My favorite part was still the Gojira show.
The internet was abuzz about metal band Gojira’s Olympics opening ceremony performance suspended high on the walls of a French Chateau, but as reported by Eurogamer, the celebration also featured an equally surreal bit of videogame marketing woven through the whole shebang: A masked torchbearer dressed like Arno from Assassin’s Creed Unity, parkouring about with the blessings of franchise creator Ubisoft.
Featured on NBC coverage of the ceremony, the Arno-alike engaged in some impressive acrobatics on the rooftops of Paris while carrying the torch, including ziplining across the Seine and cutting a few promos for the live broadcast. He was a bit like an opening ceremony Forrest Gump, or perhaps more akin to a cosplay convention Deadpool, flitting in and out of a Les Miserables production, the aforementioned Gojira show, and a whimsical Dionysean drag river cruise.
