Talk:Interactive movie

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[edit] Merger?

Apparently, there is a proposal floating around to merge FMV games with Interactive Movies. That sounds reasonable to me, as long as both terms survive the merger and point to the newly merged content.David 06:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)David

I don't support the merger. Interactive Movie is a specific game genre, FMV is just the technique of displaying video in a game. It would be somewhat akin to merging "Dance Music" with an article on "Synthesizers."

Interactive Movie is a specific genre of game wherein all action in the game is prerecorded video, while FMV in a game is simply the presence of video in a game whether or not it is interactive, and whether or not the action is prerecorded. NHL Power Play Hockey for my Sega CD has FMV (openings, etc.) while the gameplay itself involves no FMV-- it certainly isn't an Interactive Movie. Student Driver 22:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

That's why we have an article on FMV. This is an article on FMV games, which is about games that are dominated by interactive video. This article (FMV games) should be merged into interactive movies. The regular "FMV" article should contain information about game videos in general. 65.95.157.232 (talk) 22:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

This isn't a game genre. FMV-based games can be trivia games, dance games, shooter games, OR adventure games. Not all FMV-based games are adventure games (interactive movies), and not all interactive movies are FMV games. I've BOLDLY moved this page to reflect that this is a technology, not a genre. Randomran (talk) 07:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formally or Formerly?

"Aftermath Media (formally Trilobyte) released..." - is this correct? That would mean that the official name was Trilobyte, but "Aftermath Media" was used informally. If we mean that Trilobyte was a previous name, then the correct word is "formerly". This difference matters, so someone please check it! 86.132.142.246 (talk) 22:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)