{"id":12658,"date":"2011-05-11T18:16:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T08:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=12658"},"modified":"2011-05-11T18:16:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T08:16:51","slug":"a-new-era-for-interactive-entertainment-latest-l-a-noire-previews-from-the-new-york-times-the-guardian-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=12658","title":{"rendered":"“A New Era for Interactive Entertainment” – Latest L.A. Noire Previews from The New York Times, The Guardian and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With just about a week to go until the release of L.A. Noire<\/a>, check out some of the latest previews to hit.<\/p>\n

L.A.\u00a0Noire\u00a0graced the front page of this\u00a0weekend’s\u00a0New York Times’ Arts section<\/a>\u00a0with a feature-length preview detailing how the game recreates\u00a0one of the most violent years in L.A.’s history as well as the MotionScan technology<\/a> used to replicate actor’s performances in game.<\/p>\n

“It is steeped in gorgeous renderings of 1947 Los Angeles, from the exterior of Musso and Frank Grill and Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theater to the ‘Hollywoodland’ sign up in the hills. Characters curse, smoke, drink, fight \u2014 the whole noir playbook, over moody jazz, in bright color by day and neon-flecked shadow after dark.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/08\/arts\/video-games\/la-noire-from-rock-star-games.html<\/a><\/p>\n

While in the UK,\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>‘s Keith Stuart discusses the game’s concept:<\/p>\n

“What L.A. Noire represents is a new era for interactive entertainment. Over the past 30 years, games have been based around challenging the player’s hand-eye co-ordination \u2013 the ability to react quickly with a controller. But in LA Noire, the main skill is emotional perception, being able to judge body language and facial “tells’ \u2013 the little nervous tics that betray liars. These are the same skills we use in real life and that allow us to engage with characters in TV and movie dramas. Suddenly then, games are a universal medium.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2011\/may\/05\/la-noire-video-gaming-noir<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, for an inside look at the research that went into recreating 1947 Los Angeles, check out this\u00a0article<\/a> from our friends at the Huntington Library<\/a> in San Marino, California, who provided L.A.\u00a0Noire with fantastic reference material during the development of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game designers digitally stitched together some 300 maps, creating a working template that captured the broad sprawl of the city, from the Sunset Strip to East L.A. and beyond. They then added dimension and detail with the aid of topographical information from the U.S. Geological Survey, aerial photographs from the era from UCLA\u2019s Spence Air Photos collection, and thousands of period photos. The final result is a gritty, three-dimensional virtual city where gamers will be able to immerse themselves in a realistic world of noir.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/huntingtonblogs.org\/2011\/05\/mean-streets-of-los-angeles\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With just about a week to go until the release of L.A. Noire, check out some of the latest previews to hit. L.A.\u00a0Noire\u00a0graced the front page of this\u00a0weekend’s\u00a0New York Times’ Arts section\u00a0with a feature-length preview detailing how the game recreates\u00a0one of the most violent years in L.A.’s history as well as the MotionScan technology used<\/p>\n

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