PCGamesN has interviewed Westworld writer Jonathan Nolan about the similarities between sandbox games and the new HBO TV Show:
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Jonathan Nolan - younger brother of filmmaker Christopher Nolan - has just launched a TV adaptation of Westworld on HBO, along with his wife, Lisa Joy. The show is about a futuristic theme park where people can go and live out their darkest fantasies on a bunch of androids which only exist serve a person's every whim. Does this sound familiar?
It should do, because they're basically NPCs made (synthetic) flesh. There are some interesting comparisons to be drawn between Westworld and open-world games, so it's no surprise videogames came up in a recent interview with the husband and wife duo.
Our best sandbox games list is as close as you'll get to Westworld.
In an interview with Vice, the comparison between the show and open-world games was made, and Nolan answered with gusto.
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