Comments on: Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft, or What’s Wrong With Video Game Movies? http://www.blackgate.com/2009/07/24/sam-raimi-to-direct-world-of-warcraft-or-whats-wrong-with-video-game-movies/ Adventures in Fantasy Literature Thu, 17 May 2012 04:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: World of Warcraft Private Servers (WoWps) » Archive » Black Gate » Blog Archive » Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft … http://www.blackgate.com/2009/07/24/sam-raimi-to-direct-world-of-warcraft-or-whats-wrong-with-video-game-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 World of Warcraft Private Servers (WoWps) » Archive » Black Gate » Blog Archive » Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft … Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:12:01 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2764#comment-1032 [...] Blizzard — world -straddling giant of the video game industry — just issued a press release saying that Sam Raimi of Evil Dead and Spiderman fame has signed on to direct a movie based on Blizzard’s megaton MMORPG hit World of Warcraft . … Link: Black Gate » Blog Archive » Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft … [...] [...] Blizzard — world -straddling giant of the video game industry — just issued a press release saying that Sam Raimi of Evil Dead and Spiderman fame has signed on to direct a movie based on Blizzard’s megaton MMORPG hit World of Warcraft . … Link: Black Gate » Blog Archive » Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft … [...]

]]> By: pmcnamee67 http://www.blackgate.com/2009/07/24/sam-raimi-to-direct-world-of-warcraft-or-whats-wrong-with-video-game-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 pmcnamee67 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2764#comment-1028 What you say about "a blank spot where the character should be" is absolutely true. R. A. Salvatore said in one interview concerning the big 38Studios project he is working on, that as a writer for a _game_ it is his job to give the player the tools <i>to write their own story.</i> Which, in a way, means a movie needs to be the visual equivalent of the old "Choose Your Adventure" books. What you say about “a blank spot where the character should be” is absolutely true.

R. A. Salvatore said in one interview concerning the big 38Studios project he is working on, that as a writer for a _game_ it is his job to give the player the tools to write their own story.

Which, in a way, means a movie needs to be the visual equivalent of the old “Choose Your Adventure” books.

]]> By: Why Video Game Movies Fail — BillWardWriter.com http://www.blackgate.com/2009/07/24/sam-raimi-to-direct-world-of-warcraft-or-whats-wrong-with-video-game-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Why Video Game Movies Fail — BillWardWriter.com Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:24:12 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2764#comment-1026 [...] rolled around a few thoughts on the matter at BG this week like a sick man with a lozenge, and came to a few tentative conclusions: I don’t think video game movie fail because video games are shallow, I think they fail because [...] [...] rolled around a few thoughts on the matter at BG this week like a sick man with a lozenge, and came to a few tentative conclusions: I don’t think video game movie fail because video games are shallow, I think they fail because [...]

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