A movie scene inspires a genre of casual games

by Brad Grier on December 29, 2009

in Future Shop Techblog, Lifestyle Technology

The movie is Aliens - the James Cameron action flick that spawned all sorts of video-game and cultural cliches. But it also spawned some interesting ideas in casual gaming. Consider this scene: Ripley and the Marines are bunking down for the night in the terraform complex on LV-426. But first they have to secure the main medical centre in the complex from alien attack. ...more



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