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Blue Stinger
is a 1999 action-adventure game developed by Climax Graphics for the Dreamcast. It was published by Sega in Japan, and by Activision in Western territories as a console launch title. The story follows emergency rescuer Eliot Ballade as he is stranded on the monster-infested Dinosaur Island, allying with fellow survivors and the alien being Nephilim to find the source of the monsters. Gameplay has Eliot navigating Dinosaur Island, fighting monsters using a variety of weapons found or purchased during the game and finding items to progress to other areas. Producer and co-writer Shinya Nishigaki was inspired to make ''Blue Stinger'' as a tribute to Western movies. Preproduction began in 1996 with a team of eighteen. Notable American staff included Robert Short as monster designer, and Pete von Sholly as storyboard artist and camera consultant. The music was composed by Toshihiko Sahashi. The game met with mixed reviews from journalists, with the gameplay and presentation seeing pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climax Graphics
renamed in 2001, was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. Established in December 1996 by Shinya Nishigaki as an independent "brother company" of Climax Entertainment. The staff were made up of CGI developers who had worked on Climax Entertainment's '' Dark Savior''. Their debut project, the action-adventure ''Blue Stinger'', began production for the Sega Saturn, but on encouragement from Sega it shifted to becoming an early Dreamcast title. Following ''Blue Stinger''s successful release, Nishigaki led development on the survival horror ''Illbleed'', which ended up releasing shortly before the Dreamcast's discontinuation in 2001 to poor sales and reception. That same year the company changed its name to Crazy Games to distinguish itself from Climax Entertainment. Crazy Games would co-develop the arcade title ''The Maze of the Kings'' with Hitmaker before closing in December 2002 due to the uncertain Japanese economy at that time. Nishigaki and his staff moved to Cavia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climax Entertainment
was a Japanese video game development company. It was a small company, with just 20 staff in 1996. Climax got its start during the 16-bit era, primarily developing games for the Sega Genesis console. During the 32-bit era, some members of the team left to create Matrix Software. Following the development of ''Dark Savior'' (1996), a group of staff members from the company's CGI division formed independant company Climax Graphics, initially described as a "brother company". By 2014 to 2015, without any official announcement, Climax was closed due to financial issues. '' Element Hunters'' on the Nintendo DS was the last game to be developed by Climax. Games *'' Shining in the Darkness'' (with Camelot Software Planning) (Sega Genesis) *''Shining Force'' (with Camelot Software Planning) (Sega Genesis) *'' Landstalker'' (Sega Genesis) *''Lady Stalker'' (Super Famicom) *''Dark Savior'' (Sega Saturn) *'' Felony 11-79'' (PlayStation) *'' Time Stalkers'' (Dreamcast) *''Runabout 2'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lani Minella
Lani Jean Minella (born July 28, 1950) is an American voice actress, voice director, and producer mostly working in the games industry. She is also the founder and owner of the voice-acting agency, AudioGodz. Career After college, Minella started on Morning Drive radio for an alternative station in the late 1980s. After hearing her celebrity impersonations, GTE Interactive Media contacted her and asked her to imitate voices from the movie '' FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', which was being pitched for a LaserDisc presentation to Magnavox and Philips. She was then referred by the company to their CD-Roms division, where she worked on more voices and assisted script writing on games for children. Minella asked the company if there were others doing similar work, and they suggested that she should go to trade shows, which led her to attend showcases like Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Game Developers Conference in San Jose, and Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Drummond
Ryan Drummond (born January 10, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer, clown, mime artist and performer who is best known for his role as the original English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise from 1998 to 2004. Early life Ryan Drummond was born in Lima, Ohio, on January 10, 1973. He attended Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, were he participated in various children's theatre, beginning in 1980 at seven years old. Both of his parents also worked in theatre, his mother and father was both actors and theatre directors of the children theatre plays that Ryan participated in while in school. In 1993, he got his first paid acting job at a dinner theater while still attending college. He graduated from the Eastern Michigan University in 1995, with a degree in theater. Upon graduating, he moved to San Diego, California in 1996 to pursue his acting career. Career In 1997, Drummond got his first television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review '' WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who was born on February 8, 1932.")(23 April 2022)From Jaws to Star Wars, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra celebrates John Williams CTV News is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history. Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 52 Academy Award nominations, he is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney. His compositions are considered the epitome of film music and he is considered among the greatest composers in the history of cinema. Williams has composed for many critically acclaimed and pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Capture
Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robots. In filmmaking and video game development, it refers to recording actions of human actors, and using that information to animate digital character models in 2-D or 3-D computer animation.Andrew Harris Salomon, Feb. 22, 2013, Backstage MagazineGrowth In Performance Capture Helping Gaming Actors Weather Slump Accessed June 21, 2014, "..But developments in motion-capture technology, as well as new gaming consoles expected from Sony and Microsoft within the year, indicate that this niche continues to be a growth area for actors. And for those who have thought about breaking in, the message is clear: Get busy...."Ben Child, 12 August 2011, The GuardianAndy Serkis: why won't Oscars go ape over motion-capture acting? Star of Rise of the Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone In The Dark (1992 Video Game)
''Alone in the Dark'' is a 1992 survival horror video game designed by Frédérick Raynal and developed and published by Infogrames for the PC. ''Alone in the Dark'' was released for MS-DOS in 1992, ported for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, 3DO by Krisalis Software, Krisalis in 1994, and ported for iOS by Atari, Inc. (1993–present), Atari in 2014. Set in 1920s Louisiana, the game challenges the player to guide the player character out of a haunted mansion, advancing by solving puzzles while either banishing, slaying, or eluding various ghosts and monsters. The player can collect and use weapons, manage a weight-based inventory system, and explore a partially nonlinear map. ''Alone in the Dark'' received critical acclaim upon its release, and is considered a breakthrough and influential title, as it was the first 3D computer graphics, 3D survival horror game. In the years since its release, many commentators have dropped the 3D qualifier and asserted that ''Alone in the Dark'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy Zero
is a 1996 horror-themed adventure video game for the Sega Saturn, developed by Warp and directed by Kenji Eno. Players assume the role of an astronaut who awakens from cryogenic sleep to find her spaceship overrun by invisible creatures who are hunting and killing the ship's crew. They must navigate through the ship in a combination of puzzle-driven exploration rendered in full motion video and first-person shooter sections rendered in real time, during which they must rely on sound to either avoid or kill the invisible enemies. ''Enemy Zero'' was initially designed for Sony's PlayStation, but due to grievances with Sony, Eno announced the game would be Saturn exclusive in a dramatic press conference stunt. As support for the Saturn outside of Japan was waning at the time, finding overseas publishers for the game became an uncertain struggle, with Sega itself ultimately taking on publication of the game in both North America and Europe. Upon release the game met with a wide spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega Saturn
The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it was the successor to the successful Sega Genesis. The Saturn has a dual-Central processing unit, CPU architecture and eight processors. Its games are in CD-ROM format, and its game library contains several Porting, ports of arcade games as well as original games. Development of the Saturn began in 1992, the same year Sega's groundbreaking 3D computer graphics, 3D Sega Model 1, Model 1 arcade hardware debuted. The Saturn was designed around a new CPU from the Japanese electronics company Hitachi. Sega added another video display processor in early 1994 to better compete with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's forthcoming PlayStation (console), PlayStation. The Saturn was initially successful in Japan but failed to sell in large numbers in the United States, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Savior
is a 3D mixed-genre video game for the Sega Saturn created by Climax Entertainment. It was referred to by ''GameSpot'' as a sequel to the developer's game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, '' Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole'', even though the games' storylines are unrelated and their gameplay is considerably different. Gameplay ''Dark Savior'' is a combination of three different gameplay genres: a platform jumping game, a puzzle adventure game, and a fighting game. Aside from one or two sections which blend platform jumping and puzzle elements, these three gameplay types are kept distinct and separate. The fighting game sections actually run in an entirely different gameplay mode; unlike the rest of the game, which features full 3D movement, the fighting sections use 3D graphics but are played entirely in two dimensions. During some matches in the fighting mode, the player character can capture his opponent, allowing the player to control that opponent in future matches. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thing (1982 Film)
''The Thing'' is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella ''Who Goes There?'', it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", a parasitic extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles. Production began in the mid-1970s as a faithful adaptation of the novella, following 1951's ''The Thing from Another World''. ''The Thing'' went through several directors and writers, ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Dante
Joseph James Dante Jr. (; born November 28, 1946) is an American film director, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably '' Gremlins'' (1984) alongside its sequel, '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990)—often mix 1950s-style B movies with cartoon comedy. Dante's films also include '' Piranha'' (1978), '' The Howling'' (1981), '' Explorers'' (1985), ''Innerspace'' (1987), ''The 'Burbs'' (1989), '' Matinee'' (1993), '' Small Soldiers'' (1998), and '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003). His work for television and cable includes immigration satire '' The Second Civil War'' (1997) and episodes of anthology series '' Masters of Horror'' (" Homecoming" and "The Screwfly Solution") and ''Amazing Stories'', as well as '' Police Squad!'' and '' Hawaii Five-0''. Early life Dante was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Livingston. His father, Joseph James Dante, was a professional golfer, though Dante was more interested in becoming a cartoonist. Career 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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