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Re: Hamish Knows Dark Secrets
Posted By: SisgmundDate: 4/23/02 5:15 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Hamish Knows Dark Secrets (Hamish Sinclair)

: There is only so much you can do with cinematics, audio feedback and level
: scripting to progress a story. Selling a book on the side is not the
: answer. The company that finds the solution will create the next Marathon.

Recently my friends and i were discussing computer game movies, and my friends who know where i tend to steer the topic when it comes to computer games, said sharply that they knew that i wanted a marathon movie, so i could go on about how good the story was. That hurt me =).

Marathon strikes me as the kind of game that cannot be made into a movie without giving too much away. It would be like giving the big secret in "Fight Club" away within the first 5 minutes, it'd be just wrong. And i honestly cant see anything interesting coming from it, unless they just string the terminals together to fill over an hour of screentime.

The problem is that most "main stream" gamers want tomorrows technology today, at the same time they want it to run on their outdated box at the same quality it runs on a gaming super computer. There is a plateau for gaming graphics, for gaming sound, and even for gameplay. Maybe once we've reached it the story will become important once more. Maybe.

Here's Hoping. . .

-Sisgmund, Mein Herz Brennt

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ForerunnerGhôlsbane 4/21/02 6:22 a.m.
     Re: ForerunnerHamish Sinclair 4/21/02 9:43 a.m.
           Re: Forerunnerarchon 4/21/02 2:35 p.m.
           Re: ForerunnerJacke 4/21/02 3:59 p.m.
                 Re: ForerunnerHamish Sinclair 4/21/02 4:18 p.m.
           Hamish Knows Dark Secretspoena.dare #CP# 4/21/02 6:38 p.m.
                 Re: Hamish Knows Dark SecretsHamish Sinclair 4/22/02 1:08 a.m.
                       Oh well...Hamish Sinclair 4/22/02 1:34 a.m.
                             Re: Oh well...archon 4/22/02 9:18 a.m.
                                   Re: Oh well...Hamish Sinclair 4/22/02 1:54 p.m.
                                         BTWHamish Sinclair 4/22/02 2:05 p.m.
                                         Sorta reminds me of S'pht textCallie21V 4/22/02 2:12 p.m.
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                                         Re: Oh well...B-Sharp 4/22/02 2:58 p.m.
                                               Re: Oh well...Boomer on school computer 4/23/02 2:21 a.m.
                                                     Re: Oh well...Sisgmund 4/23/02 5:06 a.m.
                                               Re: Oh well...Claude Errera 4/23/02 6:37 a.m.
                                                     Re: Oh well...Hamish Sinclair 4/23/02 7:07 a.m.
                                                           Re: Oh well...Claude Errera 4/24/02 6:26 p.m.
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                                                                 Re: Oh well...Miguel Chavez 4/26/02 3:03 a.m.
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                       Re: Term's•M 4/22/02 12:10 p.m.
                       Re: Hamish Knows Dark SecretsSisgmund 4/23/02 5:15 a.m.
                       Re: Hamish Knows Dark SecretsAlfred Mordeir 4/23/02 6:02 p.m.
                             Re: Hamish Knows Dark Secretsarchon 4/23/02 11:08 p.m.
                                   Re: Hamish Knows Dark SecretsAlfred Mordeir 4/24/02 8:56 a.m.
                                   Re: Hamish Knows Dark SecretsErnie 4/25/02 5:19 p.m.
                             Re: Hamish Knows Dark SecretsFlatman 4/30/02 10:44 p.m.
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