Spielberg Does Games

EA and Steven Spielberg Team Up to Develop Three Original Videogames the press release announcing the famed director's plans to team up with the game developer and publisher to create some interactive entertainment. Word is:
CHERTSEY, UK, - October 14, 2005 - In a ground-breaking long term agreement, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg will be collaborating with the game makers at EA's Los Angeles studio (EALA) to create three new original franchise properties. Beginning this year, with offices located on site at EALA, Spielberg will work directly with EA's development teams to offer his signature style of storytelling to the concept, design, story and artistic visualization of the new games. EA will own the intellectual properties and the game franchises will be developed, published and distributed worldwide by EA. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"I have been playing EA games for years and have watched them master the interactive format." said Steven Spielberg. "Having watched the game industry grow from a niche into a major creative force in entertainment, I have a great deal of respect for EA's understanding of the interactive format. I'm looking forward to working closely with the team in Los Angeles."
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I don't see what you are getting at. Time is linear, how can a story not be linear? Do you mean non-branching?

Deus Ex, is actually 100% linear.
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(GTA)
Then go and do the story mission. It will be the same mission. The dialogue will not have changed. Nobody will mention how you look like the guy who killed 100000 of their buddies.

In Deus Ex, the Dialog does change based on your actions. NPCs will mention that you have been brutal. You can kill characters, thus turning other characters against you.
Can you describe what a non-linear story would be? Maybe the developer designs each level based on what you did in the last? That would be pretty expensive.

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