Besides being a video game junkie I am also obsessed withPixarmovies. I love them all and pretty much worship the hallowed ground thatJohn Lasseterwalks on. Yes, I would evendrink the Kool-Aidfor him.
According to Mike Goslin, an online gaming developer, Disney is in talks of turning some of its Pixar films into MMOs, including (and maybe first and foremost) the blockbusterCars. Says Goslin:
Disney is very interested in this space. A lot of Disney’s properties would work really well as worlds. We’re in concept development on about a dozen things; we haven’t picked yet, but we’d love to do some of the Pixar properties. We’re thinking ofCars.
Obviously things are very early if nothing has even been decided on conceptual, but I have to be honest: all of the Pixar films could work really well as giant online worlds. And with the saturation of MMO nowadays maybeCarswould work best, if only because it would offer something completely different (read: playing as an actual car). An MMO with driving game mechanics? Sounds neat.
What do you think? Would you be interested in an MMO based around the weirdly morbid human-less world ofCars? If any Pixar movie could be turned into an MMO, which would you prefer? Are the hardcoreWOWfans of the world going to punch me in the face for even thinking this blasphemy?
[ViaG4]
