 Wicked Goes Interactive: Brad Armstrong's 'Race 2 Race'
Wicked Pictures combines XXX action with the feel of contemporary video games in director
Brad Armstrong's new interactive DVD Race 2 Race."It's
like Street Fighter, only instead of fighting, the characters have sex," Armstrong
told AVN. "We haven't really jumped on the interactive bandwagon yet, so this is
something we're trying as a jumping-off point. It's a first step toward this kind of
interactivity."
Race to Race was originally conceived as a straightforward
interracial porn movie. Looking for a way to make the concept more interesting, Armstrong
hit on the idea of a video game format.
"I saw a commercial for one of these games like Halo,
and I thought that would be cool," he explained. "So the next step was meeting
with Dimension DVD to find out if we have the technology to make this possible."
The DVD menu is set up like a cage match. The viewer
chooses a character from a selection of 17 cast members, and the DVD hardware matches the
player with an "opponent". The disc also offers the option to bypass the gaming
aspect through a 'single play' option that delivers the content as a continuous feature.
Wicked's Jackie Ramos and Sonny Rojas of Dimension DVD
supervised the technical aspects of the project. While the interactivity is limited,
Armstrong said, the results are impressive enough to pave the way for more advanced game
play in future releases.
"They did a great job with the look and the vibe that
it gives you," Armstrong said. "It has that video game sensibility and the feel
of a character-driven game. Sonny was the head designer and did all of the graphics. The
menu gives you each character's stats and bio. Jessica Drake did the animated computer
voice - 'chose player now,' 'computer picking opponent.' We also had some great costuming,
so when you've got a girl from Asia and a guy from Africa and a guy from Britain, each
character's costume fits their country."
Armstrong told AVN that Wicked hopes to "pull out all
the stops" for its next interactive release, increasing the options to satisfy the
expectations of today's gamers.
"We're trying to build on the interactive
standard," Armstrong said. "Because video games have set such a high bar, we
don't want to come out with something lame like some of the other interactive DVDs out
there. I think the technology has evolved so much since the early interactives came out
that you have to elevate things to meet the standard of the audience."
Race 2 Race stars Armstrong, Wicked contract girl Mikayla
Mendez, Jasmine Byrne, Mia SMiles, TJ Cummings, Nyomi Banxxx, Maya Gates, Tommy Gunn,
Amile Waters, Christian XXX, Dick Delaware, Victoria, Sin, Tyler Knight, Marcus London,
Deep Threat, Tyler Faith, Marco Banderas and Gianna Lynn (pictured).
A separate game gives the viewer access to DVD bonus
features, including a blooper reel and a bonus sex scene with Mikayla Mendez as an
American Indian.
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