During the Develop<\/i> games conference, one of the speakers showed an image from a game set in a future dystopia. The image was of two skeletons, their bodies entwined on a bed. If you looked carefully, you could see a vial of poison next to them.<\/p>\n
His point was the importance of context in properly setting the scene, not just for game play, but for any sort of narrative. Walking into a room and seeing such a sight gets your mind asking questions: Exactly what kind of situation led to these two people making such a choice? What kind of people were they, and what was at stake for them?<\/p>\n
I had a slightly different take-away. I turned to the person next to me and whispered: “Romeo and Juliet: The Sequel.”<\/p>\n
That got a laugh, but it also got me thinking. What other great stories would probably have really terrible sequels? Anyone have suggestions?<\/p>\n
Soylent Green<\/i> perhaps? Dr. Strangelove<\/i>? The Matrix<\/i>? Oh right, somebody already tried that one. :-\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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