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whipple
04-12-2008, 02:49 PM
I'm copy-n-pasting what I read on www.theraider.net Go there for the links to the full article if you want.

Digital Spy is letting folks know what was going on behind the cameras when Indy 4 was taking a break... how about playing games!

Movie director Steven Spielberg is a serious games fan with an in-depth knowledge of the industry, claims senior producer of Bloom Blox Amir Rahimi.

Speaking at a Nintendo media event in San Francisco, Rahimi said: "I was actually pretty surprised to find out how much of a gamer Steven Spielberg is. He - regularly, when we meet with him - makes references to games that a lot of us game developers haven't played or haven't played in years. But also recent games, like Crysis, he talks a lot about."

The renowned Jaws director, who is working with EA on a number of video games, including Wii title Bloom Blox, is said to regularly attend office meetings to work on the game, despite his commitment to the new Indiana Jones film.

Speaking to Gamesindustry, Rahimi said: "He came up with the original concept, but he also - when he wasn't off shooting Indiana Jones or doing other big projects out of town - I'd say he was in the office on average every week."

EA, including one game that he hopes will offer "deep emotional experiences", capable of "moving people to tears".

Read the full article online at Digital Spy.

Fungus Amungus
04-12-2008, 02:54 PM
He did alot of work for the first Medal of Honor game.

rand0m
04-12-2008, 03:33 PM
I'm not suprised he's taken back by Crysis, for someone who probably spends millions of dollars on computer generated special effects that take days to produce and render. Crysis, a retail computer game is throwing them at your screen 30 frames per second

The_Guitarist
04-12-2008, 03:35 PM
I just heard about this. I guess he likes all the cinematic cut scenes.

Swindler
04-12-2008, 07:43 PM
I bet his gaming rig is insane.