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But Did He Play Heavenly Sword?

Writer Alex Garland of The Beach and 28 Days Later fame penned Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. That game was developed by Ninja Theory of Heavenly Sword fame. Garland hadn’t played that game when he met Ninja Theory. Why?


September 25, 2010
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Hollywood Turned Down Enslaved Flick

Enslaved has Hollywood talent like actress Lindsay Shaw. The game was written by Alex Garland of 28 Days Later and The Beach fame. And its developers originally pitched Enslaved as a feature film.


September 2, 2010
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Author On Roger Ebert’s Remarks: Insane

This past April, film critic Roger Ebert wrote a post called “Video games can never be art” that carried dogmatic statements like this:


May 26, 2010
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The Beach Author Washes Up On Level Design

Alex Garland made a name for himself as the writer of the novel The Beach. Then he wrote the script for horror flick 28 Days Later and the one for sci-fi film Sunshine. Now?