In an interview with Gamespot's Senior Editor
Jeff Gerstmann, CBS News gives the impression that Hollywood is having a negative impact on the games industry. The
interview covers problems with movie to game conversions and vice versa. According to Jeff, the lack of good storylines
in video games are the limiting factor in converting a game to the big screen. He notes that even games with relatively
immersive storylines would be very simplistic in the world of movies.
The same applies to making video games out of movies. Essentially the gamer already knows how the game will end, therefore removing any benefit of the interactive game format. Games about movies will inevitably end up being linear games with little room for the player to change the plotline.
Unfortunately it's hard to extract anything from the interview that could be seen as advice for either industry. At one point when the CBS reporter asks Jeff what developers and directors can do to make good movie and game conversions Jeff shouts; "They all need to stop!". Should game and movie creators just give up sharing their plot lines with each other? Are we condemned to an eternity of mediocre films about games and boring games about films?
[Thanks, Technopulp]
