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CLANG Interview

An interview on GamesIndustry International talks with Neal Stephenson to learn why the acclaimed author of Snow Crash is seeking to Kickstart a swordfighting simulation called CLANG. He offers an interesting outlook on how games may be a better fit than movies for novelists looking to branch out: "The question posed by the rise of the game industry is whether, and how, writers can engage with that medium as well. In some respects it's a better fit, for a novelist, than film. Novelists - especially fantasy and SF novelists - tend to be world-builders, and modern gamers have come to expect not just entertaining gameplay but a fully realized world that makes the gameplay relevant to some larger story or theme. My own instincts run closer to the game world than to the film industry and so I've been thinking about how to engage with games for a while. 2012 seems like a good time to have a go at it." As for the CLANG Kickstarter, it is currently nearing 60% of its $500,000 funding goal with 20 days remaining in the campaign.

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