Industry legend Ron Gilbert, the man behind The Secret of Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion and the imminent DeathSpank, has told VideoGamer.com that video games must look to the movie industry model if it is to become more rounded.
Asked if there is a danger of the hardcore game dying out, Gilbert was adamant that these games still have a very important role to play in the growth of the video game industry.
"No, not at all. I look at hardcore gaming the same way I look at summer blockbuster movies," explained Gilbert. "You know, the summer blockbusters are really important to the movie studios, and in some ways they fuel a lot of their profits. But the movie industry is able to make a lot of different types of movie. They make romantic comedies, they make weird little art films, they do all sorts of interesting things - and I think that's where the games industry is starting to head."
Interviewing voice actor Michael Dobson, Pixels or Death talks about his career, the roles he's played, and how the industry has changed since he started.
GG3 returns with more game deals, brought in the form of a gameplay commentary, so that it's clearer whether a good deal is worth it or not. This time, it's time for the latest Humble sale and Deathspank is the narrator.
Hardcore Gamer: Paying anything over $1 gets you a Steam key for DeathSpank, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, and Penny Arcade's On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One. Paying $6 or more gets you Episode Two and The Baconing. OSTs are DeathSpank and Episode One are included with every purchase.
