David Cage Talks Emotion In Games, Hints For Heavy Rain

Quantic Dream's David Cage, whom you know for Indigo Prophecy, was at France's mega science museum Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie to talk about emotion and immersion in games, and Gamasutra covered Cage's talk:

The more subtle, social emotions such as love, empathy, joy, sadness, jealousy, anger, and shame are frequently addressed in literature and cinema, Cage pointed out, but are rarely successfully tackled by games. He pointed to Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Rez, Katamari Damacy, and The Legend of Zelda as a few titles that draw from both ends of the emotional spectrum.

Blah blah emotion, blah blah social behavior, Mr. Cage - tell us something about the mysterious, much-reputed Heavy Rain:

New Heavy Rain Details Spilled, Lapped Up

While most of us in North America don't read the Dutch magazine Chief, one of our readers abroad pointed out that they'd run a major exclusive on upcoming Quantic Dream/Sony title Heavy Rain. (You know Quantic Dream as the company behind Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, and you know Heavy Rain from my fanboy obsession).

Reader Saimon was kind enough to translate some of the more enticing statements about the title made by Quantic Dream's founder David Cage. And we were kind enough to copy and paste the translations after the jump.

Heavy Rain Tech Demo, Short But Rocks My World

Quantic Dream, makers of Indigo Prophecy and the upcoming Heavy Rain, made a really bold claim a few weeks ago; they said that their game had crossed the uncanny valley—that place in human graphics that sits jarringly, stomach-churningly between not quite fake enough and not quite real enough. Looking at the company's tech demo, it's tough to agree or disagree with their claims.

Uncanny Valley Crossed in 2009?