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BAFTA Games Question Time: Games as Big as Film?

Video: TV's Jonathan Ross argues that film tells story and creates characters better than interactive entertainment

At a sell-out event in London last week, BAFTA and GamesIndustry International held Games Questions Time, a public forum aimed at shedding light on the continued success of the video games industry.

Presented by Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson, the panel consisted of broadcaster Jonathan Ross, Torsten Reil of CSR Racing publisher Natural Motion, Sports Interactive's Miles Jacobson and Lego Star Wars publisher TT Games' Tom Stone.

In the fourth short video of the event published today, answering a question from the audience, Ross compares games to film, arguing that the latter has more emotional impact due to better storytelling and characterisation.

More videos from the BAFTA Guru series can be viewed here.

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Matt Martin joined GamesIndustry in 2006 and was made editor of the site in 2008. With over ten years experience in journalism, he has written for multiple trade, consumer, contract and business-to-business publications in the games, retail and technology sectors.
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