A shopping mall full of zombies. A cadre of muscle-bound world warriors decapitating foes left and right. An alternate universe where Cold War superheroes investigate a conspiracy. It hasn’t been lost on Electronic Arts that these films settings make for excellent interactive experiences on or off the silver screen — and that their director, Zack [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
Early this month, when Depth Entertainment’s Scott Faye told Kotaku that work was finally commencing on a Duke Nukem movie, the collective reaction at GameCyte was one of disbelief. It wasn’t that there was anything necessarily wrong with a Duke Nukem action flick; to the contrary, we figure the Duke would make for a spectacularly [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 9, 2008
Gamasutra has a very in-depth interview with Jordan Weisman, the founder of Smith & Tinker and FASA, discussing the responsibilities of a creator when making new universes. Weisman is one of the men behind my favorite tabletop universes (Shadowrun and BattleTech), so I have a great deal of respect for what he says regarding franchises. [...]
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Monday, September 29, 2008
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