[quote name='IMDB']Steven Spielberg, who devoted a section of his production offices to arcade games even before personal computers made their appearance, has become the first major director to sign a deal with a videogame publisher to create a series of game franchises. Electronic Arts said Thursday that under the deal, Spielberg, who it said is already at work on the first title, will have the rights to turn the games into future movies. In an interview with the website TheStreet.com, Neil Young, general manager of Electronic Arts's office in Playa Vista, CA, acknowledged, "We haven't been able to deliver on the full promise of the media. ... What we're phenomenal at is building games, game design. What we're not great at is the narrative. ... We think [Spielberg] will accelerate our knowledge and understanding of that." Separately, Young told the Los Angeles Times: "We're trying to answer the question: Can a computer game make you cry? ... Partnering with Steven, we're going to get closer to answering it, and maybe we'll answer it together."[/quote]
Cinematic games? I don't know. I assume such things have never been done before, since EA and Spielberg think they have a unique idea here.