Comments on: The Outbreak: Choose Your Path Online Zombie Movie

By: The Hunt for Gollum — BillWardWriter.com

The Hunt for Gollum — BillWardWriter.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:50:25 +0000

[...] little gem, along with the very cool choose-your-own-adventure style zombie movie The Outbreak, are really showing just what our age of new media is all about. Both the tools of film making, and [...]

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:41:38 +0000

Hey John — I couldn’t find the thread though I thought it was in the BG forum, but the one I had in mind is one I believe you participated in. It wasn’t a really detailed look at choose your own adventures, I don’t think — more like a few of us wishing someone would put together a good article on the subject for BG.

I’d still like to find some more web videos like this, a really great idea that takes advantage of the internet.

By: John O'Neill

John O'Neill — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:23:55 +0000

Hi Bill!

>There was some recent talk about choose-your-own-adventures at SFReader
> as I recall, prompted by John O’Neill’s whimsical insert in the latest
> Black Gate.

Sorry to pick up on this so late… but I’d LOVE to read that thread, if you can point me to it!

- John

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:40:34 +0000

Hey Ryan, I don’t know much about the background of this — I remember searching for more info when I originally posted this and all I found was one of the actor’s myspace pages. I think it would be interesting to find out more, and I’d like ot see more films like this as well.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:07:30 +0000

This is a great experience, Bill, well executed and very unique…perfect for the subject matter. Have you written about the production of The Outbreak, as I’m interested in the technical aspects of the film? Again, great job!

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:58:00 +0000

Thanks Cindy, I’m pretty pleased with it. It’s still nowhere near as slick as your page though.

There was some recent talk about choose-your-own-adventures at SFReader as I recall, prompted by John O’Neill’s whimsical insert in the latest Black Gate. I don’t think they exist anymore for kids, as the market is basically competing with video games, though I know at BlackGate.com they’ve shown some solo adventure gaming books for the old school rpg crowd.

But those adventure books do bring a nostalgic sigh to us over thirty types — maybe we’ll see more web-based stuff like The Outbreak carve out it’s own niche in the coming years. It’s certainly a fun concept.

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:39:07 +0000

like choose your own adventures!
i wonder if they still make those books?
congrats on the site overhaul, bill!
everything looks great!