Watching scary movies lately? What about a scary Interactive movie... that will probably scare the shit out of you! Interactivity started with videogames and now has reached the online community
Interactive Movies
An interactive movie is a movie which the viewer decides the movie's path. The viewer is given a number of choices throughout the movie and depending on these decisions the story unfolds in a different way.
There have been a few games like that in the past which I had a chance to play with. Space Ace and Dragon's Lair which first appeared in the Arcades, and later on the Commodore Amiga computer system or the other way around, i don't remember which one came first but either way it were great games for there time... the player had but a few seconds to make decisions about which path to take...left, right, up, down... i remember i used to sweat alot and i'd never make it after a certain point because i'd freak out and made the right decision too late.... Ahhhh the good old days.
View a YouTube Preview of the 1983 Arcade version of Dragon's Lair. (I was only 2 years old back then!!!)
Another game of the sort is Angel Devoid: Faces of the Enemy A windows PC game that came out around 1996. I have to say pretty good for its time too, not for its story or gameplay but the way compositing was being done in that time, putting "photorealistic" and real actors in the same environment. Same concept with the added puzzle games here and there. This action-thrill game was good fun. Owning 4 CDs for only 1 single game made you feel pretty darn special too :)
Game's like these lacked a good story and were obviously made for one thing satisfying the gamers need. Times have changed and as it seems, interactive movies seem are popular again.
Survive The Outbreak
Here's an entertaining one for you Halloween Thrill Seekers. The Outbreak, in the style of Resident Evil, is a online interactive game which sets you right off in the middle of the action. You make the decisions this time as well and the outcome is pretty well done no matter what ending you take. Of course the goal of the game is to make it to the end without getting killed and its not an obvious decision. Check it out.
GPSFILM.COM
For you windows mobile users, if you have enough bandwith per month on your phones, check out gpsfilm.com, a new media interactive GPS driven movie... only works on mobile phones or pdas with GPS capability. You install the application on your phone and depending on where you are in your neighbourhood(park, city, bus stop) you get to watch a piece of a movie in a non-linear way.
With that said I wish you all lots of candies, horror movies, and a Happy Halloween!!!
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