A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature
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Television and film has given
the public some truly memorable titles over the years, with their adaptation of
popular novels, or the introduction of a new concept having made audiences
crave for more of the same. While every genre has its specific group of
followers, such as romantic comedies or horror fans, arguably one of the
largest communities out there is science fiction.
In a similar vein to action
or drama, sci fi is a theme that has a lot of room for creativity and longevity, and
thus a lot of conventions from other genres we like can be pulled in to create
a multi-dynamic story. What is more, due to how accessible and ever expanding
sci fi is, it enables other sectors within the entertainment industry to
produce products that utilize and combine our ever growing love of space, and
the weird and wonderful.
Over the years, the
entertainment industry has created many sci fi influenced games based on some
of our most beloved TV shows and films, enabling series to live on through the
medium of games. Although there are a lot of titles that spring to mind, two
very specific activities need to be discussed, firstly Battlestar Galactica.
This television series had
two notable appearances, one back in the late 1970s and then a rebirth from
2004-2009, after which the show ended much to fans’ disappointment. While the
ending of the show came as a huge blow to the fandom, activities that capture
the programme’s love of exploration still live on. In fact, one of the chief
ways to return to the crew is via the various slot machines found online at
places like Betway; you can sign up to play more slots online or can choose to simply pay homage to a classic series now gone. In
addition to this group of fans enjoying their series through the medium of
game, so too are Defiance viewers and gamers.
Syfy, a popular outlet for
all things sci fi, created a TV programme and game that ran side by side
another, with the MMO shooter drawing references from the episodes that had
aired previously. What this meant was that with every update, a new element of
the TV show would be placed into the sister game, thus maintaining a parallel world between the two. As a result of this ingenious
collaboration, the show can now carry on through the game, therefore allowing
fans to keep saving the earth from alien invasions, and never breaking that
connection between fan and show.
Both of the aforementioned titles are very different in
setup, graphics, soundtracks, and just about every other element you can think
of, but at their core they respect how important it is for a TV show to live on
even after the last credits have rolled.