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Firefly creator working on new superhero game?
Doctor Payne | 11:41 PM on 06.16.2008 12 comments


Among the flurry of Microsoft-related leaks that appeared yesterday was news of a new superhero action game, titled Powers and Titans. Though most reports lacked any details on the game, Gamasutra is reporting that Buffy/Angel/Firefly creator Joss Whedon will be providing "input" on it. I imagine that there's quite a large cross-section of fans of both Firefly and video games (Dtoid's own Reverend Anthony included, if his weekly mentions of the show on Podtoid and MGS4 review are any indication), so I pose this question: would you buy a superhero game by Joss Whedon? The man certainly knows the genre, having just wrapped up a much acclaimed run on Astonishing X-Men. Do you think his writing would translate well to a different medium?



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Aertyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 00:14
Aertyr
FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY.

I like it.
A lot.

What's Whedeon going to be helping with though? And why isn't he making more Firefly, c'mon now.
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 00:50
Skribble
It's too bad his most unpopular series was the best work he's ever done.
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 01:26
hpv
As long as it isn't xbox-exclusive and doesn't suck. Also it needs to have zombies.
Anthony Burch's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 01:41
Anthony Burch
Yes. Yes, I would. Although he'd have to actually have to have an incredible amount of active, creative input in the story, characters, and dialogue.
iwontusemyname's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 03:50
iwontusemyname
have you heard of his internet musical? with neil patrick harris as a psycho super villian?

yeah...this is the kind of guy i want making games.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 06:07
wardrox
Yes.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 07:56
B-Radicate
I never watched Firefly, but I do own Serenity and it was pretty freakin' cool. I also heard his work on Astonishing X-Men was fantastic (I'm trying to find an omnibus of it... I hate individual comic books).

Count me in.
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 09:01
Demtor
Anything he touches with his brand of comedy and creativity, is an automatic win for me. I think it would be great if he got a few of the actors from Firefly to voice a couple of outlandish superheroes in tights.

LoL, I can see it now. Baldwin voicing the renegade Punisher-like rip off character, while making off hand comments to reference Firefly and reveal his true identity of being Jane. Doubtful, but I can dream... as do most brown coats.
gotdurnrite's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 09:23
gotdurnrite
I would be more interested if the creator of Superfly was creating a game.
Trev's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 09:31
Trev
I guess I'm the odd one out. I really don't like Whedon's writing at all. The dialog always seems hokey, too many whedonisms ("he does not inspire the trust"), stock characters (ex. anyone from Firefly) and self-aware pop culture references (I won't give an example so I don't spoil anything for B-rad). BUT -- here's the important part -- he did make a pretty creative blending of genres for Firefly/Serenity and I think he could contribute a lot to something I would enjoy if he kept his damn hands off certain parts of it. It's not that I don't like the guy, I just never want him to write what characters will say ever again.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 09:44
s0lesurviv0r
Isn't he also working on some superspy series with Eliza Dushku?
Wexx's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2008 10:21
Wexx
I'd likely try it out. Not sure though. I'd have to agree with Anthony though, he'd have to have a rather large part in the script for it to be any kind of appealing to me.
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