Morning Q&As

[Jul 13, 2006, 09:44 am ET] - 4 Comments

Star Trek Legacy
The Star Trek: Legacy Preview on Computer and Video Games offers an article-format Q&A with Mad Doc's Dr Ian Lane Davis about their upcoming Trekkie Game: "Star Trek has very grown-up themes of humanity, politics and personal drama, and the story is best told by characters who have a firm identity. If the character is young and constantly changing, it's harder to portray the changes and conflicts in the drama."
CivCity: Rome
The CivCity: Rome Q&A on FiringSquad converses with Firefly's Simon Bradbury about CivCity: Rome, their upcoming ancient urban planning game: "Firefly is the developer but the daily production overview is being handled by Firaxis, we are developing it but they are constantly critiquing it. Its actually a great way for two developers to work together, no falling out so far! We have also had many design meetings with Firaxis, with Sid and other designers and producers as we try and ensure that what is already quite a natural fit (the game) feels a part of the Civ family."
Midway
Marketing Midway: Steve Allison on Redefining An Image on Gamasutra (thanks Mike Martinez) is an article-format conversation with Midway's Chief Marketing Officer: "If you ask someone about Midway, they’ll say Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter, Rampage. They still don’t say, Stranglehold, Unreal Tournament, Psi-Ops. We have a long way to go."