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Thom Yorke · 09-27-2011, 12:50 PM

Movie, TV show, video game, book, whatever.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-27-2011, 12:53 PM

Youth hostelling with Chris Eubank.

Thom Yorke · 09-27-2011, 01:00 PM

Video Game: Zombie Survival Guide

I think it'd be cool to see a video game based on the book. You could set which class of outbreak to play in, which weapons are available in the world, which modes of transportation are available, which terrain to play in, etc.

Basically the idea is to have a real-time, open-world game. You could set which type of game to play (ie. lasting a certain number of days, reaching a certain destination), and the maps could be randomly generated on a scale of your choosing. Ideally I'd like to have a big enough map to encompass multiple terrains fairly realistically. Designing your own maps would be a feature as well.

As for gameplay I'd like to make it as "realistic" of a zombie-outbreak as can be (being able to fully interact with the environment, such as bashing a zombie's skull in with a pot), making camp-out places of materials you find or take with you, and only being able to carry a certain number of items.

It would have to be done very well and in-depth to be good, but this is a game I'd like to see.

Mykonos · 09-27-2011, 03:08 PM

Fallout: The Movie

Guy in blue jumpsuit kills big green ogres and giant scorpions with fancy laser guns for two hours. Geeks everywhere rejoice.

14232949 · 09-27-2011, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mykonos

Fallout: The Movie

Guy in blue jumpsuit kills big green ogres and giant scorpions with fancy laser guns for two hours. Geeks everywhere rejoice.

I would watch this.
It'd have to be DC wasteland though. And, would have to end up in this happening to Tenpenny.

Mrd00d · 09-27-2011, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

Video Game: Zombie Survival Guide

I think it'd be cool to see a video game based on the book. You could set which class of outbreak to play in, which weapons are available in the world, which modes of transportation are available, which terrain to play in, etc.

Basically the idea is to have a real-time, open-world game. You could set which type of game to play (ie. lasting a certain number of days, reaching a certain destination), and the maps could be randomly generated on a scale of your choosing. Ideally I'd like to have a big enough map to encompass multiple terrains fairly realistically. Designing your own maps would be a feature as well.

As for gameplay I'd like to make it as "realistic" of a zombie-outbreak as can be (being able to fully interact with the environment, such as bashing a zombie's skull in with a pot), making camp-out places of materials you find or take with you, and only being able to carry a certain number of items.

It would have to be done very well and in-depth to be good, but this is a game I'd like to see.

WIN

I was coming in here to suggest some sort of post-apocalypse/zombie game that has what the Fallouts and Resident Evils don't. But you seem to hit the nail on the head.

I want to see this game. Definitely.

I want to see an in depth, recreation of either a city or something smaller like a particular university/college and have either a 32x32 FPS battles, or 64x64, or manhunt mode... 1 or 2 or so with 60 some searchers.

I was walking around UC Davis recently and noting how small the campus is, sort of, but how intricate the buildings are, even buildings with connectors to others, clusters of buildings, etc.

I mean, it would be awesome to play this 'game' in real life if I could muster up people for it (Manhunt mode that is, sounds like a huge hide and seek on campus, but whatever)

YorkeDaddy · 09-27-2011, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

Video Game: Zombie Survival Guide

I think it'd be cool to see a video game based on the book. You could set which class of outbreak to play in, which weapons are available in the world, which modes of transportation are available, which terrain to play in, etc.

Basically the idea is to have a real-time, open-world game. You could set which type of game to play (ie. lasting a certain number of days, reaching a certain destination), and the maps could be randomly generated on a scale of your choosing. Ideally I'd like to have a big enough map to encompass multiple terrains fairly realistically. Designing your own maps would be a feature as well.

As for gameplay I'd like to make it as "realistic" of a zombie-outbreak as can be (being able to fully interact with the environment, such as bashing a zombie's skull in with a pot), making camp-out places of materials you find or take with you, and only being able to carry a certain number of items.

It would have to be done very well and in-depth to be good, but this is a game I'd like to see.

If someone made this game and did it well, I feel like it would sell like crazy. I feel like anyone that plays video games would get this game just for the sheer creativity present in the concept. This is brilliant man. Pitch this to some game company.

LoathsomePete · 09-27-2011, 06:36 PM

I can't remember where I heard it originally but someone had an interesting idea for a video game with a positive female protagonist. It's a game where you play as a mother of two and is set in the middle of a war zone where you need to try and escape with your children to the border. It would be a lot like Ico but with the artstyle found in like The Saboteur. Preferably no combat, with more of an emphasis on stealth and persuasion. Maybe one or two minor combat scenes, but done like scene in Heavy Rain where you cut off your own pinky. Something that builds up the tension and just makes the violence and gore more realistic than say... God of War. It'd definitely have to end with the death of the mother, shot in the back, much like Bäumer's death in All Quiet on the Western Front. It would also need to be a somewhat short game, somewhere between 5-8 hours, that way nothing feels repeated, artificially lengthened, and let's face it... any longer and the impact of what you're seeing and experience would probably begin to wane.

It's definitely a game I'd play.

CanwllCorfe · 09-27-2011, 08:32 PM

I would want to make a neat TV show. It'd be focused around a close knit group of people. It wouldn't be a "comedy" or a "drama", but would just be like life itself. It would always take place during night time. The protagonist would be a guy who spends a lot of time in his head. It would be shot in such a way that would make it look exactly like what it is, but almost otherworldly (for lack of a better word). For example, a shot of someone driving. Everything would be accurate and real, but would maybe take place in a desolate area, so that the only thing around would be woods. If the scene was in a house, maybe the only light on is a lamp in the corner, and you hear a sitcom playing softly in the background. If it was at a grocery store, the aisles would be empty. Something along those lines. I imagine it would end with everyone moving away one by one.

Bulldog · 09-28-2011, 03:27 AM

I think it'd be cool to see a TV drama about the process of making of multi-gazillion dollar budget summer blockbuster that turns out to tank horrifically upon its theatrical release. You could examine the politics between studio and director, director and crew or whatever, see the project spin out of control as it goes way over the shooting schedule and budget...basically a serial based on the making of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate.

I'd watch it anyway.

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Youth hostelling with Chris Eubank.

...monkey tennis?

09-27-2011, 12:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
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09-27-2011, 03:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
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09-27-2011, 06:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I can't remember where I heard it originally but someone had an interesting idea for a video game with a positive female protagonist. It's a game where you play as a mother of two and is set in the middle of a war zone where you need to try and escape with your children to the border. It would be a lot like Ico but with the artstyle found in like The Saboteur. Preferably no combat, with more of an emphasis on stealth and persuasion. Maybe one or two minor combat scenes, but done like scene in Heavy Rain where you cut off your own pinky. Something that builds up the tension and just makes the violence and gore more realistic than say... God of War. It'd definitely have to end with the death of the mother, shot in the back, much like Bäumer's death in All Quiet on the Western Front. It would also need to be a somewhat short game, somewhere between 5-8 hours, that way nothing feels repeated, artificially lengthened, and let's face it... any longer and the impact of what you're seeing and experience would probably begin to wane. It's definitely a game I'd play. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

09-27-2011, 08:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I would want to make a neat TV show. It'd be focused around a close knit group of people. It wouldn't be a "comedy" or a "drama", but would just be like life itself. It would always take place during night time. The protagonist would be a guy who spends a lot of time in his head. It would be shot in such a way that would make it look exactly like what it is, but almost otherworldly (for lack of a better word). For example, a shot of someone driving. Everything would be accurate and real, but would maybe take place in a desolate area, so that the only thing around would be woods. If the scene was in a house, maybe the only light on is a lamp in the corner, and you hear a sitcom playing softly in the background. If it was at a grocery store, the aisles would be empty. Something along those lines. I imagine it would end with everyone moving away one by one. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

09-27-2011, 01:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	Video Game: Zombie Survival Guide I think it'd be cool to see a video game based on the book. You could set which class of outbreak to play in, which weapons are available in the world, which modes of transportation are available, which terrain to play in, etc. Basically the idea is to have a real-time, open-world game. You could set which type of game to play (ie. lasting a certain number of days, reaching a certain destination), and the maps could be randomly generated on a scale of your choosing. Ideally I'd like to have a big enough map to encompass multiple terrains fairly realistically. Designing your own maps would be a feature as well. As for gameplay I'd like to make it as "realistic" of a zombie-outbreak as can be (being able to fully interact with the environment, such as bashing a zombie's skull in with a pot), making camp-out places of materials you find or take with you, and only being able to carry a certain number of items. It would have to be done very well and in-depth to be good, but this is a game I'd like to see.