Producer of Boom Blox Seems to be Impressed With Steven Spielberg

Amir Rahimi, the senior producer for the game Boom Blox has stated that he is impressed with “gamer” Steven Spielberg. Well, to say that someone would be impressed with Spielberg is like saying they are impressed with Pamela Anderson’s “charms” but I digress.

“I was actually pretty surprised to find out how much of a gamer Steven Spielberg is. He – regularly, when we meet with him – makes references to games that a lot of us game developers haven’t played or haven’t played in years. But also recent games, like Crysis, he talks a lot about.”

Amir Rahimi also when on to say that he was impressed with Spielberg’s dedication to Boom Blox despite shooting the new Indiana Jones flick:

“He came up with the original concept, but he also – when he wasn’t off shooting Indiana Jones or doing other big projects out of town – I’d say he was in the office on average every week.”

He went on to speak on the other Spielberg/Electronic Arts project which that is expected to i”stimulate deep emotional experiences, and in places move people to tears”.

“We’ve partnered with Spielberg to develop three games that are totally new IP,” he said. “Two of them are currently in production. This is technically the second of the Spielberg games, but it will be the first that hits the market.They’re working on another one code-named ‘LMNO’ that, I think, is what most people would expect out of a partnership with Spielberg – the epic storyline, the action/adventure game. But that one takes a little longer to make, so that one will come out later”.

Over the years, may of Spielberg’s movies have been (without much input) been turned into videogames, Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Minority Report, etc. and when asked about the possibility of him having more of a hand in the development of games based on his movies now that he has gotten involved in the industry, Rahimi had this to say:

“He’s a huge gamer and he’s really interested in making games, but he hasn’t talked to me personally about anything like that, so I don’t know his plans.”

Well hopefully he will, because those games sucked.

Boom Blox is scheduled for a May 6 launch.

Via: GamesIndustry.biz