pushed against Jimmy. And in Chapter 3, he just helps Johnny find Algie, which had nothing to do with Jimmy at all, and it was just coincidence that Jimmy got roped into that whole mess. And then he had no role in the whole Nerd/Jock chapter.

It isn't until the end that he actually makes another move, and he's definitely the main antagonist of that whole arc, but he feels a bit more like a recurring villain than the "big bad" or whatever. Normally, at least in the games I've played, there's some kind of build-up from the beginning of the game to the final boss, even if it's gradual. But Gary just kind of pops in and out of the story.

But I agree with Link, it does fit the setting, since it isn't a very "heavy" game.