Ron Moore giving keynote at GDC
Gamasutra is reporting that Ron Moore is on the list of keynote speakers at the Game Developers Conference this year:
The organizers of the 2006 Game Developers Conference, to be held in San Jose from March 20-24, have announced that the creator and producer of the new Battlestar Galactica TV series, Ronald D. Moore will deliver the keynote address of the “vision track” at the 2006 GDC.
The vision track of the GDC was introduced at the 2005 conference, and is designed to provide an environment that fosters the innate creativity of game developers, empowering each of them to establish their own long-term vision of the next decade of games.
In his vision keynote, entitled “Building a Better Battlestar,” Moore will discuss his pioneering global application of realism to story and characters in the science fiction genre, and his experiences creating something new and successful out of an existing and adored intellectual property. During the keynote, Moore will discuss each element of the rebirth of “Battlestar Galactica,” using clips and props from the production of the show as references.
If you are a game developer and a BSG fan, this is a win-win for you!
Source: Science Fiction Buzz
whoa.... This is very interesting, on a lot of fronts. For starters, Ron Moore is the master of making science fiction so tangible and unquestionably real. Passing his knowledge and experience on other writers, especially those who write for videogames would be a great boone... especially since imo, videogame related stories and settings will never quite match those in movies and books.
Second of all... this suggests that ron moore has some connections with the videogaming industry... which suggests that if universal does decide to make a videogame rendition of bsg... hopefully ron will be able to advise vivendi on who to go with as the developer.
which means POTENTIALLY NON-SUCKY BSG GAME!!!
And yes, still keeping close tabs on the fs2 mod.
Posted by: Aragorn | February 10, 2006 at 10:54 AM