Comments on: At EA, Coppola is Tired, Spielberg is Wired http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 19 May 2010 01:52:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Patrick Dugan http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-75395 Patrick Dugan Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:04:29 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/#comment-75395 The designer behind the King Kong adaptation is none other than french autuer Michel Ansel, responsible for <i>Beyond Good and Evil</i>, a stylistically interesting title whose gameplay fell a bit short of the Nietzche appropriated title. The Kong game is an example of use of cinematic language which serves the interaction, rather than distract from it. Dowload the demo and see for youself: http://www.fileplanet.com/157500/150000/fileinfo/King-Kong-Demo The designer behind the King Kong adaptation is none other than french autuer Michel Ansel, responsible for Beyond Good and Evil, a stylistically interesting title whose gameplay fell a bit short of the Nietzche appropriated title. The Kong game is an example of use of cinematic language which serves the interaction, rather than distract from it. Dowload the demo and see for youself: http://www.fileplanet.com/157500/150000/fileinfo/King-Kong-Demo

]]> By: andrew http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-75068 andrew Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:19:17 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/#comment-75068 Maybe <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6135770.html" rel="nofollow">this interview</a> with Neil Young will fill your glass to half full, Ian — new hire Doug Church will be executive producing, at least the first title. (Makes a bit more sense now why Doug took a job at EA...) On a similar note, Oscar-winning <i>Lord of the Rings</i> director Peter Jackson, currently making the new <i>King Kong</i> flick, has been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/24/technology/24kong.html">collaborating closely</a> with seasoned gamemakers on the game version of <i>Kong</i>. Maybe this interview with Neil Young will fill your glass to half full, Ian — new hire Doug Church will be executive producing, at least the first title. (Makes a bit more sense now why Doug took a job at EA…)

On a similar note, Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, currently making the new King Kong flick, has been collaborating closely with seasoned gamemakers on the game version of Kong.

]]> By: Ian Bogost http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-74131 Ian Bogost Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:09:31 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2005/10/14/at-ea-coppola-is-tired-spielberg-is-wired/#comment-74131 In my ongoing attempt to support the balance of the universe by offsetting Andrew's very admirable optimism, I hereby declare my own mortal pessimism for this project. Bah. In my ongoing attempt to support the balance of the universe by offsetting Andrew’s very admirable optimism, I hereby declare my own mortal pessimism for this project. Bah.

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