"I think a good well-crafted interactive narrative has lots in common with well-mixed cocktail," said Alexis Kennedy, co-founder and creative director of Failbetter Games, at the outset of his GDC talk "Choice, Consequence, and Complicity." To his mind, the "mixological resonance" is that game stories and mixed drinks both require theme, vivid flavor, known ingredients, and an emphasis on quality over quantity.
To prove his point, Kennedy demonstrated an example of player choice to the audience. He described the contents of two classic cocktails–the Blood & Sand and the Smoke & Mirrors. He asked the audience to vote with their applause on which sounded preferable. Then he produced a shaker and all…
A documentary made entirely inside Grand Theft Auto Online is coming to theaters next year, and it is about…making a production of Hamlet inside of GTA Online.
Fittingly called Grand Theft Hamlet, distributor Mubi (recently known for The Substance) picked up the movie's US and global SVOD rights. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Mubi intends to release Grand Theft Hamlet in early 2025 in the US, preceded by a festival run this month in the UK. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches
Grand Theft Hamlet follows a pair of actors who were left unempl…