Mad Max Videogame: A quick update

Post by **King of Creation** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:34 pm

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Mad Max has been popping up quite a bit in the news recently. This time, director George Miller gives us a quick update on the "announced" Mad Max video game. Apparently, nothing has been done about it except maybe sitting around and talking about the idea of it. From <a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/ ... potential/" target="_self">MTV Multiplayer</a>:
<blockquote>Not much has been heard of the upcoming “Mad Max” video game since Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal <a href="http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/ ... spx">broke news last year</a> that “God of War II” director Cory Barlog was teaming with the film’s director, George Miller for the project.But a recent interview between MTV Movies editor Josh Horowitz and Miller about Miller’s planned <a href="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/05/ex ... ong>fourth (3D anime) “Mad Max”</a> got into a little bit of video game talk.Before providing a little update on the game, Miller made this
impressive statement about the potential for games: “Games were the
poor cousin to feature films when it came to storytelling but I think
it’s flipping. Games allow you be much more like a novelist.”Here’s the rest of Josh’s exchange about games: MTV News: What kind of game do you have in mind?George Miller: It’s a hybrid game. I’m really
interested in both the game-play but the actual emotional engagement.
I’m curious how much you can engage with the characters through the
game-play. It’s an opportunity to make a novel.MTV News: Timeline?Miller: I’ve got a couple of years left. We’re in
the early stages writing and designing. A really good game you need two
and half years. And for good anime you need two years.MTV News: Are you a game-player?Miller: Yeah, but not a very good one. You realize
that the day has come where our kids talk about games the way we talk
about movies and comics. Then I started to get into games and realized,
holy cow, there’s real potential here. A live action storyteller who
understands story can do a lot to influence the evolution of games.</blockquote>
I'd be interested in playing it, but it's about as solid a prospect as FOOL right now. On another note, I just saw Watchmen on IMAX and it was great (althought the soundtrack could have used a bit of changing).