Video games and movies in one?
In a recent article (Scribe’s “Bounty” blurs movie-Web-game lines), Hollywood reporter Chris Marlowe talks about Underground Bounty Hunter, “…an online project that combines movies with video game interactivity.” Not exactly a top of the search engine article, but it is interesting.
Anyone remember DragonSlayer? Video clips were played where you got to move your joystick up, down, left or right. If you didn’t quite get it at the right time or in the wrong direction, your hero died to the dragon. Not exactly fun — but it was pretty cool to watch.
I was also a big fan of the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books when I was a kid. Basically, the book was layed out where you picked one path or the other after reading a few paragraphs. It took you to another section of the book — ultimately leading to victory or defeat. The tree structure was really quite effective and fun.
Sounds like Ungerground Bounty Hunter is trying to combine a bit of both into a single project — again, likely leading to an interesting experience. But, this will certainly not become main stream. Doesn’t Hollywood get it? Movies are passive entertainment. Video games are interactive entertainment. Trying to mix them is like trying to mix an active sport with an inactive activity — like playing basketball while napping. It just doesn’t work very well.
