In an interview with movie news site Ain't It Cool News, celebrated movie director Peter Jackson talked at length about his current Modern Warfare 2 obsession, and why he might be getting into the game-making business. Jackson's already involved with a game/movie tie-in for the upcoming "Tintin" project, but he mentioned that an original game via his potential Wingnut Games label isn't out of the question.
I'm enjoying these games more than I am enjoying films at the moment. And they are using a lot of the film techniques now, especially the cinematic areas or those little movie things. They are starting to really blend them in and you get the feeling that you are watching substantial bits of prerecorded animation which is still great, though, because they are dynamic and done well.
I do have a few ideas that could go one-way or the other. I've got ideas that could be a movie or they could be a game and I think that they should rather than just make a movie and then do a spin-off game, I think some of the ideas I've got I'd rather do them as a stand alone game, because that world is getting more and more interesting.
Jackson's latest film, "The Lovely Bones," recently hit theaters, and he continues work on "Tintin" and the upcoming duo of films based on Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
Bryn says: I've been a fan of Peter Jackson's movies from the very beginning -- all the way back to the likes of "Meet the Feebles" and "Bad Taste." The fact that he's blossomed into one of the world's best moviemakers is just a bonus to me. And given the resources that he has access to through Weta Studios and his Wingnut film label, there's really no reason that he couldn't get into making games. Bring it on, PJ.
