Steven Spielberg is 'a big PC gamer,' proves impeccable taste by declaring 'I only do keyboard and mouse'
Steven Spielberg will always be best-known for his movies, but the legendary director also has considerable history with the games industry. Early LucasArts employees recall him phoning up for solutions when he got stuck on their classic adventure games, and after the experience of filming Saving Private Ryan Spielberg was inspired to create a game, and wrote the first in what became the Medal of Honor series. Further dalliances included EA's Boom Blox, an excellent Wii title that's well worth seeking out, and another title so overweeningly ambitious (codenamed LMNO) it never got past the prototype stage.
You could draw a straight line through all this stuff to his adaptation of Ready Player One, and so it's probably no surprise that the great man has passed some of his passion for the medium onto his kids. Spielberg's eldest son, Max, has had a career straddling both film and games, including credits on games like Assassin's Creed: Unity, and is the co-founder and creative director of developer Fuzzybot.
In a new interview with Minnmax, Spielberg's son discusses their upcoming title Lynked: Banner of the Spark, and in the process talks a little about what his old man gets up to.
«He loves gaming, he's the one that got me into it,» says Max Spielberg. «He plays games, he's a big PC gamer and so that's kind of our bonding point as well. He's like 'hey what's good, what new Call of Duty should I be playing, send me a list of the top five shooters, I'll get 'em downloaded and we can play 'em together when you come over to the house.'»
Given Papa Spielberg's involvement with Medal of Honor, and that clear interest in creating cinematic-style war experiences in games, that's perhaps not surprising. But Spielberg really seems to love this series. Max is asked whether he ever scores a big win in his recommendations, and the answer is simple.
«It's always a Call of Duty,» laughs Max Spielberg, «he loves Call of Duty, he enjoys the campaign. He's big into story games and
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