Daily Archives: Thursday, January 15, 2009

Everyone knows that person. You know, the one that hasn’t seen Star Wars. You try to pretend it’s not a big deal, but deep down you can’t help but sneer a little at their lack of foresight when it comes to one of the greatest movie trilogies of all time.

This guy knew a girl like that and, well, just read what he had to say:

“Amanda seemed very confident in her knowledge of the Star Wars saga despite never having watched any of the Star Wars films. That was the first good sign. When we sat down to watch them, she started telling me what she thought the plots were going to be, so I told her to hold steady while I went to get my voice recorder.”

What’s amazing to me is that despite having never seen the movies, she’s familiar with Darth Vader, Chewie, Han(s) Solo, Yoda, R2D2 and all the rest of the characters. Just goes to show how ingrained those movies are in popular culture these days!

In some of the strangest news I’ve heard in a fair while, 1up.com is reporting that Graham Joyce, known more for surreal contemporary Fantasy than run-and-gun Science Fiction, has been hired by id Software to help develop the story for the next entry in the popular Doom series of videogames.

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From 1up:

Are you ready for a little culture with your Doom? Well, even if you’re not, get ready because id Software has picked up an award-winning science fiction author to pen Doom 4.

We still don’t know much about the game, but according to Computer and Video Games, award-winning British author Graham Joyce is now attached to the project. His prizes include the British Fantasy Award, Imaginaire Award and the World Fantasy Award for titles like The Facts of Life, Indigo and Dark Sister.

So what’s he going to do with Doom? Unfortunately, Joyce only said, “I can say that id have hired me to help develop the storyline potential.”

While someone like John Scalzi or Tobias Buckellwould seem like a better fit, there’s no denying that Joyce has the chops to tell a compelling, nuanced story. But is that really what Doom needs?

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