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Games Industry Echoes Of Hollywood's Golden Age?
Zack Young writes "I just read an article over at TweakTown Gamer that has an interesting comparison between the movie industry and the gaming industry. It mentions many of the similarities between the relatively young gaming industry and the film industry of the 1920's, including the introduction of new technologies and how they shaped and are shaping the artistic direction the formats take." The article also suggests: "The overall structure of gaming companies... resembles the studio system of the 'Golden Age of Hollywood' rather than the fragmented independent layout of today. The movie studios such as MGM, Paramount or Warner Brothers had their own stock of actors, writers and directors from which the crew of a particular movie was comprised."
The silent movies would have dialogue by pausing for a card to be put on the screen. Music was done by distributing sheet music with the film to be played in the theatre; that was even a later development, because for many years, the theatre was responsible for performing its own music for the film.