- Name
- John Carpenter
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 16 January 1948
- Died
- Hometown
- Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Country
- Website
- http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/
- @TheHorrorMaster
- Aliases
John Carpenter
Famed horror and action film director who is especially popular for his work in the late seventies and early eighties including "Halloween", "Escape From New York" and "The Thing". The latter was later developed into a squad-based action game in which he had a cameo voice-over role.
Overview
John Carpenter is a film director best known for a string of horror and action films from the 1970s and '80s, including the original Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. He is also a known lover of video games has worked on a select few. Carpenter's first game credit was 1998's Sentinel Returns (Game), for which he composed the score with Gary McKill (Person). In 2002 he voiced a cameo role in The Thing (Game) video game. Most recently he aided in the direction of the cutscenes in F.E.A.R. 3.
Games based on his films
- 1983 - Halloween (Game) - Atari 2600 (Platform)
- 1987 - Big Trouble in Little China (Game) - Commodore 64 (Platform)/ZX Spectrum (Platform)/Amstrad CPC (Platform)
- 2002 - The Thing (Game) - PS2/Xbox (Platform)/PC (Platform)
- 2005 - Snake Plissken's Escape - PS2/Xbox (cancelled)
Giant Bomb
Carpenter's first interaction with GiantBomb occurred when Patrick Klepek (Person) contacted his website about a interview in 2013. A [/articles/the-john-carpenter-email-interview/1100-4760/ interview with Carpenter] was posted on October 8th of that year. A [/articles/john-carpenter-s-top-six-games-of-2013/1100-4814/ "top games of the year" list] by him followed on December 24th. In the fall of 2014 [/articles/giant-bombs-2014-john-carpenter-interview/1100-5062/ another interview] was posted on October 29th and [/articles/john-carpenter-s-top-5-games-of-2014/1100-5151/ another top games list] was posted on December 27th.
Top Six Games of 2013
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- Far Cry 3 (Game)
- The Last of Us (Game)
- Dead Space 3 (Game)
- Remember Me (Game)
- Borderlands 2 (Game)
Top Five Games of 2014
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