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Screenwriter and director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) has said playing Grand Theft Auto IV was one of his highlights of 2008.
Speaking to the New York Times (spotted by Kotaku) about the "Moments That Mattered" to him throughout the year, Aronofsky suggested videogames had never been so accomplished.
"Looking over Niko's shoulder up at the virtual parachute jump in Grand Theft Auto IV's version of Coney Island, grabbing a dollar hot dog off the boardwalk to get my health back, then leaping into a bullet-hole-riddled Hummer and smashing through my childhood neighborhood, flying over sand dunes on Manhattan Beach and finally drowning in the sea off Brighton Beach. Thinking, Man, I wish they made this game when I was a teenager," he said.
Aronofsky's most recent work includes The Fountain, starring his wife Rachel Weisz and Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman.
Aronofsky's latest, The Wrestler, launches in the UK early next year. It centres on the life of Randy "Ram" Robinson (played by Mickey Rourke), a wrestler from the 1980s who's forced to retire because of heart problems. But everything soon goes pear-shaped when the prospect of a rematch with his old nemesis pops up.
The Wrestler's supposed to be quite good, according to some Venice Film Festival award. And apparently we're turning into Film Night 2008.
Back to games: Grand Theft Auto IV launched earlier this year and gathered perfect scores across the board. It's clearly one of the contenders for Game of the Year, a list we'll be putting together at the end of December.
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DanWhitehead
26/11/08 @ 10:16
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Aronofsky is also making the new RoboCop movie, which makes him double extra awesome.
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The only thing that let me down a little was the lack of mid mission checkpoints, especially later in the game, and having to drive to the mission again after failing. Why not save progress after key moments (arriving, clearing locations, before set pieces)? Would be great if it was addressed in the DLC!
Otherwise great, still have to check out multiplayer - is it popular on xbox live?
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DugBriderider
26/11/08 @ 10:22
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I think he is refering to the fairground so there may have been a parachute ride there.
Like a lot of GTAIV the fairground was lovley to look at but a little shallow and no missions took place there. Liberty city is delightfull playground, it just needs better PE teachers. |
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The Bodybuilder
26/11/08 @ 10:28
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I love the fact that because this guy's a gamer, EG are now trying to sell his upcoming movies to us.
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local_celebrity
26/11/08 @ 10:42
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Handy tip for you, Rob mate!
Next time you cut and paste a press release, try making a few changes. |
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wagesoffear
26/11/08 @ 10:54
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Robocop is a film that is in no need of a remake or a re-imagining or whatever re they're going to qualify it with.
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""Thinking, Man, I wish they made this game when I was a teenager," he said."
Why? " Because it's even easier as a teenager to suspend your disbelief and immerse oneself in games, life has in general fewer worries, one has more time, etc., and he'd have hence found it even more awesome than he found it now? I guess. |
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Tetragammatron
26/11/08 @ 11:19
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Must we jump for joy every time someone who's noted for something other than videogames says "I like videogames"?
Oh and Robocop was, is, and ever shall be trash. |
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It's excellent that we have more and more of these people who are respected artistic personalities in the mainstream media singing the praises of videogames. I think it'll only be a few more years before games move into the spotlight alongside Film and TV - all the mass of controversy about games in the last few years is clearly a sign of the cultural growing pains that always occur when a brand new medium becomes part of the cultural mainstream.
Oh, and GTA4 = Best In Series. |
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kangarootoo
26/11/08 @ 15:59
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Man, if I had come across some parachute jumping I might actually have kept playing GTAIV.
Can someone who has finished it confirm where the parachute stuff is? A fairground ride called "Parachute" does not qualify. |
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Les, are you the most boring bloke on the planet?? Or just thick? If i could play a game that resembled where I lived when I was a teenager as it is in GTA4 that would just be really quite awesome! How can you not comprehend anything that isn't spelt out to you in a bullet point list of statistics. Jesus christ, live a little!
PS: Because you clearly can't read between the lines... Cooking with Gordon Ramsey = Good game, poor recipe book feature with miniscule fiddly graphics. Cooking with Jamie Oliver = Poor game, good recipe book feature. Recipes in each game respectively = 35:100 |
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3william56
27/11/08 @ 04:44
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Braid will be GOTY. It make EG cry.
Robocop? Really? Action movie remade by arty farty director. Alien3 and Hulk say it's a bad thing, but he's a talented dude. Maybe he could get with the Linger in Shadows crew and do Requiem for a Videogame. *I* wish I was a teenager now. Would have enough time to do justice to the mind bogglingly awesome games around at the moment, like GTA or LBP instead of crappy stuff like work (and getting laid). /shakes fist at ungrateful spotty young 'uns You've never had it so good! When I were a kid we had to play Sonic 2 on't'cardboard box in't' middle o't'road. /falls asleep with blanket on knees. |
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