Rewatching Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark on Saturday and bathing in the glory of Spielberg's film-making brilliance, I felt newly inspired to check out this Wired story on a new Wii game that Spielberg has created in collaboration with Electronic Arts.
Release today, Boom Blox was inspired by Spielberg's memory of how much he loved smashing up his toys when he was small. Players use the Wii remote like a baseball bat to try and demolish towers of stuff, with various levels of complication added for multiplayer modes and a design-you-own puzzle section.
Game producer Amir Rahimi said Spielberg's ideas were to create themed levels with their own characters, including the wild west: ""We were on the path of creating a very generic puzzle game, and he came in and really championed having themed worlds and characters you interact with to add that sort of emotional wrapper to it."
"In my mind, his credibility as a gamemaker just about tripled that day, because he figured out an idea that would be a fun videogame. And that's the mark of someone who can really deliver entertainment."
