[game_preservation] Arthur C. Clarke dies, aged 90

[Andrew Armstrong]

Since the project isn't finalised, I'm going to be asking about much 
more fringe memorials then this ;-) people die all the time, and you are 
practically the lead on this project Devin!

You might also be interested to know Gary Gygax was worse for Mobygames 
credits! Perhaps not a good indicator of influence or whatever, since 
Gygax surely was more important then 3 "thank you" credits right?

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,44862/

If more of Arthur C. Clarke's books were made into games (of one sort or 
another), or he wrote any game scripts, it might have been worth adding 
him I think. He wasn't that kind of author however, and his books don't 
readily make good game material (on the other hand, as concepts for 
action packed films...).

I am happy to see a rebuttal of this evidence from Devin ;-) since 
Arthur C. Clarke did have one game made from a book of his (Rendezvous 
with Rama), which means I'm still on the fence, although I won't add him 
by myself.

Andrew

Captain Commando wrote:

> Andrew,

>

> While Arthur C Clark is referenced in a few videogames and some of his 

> books have been made into games, he's not really been part of the 

> credits of them:

>

> http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,2889/

>

> Some of these say 'special thanks to' but it seems more like they are 

> saying 'he's been a big influence on us!' rather than 'Arthur C. Clark 

> consulted for our game and told us how to design part of it.' The one 

> reference where he's listed as an actor sounds as if it's an 

> interview, but without the game I can't tell if it's an interview 

> about the book, about the science, or about the game.

>

> So while Clark was an important part of the science and science 

> fiction community I don't think he can really be said to have an 

> influence on game design other than through the narratives of the 

> universes he created. Sadly, I think we have to draw a line there.

>

> -DM

>

>

>

> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Andrew Armstrong 

> <andrew at aarmstrong.org <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org>> wrote:

>

>     I was wondering if we wanted to put a memorial page for a great Sci Fi

>     author in the memorial project - if we do, say, and I'll put one up.

>

>     In any case, I'm sure people here might be interested in knowing he's

>     passed away: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm

>

>     Andrew

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