Rise of the Dragon

Posted by Tom Lenting.
First posted on 08 May 2007. Last updated on 13 June 2007.
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In 1984, Jeff Tunnell and Damon Style founded Dynamix. As a game developer, Dynamix initially made a name as a talented studio with an action game called Stellar 7. After developing a number of other games for other publishers including Electronic Arts and Activision, Dynamix was bought by Sierra On-Line 6 years later. Once part of the Sierra family, Tunnell increasingly came into the spotlight…

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The way you ask questions is rather unfocused and confusing. Are you interested in cyberpunk, old crime fiction or strictly Ridley Scott’s inspirations for Blade Runner? Do you look for suggestions of titles you’d like to try for yourself, or just for an overview of them in context of some problem that is bugging you? I will try to help as long as you don’t expect me to have definite answers about what are the original sources of certain concepts.

Poland By Igor Hardy • On 27 January 2008 • From Poland

Excellent

I already know about the internet. I am on the internet. I have been using search engines for ten years. I want more information than Wikipedia and the book Future Noir provides. I want to know more about crime fiction than the string of names that Harlan Ellison lists. I ordered something by the philip marlowe guy but i don’t understtand more subtle things like whether Ridley Scott stole ideas from Japan for the romantic elements of Blade Runner because some of the cinema style reminds me of stuff that was being done around then, or before then, and I think Ridley Scott is annoying, as does everybody else. I don’t like Philip K Dick either. I think some of the writing in Rise of the Dragon, even though it sucks, is better than most of the writing in Philip K Dick’s collected works and in the movie Blade Runner. The battle scene, Shrewsbury, in Chimes at Midnight, is better than the battle scenes in Gladiator.

United States By Matthew • On 27 January 2008 • From Duluth, GA

Very Good

Search up ‘Cyberpunk’ in the internet for significant writers of this genre. “Blade Runner” for example was based on a novel by Philip K. Dick. The book and the movie are quite different in plot and style though. There are also extensive documentaries about the inspirations behind “Blade Runner” on the new DVD editions. Check them out.

Poland By Igor Hardy • On 21 January 2008 • From Poland

Very Good

Hi, what are some good novels or short story writers that would probably be the source of movies and graphic adventures like Blade Runner, Rise of the Dragon, Snatcher, etc? Like… my first thought is Raymond Chandler or even Sherlock Holmes. I thought that Blade Runner was kind of taking off of the noir films of the 40s and 50s, but I’m more interested in written material, and I was always surprised how much Blade Runner influenced games in the 80s and 90s.

United States By Matthew • On 21 January 2008 • From Duluth, Georgia