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nullnullnull (1463) on 6/12/2006 3:21 PM · Permalink · Report
Computer and Video Games is reporting?!?! that the first glimpse of GTA IV cast details are available via IMDb. This raises a few questions that I have had about IMDb and its coverage of video games in general. While the IMDb database is pretty good the credits it has on file is very much in my opinion a movie square peg jammed into a video game round hole. You see over at IMDb an emphasis on writing, directing and acting and less so on the other aspects of game development animation, art and programming. The other question I have is of the nature of this credits information before a game is released and its credits published. In the film industry once talent commits to a project there are certain contractual obligations and usually some way to verify the data. In games there is no union or agency representation. To publish credits before the game is released seems fraught with risk. What do you think? Am I just grumpy because IMDb is beating us to the punch?
Matt Neuteboom (976) on 6/12/2006 6:53 PM · Permalink · Report
Sweet, I hope Lazlow stays in the final edition! That guy is hilarious!
Other than that it is very early to release anything, its like trying to show screenshots of a game barely in production.