I think Aliens must be the most obvious if not the top example, but what examples from other sorts of media have influenced games?
― antexit, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:05 (fifteen years ago)
Film noir had a big influence on point & click adventures.
― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago)
lord of the rings
― Bobby Wo (max), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:11 (fifteen years ago)
Neuromancer, The Jesus Incident
― Euler, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:14 (fifteen years ago)
Saving Private Ryan
― surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:18 (fifteen years ago)
^^ real talk
― antexit, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:19 (fifteen years ago)
watching tarkovsky's stalker, a lot of parts seemed very video game-y, even though it was made pre-video games. the first act sequence where they're evading soldiers in the burnt out city could have been from half life 2.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:32 (fifteen years ago)
uh, King Kong.
― JimD, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:37 (fifteen years ago)
star wars/first edition d&d/masturbatory fantasies of 14 yo boys
― history maybe (Lamp), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago)
Alice in Wonderland
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago)
Escape from NY, Vietnam, Gulf Wars, bad metal.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago)
Pretty much everything that dudes liked before video games existed.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:08 (fifteen years ago)
Pinball (hi scores, zany sound effects)
― I got RIPPED in 4 weeks (Z S), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago)
anyone know the origin of 1up?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago)
"free ball," possibly?
― antexit, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZlr5Gf9yY
― abanana, Monday, 19 October 2009 08:21 (fifteen years ago)
stupid japanese anime crap
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago)