Buried in this article, which is mostly about big, stupid agents making big, stupid deals so that big, stupid movies can have big, stupid games to go with them, is an interesting mention of bringing a "Hollywood sensibility" to game-making. Vin Diesel having a game company may not fulfill that promise, but I would love to see more content-driven games where the story and the ideas behind the game drive it more than the technology that makes it possible. Since technology inevitably plateaus, game developers will have to eventually use content to sell games, which I hope will mean more writers working on games to make them more like interactive narrative experiences.
I feel like video games can be a narrative medium even more powerful than film, but game-makers have only scratched the surface of how it can be used to tell stories in a new way.
I've probably played worse games that I've since blocked out to avoid the pain, but reading through this thread reminded me of three:
BALLZ: I think this was the name of that horrible attempt at a 3D fighter for Genesis, in which each character was literally made of balls. One small step for 3D graphics (very small), one GIANT LEAP backwards for gameplay on that system.
Sonic Pinball: What's with games that have "ball" in the title? Curse you, Sega, for forever tarnishing Sonic the Hedgehog's good name with this idiotic piece of shit on burnt toast. It was PINBALL, people -- just PINBALL. And I was stupid enough to trust the Sonic name and buy it, expecting some kind of decent side-scroll action.
MYST: Sorry, millions of fans, but if I want to point and click still images for hours at a time while listening to new age music, I'll put on an Enya CD and surf a porno site.... Uh... Okay, gotta go now. Play on, playas!
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Buried in this article, which is mostly about big, stupid agents making big, stupid deals so that big, stupid movies can have big, stupid games to go with them, is an interesting mention of bringing a "Hollywood sensibility" to game-making. Vin Diesel having a game company may not fulfill that promise, but I would love to see more content-driven games where the story and the ideas behind the game drive it more than the technology that makes it possible. Since technology inevitably plateaus, game developers will have to eventually use content to sell games, which I hope will mean more writers working on games to make them more like interactive narrative experiences.
I feel like video games can be a narrative medium even more powerful than film, but game-makers have only scratched the surface of how it can be used to tell stories in a new way.
I've probably played worse games that I've since blocked out to avoid the pain, but reading through this thread reminded me of three:
... Uh... Okay, gotta go now. Play on, playas!
BALLZ: I think this was the name of that horrible attempt at a 3D fighter for Genesis, in which each character was literally made of balls. One small step for 3D graphics (very small), one GIANT LEAP backwards for gameplay on that system.
Sonic Pinball: What's with games that have "ball" in the title? Curse you, Sega, for forever tarnishing Sonic the Hedgehog's good name with this idiotic piece of shit on burnt toast. It was PINBALL, people -- just PINBALL. And I was stupid enough to trust the Sonic name and buy it, expecting some kind of decent side-scroll action.
MYST: Sorry, millions of fans, but if I want to point and click still images for hours at a time while listening to new age music, I'll put on an Enya CD and surf a porno site.