This weekend, the National Film Theatre will be hosting a videogame event celebrating the crossover between the film and interactive industries. Curated and introduced by Iain Simons, co-editor of last year's Difficult Questions About Videogames (now free!), the two-day series of lectures and workshops will include Ian Livingstone's (standard) talk "Lara went to Hollywood", Peter Molyneux discussing his forthcoming game The Movies and award-winning Hollywood veteran Roger Avery discussing his involvement with Half Life developers Valve, and the rules of adapting cinema to console. And, if you're between the ages of 16-24 and want to get into the games industry as a career, there'll be a "Breaking In" masterclass just for you. Let's see some girls there!
There is more, so check out the website.
It's great to see such a non-gaming cultural icon as the NFT embracing interactivity in such a way. The more games are championed as worthy artforms, the more willing the general public will be to consider them as such.
