March 26, 2021 02:30 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/22352157/it-takes-two-interview-developer-josef-fares-hazelight-studio-co-op
It Takes Two is Josef Fares latest attempt to show the power of co-op gaming
Josef Fares has strong opinions. The director of Hazelight Studio — whose latest co-op game, It Takes Two, is out today — rocketed into the spotlight at The Game Awards in 2017 with an off-the-cuff, impassioned speech about the joys of interactive video games that culminated in his meme-worthy “Fuck the Oscars!” line.
Years later, Fares (who, ironically enough, started off as a filmmaker) is still standing firm on his pro-game stance. “Look, my background is a filmmaker. The whole thing with ‘fuck the Oscars’ was actually kind of special,” he tells The Verge. “One, you have to remember when I was there on the set, everybody was talking, ‘Oh this like the Oscars, it’s like the Oscars.’ And I was like ‘Fuck the Oscars!’ because I was...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/22352157/it-takes-two-interview-developer-josef-fares-hazelight-studio-co-op
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