Gaming Nexus writes: "Q: Can you introduce yourself and describe your role on the project? How long have you been in the gaming industry and what drew you to your current position?
A: My Name is John Garcia-Shelton and I'm the Producer of Legendary. I've been in the gaming industry for over 10 years starting at DreamWorks Interactive. What drew me to gaming and producing was the control of the content. My passion has always been creating escapist entertainment and games are such a great medium to do that it's been a dream come true.
Q: Looking at the story of the game in a broad view it doesn't seem to be that much different than many shooters since the days of Doom; an alien entity(ies) are threatening the globe and the main character must fight back to save humanity. Hey were not complaining, being a world saving hero is cool, but how does Legendary take this kind of story and make it its own?
A: Its not often the player plays as the person who dooms humanity in the first place that's one difference. But I think that when you are working in a Genre then there are certain story conceits. We wanted a world the player could escape into a word re-populated with world changing creatures so we explored what a normal person caught up in this kind of change could be pushed and pulled into."
In this special 'Sadistic Santa' edition of the Black Panel Podcast, the team discusses the horrid presents they have received for Xmas, including Farming Simulator, Duke Nukem Forever and Legendary.
Looking for great games for the holidays?
In honor of Thanksgiving and real turkeys everywhere that have laid down their lives in the service of your belly, here is a small collection of PC gaming 'turkeys' we've reviewed over the last year to avoid this holiday season.
Blair Herter announces the winner of G-Phoria '09 Game Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Movie. Nominees include 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider', 'Castlevania Judgment', 'Legendary', 'Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayer' and 'X-Blades'.
NOTHING deserves a Uwe Boll movie. That guy is simply atrocious at everything he does. I can't believe how he can make a move so stupid, I'm not kidding I got sick after watching House of the Dead. It's like he actually wants to fail. A monkey with a camera and 10 bucks can make a better movie than this guy.
"Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor got a tax writeoff."
And in his own words, "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
He basically makes money even if its crap, which all of them have been.
I've already seen an Onechanbara movie. Made in Japan and campy as hell but I enjoyed it thou :)
