{"id":50321,"date":"2013-02-07T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=50321"},"modified":"2013-02-07T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:40:58","slug":"half-life-portal-movies-discussed-by-jj-abrams-gabe-newell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/50321-half-life-portal-movies-discussed-by-jj-abrams-gabe-newell","title":{"rendered":"Half-Life, Portal movies discussed by JJ Abrams, Gabe Newell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valve boss Gabe Newell and movie industry hot-shot JJ Abrams will partner for upcoming video game and movie projects.<\/p>\n

Announced at the DICE summit, the two creative personalities said that they will work together on various projects that each could help one another with.<\/p>\n

Abrams, who\u2019s known for his directorial work on Star Trek and Super 8, said that he has an idea for a game and seeks to partner with Valve to make it happen.<\/p>\n

On Newell\u2019s side, the Valve boss said that the pair will collaborate on potential Portal and Half-Life movies.<\/p>\n

The news was part of a discussion where the two were comparing storytelling and narrative techniques between video games and movies.<\/p>\n

“In games, players are in control of what happens. They control their action,” Newell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMovies take away this notion of agency,” said Newell, and after showing a clip from Abram\u2019s amateur-footage-styled monster movie Cloverfield, Newell added “I understand the narrative device, but as a gamer I\u2019m saying \u2018put the camera down and f**king run\u2019 and I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abrams then referred to Half-Life, showing a clip of protagonist Gordon Freeman remaining silent when being introduced to another character.<\/p>\n

“Does Gordon know him or not?” Abrams asked. “Players are often asked to relate to empty vessels, characters that don\u2019t communicate behaviour in a way that you would. It\u2019s as frustrating [as film] in a lot of ways, but at least in films we can have compelling scenes and dialog,\u201d said Abrams.<\/p>\n

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Half Life 2 had an interesting cast of characters, yet protagonist Gordon Freeman’s silence was unavoidably apparent when playing the game.<\/p><\/div>\n

Abrams and Newell also compared the notion of \u201chiding machinery\u201d in video games and movies \u2013 story elements and plot points that end up having payoffs later in the game or movie.<\/p>\n

Abrams emphasised how movies use a large amount of time introducing you to characters, and polarised it with the different, yet effective, approach of Portal.<\/p>\n

“You begin Portal with no sense of who you are. It\u2019s an incredible mystery that pulls you forward. In a way, that whole game is about following that mystery and trying to understand who you are,\u201d said Abrams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obviously very different than film, but the mystery that is GlaDOS compels me to move forward. The more you played, the more you learned, the more you felt,\u201d the filmmaker said.<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s no news on when the two will begin collaborating, Abrams is currently in the post-production stages of Star Trek: Into Darkness, and is on-board to direct the next Star Wars film.<\/p>\n

Source: IGN\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n

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