Game companies making movies

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Aug 132007
 

Yves Guillemot says the industry needs to make more movies, in part so that assets can be shared and in part in order to push towards seeing the central core value of developers as being IP creation.

“We will have to start making movies,” he continued, “because if we don’t do it, we won’t be able to take advantage of the power of the next generation. In creating movies and games at the same time, we see what we have to improve to make better games as well.”

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World Fantasy Awards finalists

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Aug 132007
 

Locus Online has the list.

Whoohoo, congrats to Mark Finn (whom I know from the Texas SF/F scene, Tryptophan/Turkey City stuff).

And I told you that  Privilege of the Sword was really good. 🙂 I need to track down some of these others… The novel nominees:

  • Lisey’s Story, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
  • The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra; Small Beer Press)
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
  • The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
  • Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe (Tor)