I received an anonymous question: do you think dennis tyde would like undertale/deltarune?!! if so that means robert would be aware of it given they live together!!
Interesting question! I've never really thought about the Cornley Drama Society's relationship with videogames before.
I can't really envision Dennis playing Undertale or Deltarune; they're pretty complicated and challenging games, and Dennis gets stressed out and overwhelmed easily, so I think he might prefer something more straightforward. The way he struggles with vocabulary and reading also makes me think that, if he does play games, they're probably not text-heavy ones.
I can see Dennis playing Mario games! At first, he's not really sure what he's supposed to be doing. He asks why there are so many giant pipes, and, when Annie tells him that Mario is a plumber, Dennis concludes that he's supposed to go through the pipes repeatedly in order to clean them out. He seems to enjoy himself once he's got a goal in mind, even if it's perhaps not the goal intended by the developers.
I think Annie and Max are the members of the drama society who are most likely to be into videogames. Max probably enjoys couch co-op Nintendo games, anything colourful and family-friendly that he can play with friends. I can see Annie playing things that are more story-driven; I think she's probably your best bet if you're looking for an Undertale player amongst the drama society.
Actually, Vanessa might be a possibility as well! I could be swayed to either 'Vanessa doesn't play games at all' or 'Vanessa will occasionally play something single-player and story-driven'. In either case, she will absolutely panic if she has to play a multiplayer game.
Jonathan has dabbled in videogames but can never beat the first boss. Sandra's not really into games, but she'll occasionally play co-op with Max to indulge him. Chris looks down on the pursuit and refuses to attempt them. Trevor plays Tetris for hours and has never touched anything else.
There is not a chance that Robert plays videogames. I suspect the man can barely operate a phone; he just doesn't strike me as a technology person. His mental image of videogames is stuck back in the 8-bit era, and, if you tell him that games often have complex storylines, he will simply not believe you. Annie and Max talk him into a round of Mario Kart on one occasion, though, and he gets wildly competitive and insists on everyone playing long into the night. He does not place in the top three once.
I've also been asked for my thoughts on what the Cornley Drama Society's fighting styles would be in a JRPG.
Annie fights with her fists; Robert alternates between body-slamming the opponent and putting them to sleep with a long monologue; Sandra inflicts status effects (Charm being her speciality); Max makes silly faces at the screen and ignores the enemy; Dennis attempts to befriend the enemy or hide; Trevor will occasionally hurl a bomb into the fray from offscreen, sometimes injuring you and sometimes injuring the opponent; Jonathan... wait, where’s Jonathan? He was right behind us. Why isn’t he on the battle screen?
Chris doesn’t fight himself, instead giving the others instructions that half of them will ignore. Vanessa consistently follows Chris’s instructions and will panic if Chris is out of action.
Another videogame-related enquiry I've received: what would Cornley make of the play in Final Fantasy VII?
Imagine how livid Robert would be when Cloud and his date got the lead roles just for being the hundredth couple at the play. These people are not actors!
“Excuse me!” Robert snaps, rising to his feet in the audience. “Chris and I entered before these two! We were clearly the hundredth couple; those roles are rightfully ours. You simply assumed we weren’t a couple because we are both men, and I will be filing a discrimination case unless we are given our rightful place on that stage.”
“We’re not a couple!” Chris hisses at him in a panic. “And we don’t know the script!”
Robert, undeterred, bullies the organisers until they give him the role of the Evil Dragon King just to shut him up. (If Cloud chooses the ‘kiss the Evil Dragon King’ option, Robert really goes for it.)
At the climax, the entire set collapses, exposing a sheepish-looking Trevor, who has secretly been moonlighting as the stage manager at the Gold Saucer. Robert and Chris stare at him, incredulous.