TITLE
‘Sopranos’ Creator: Video Game Has Nothing To Do With Show
AUTHOR
Stephen Totilo
PUBLICATION
MTV
YEAR
2006
ARTICLE TYPE
Interview
FROM THE ARTICLE
David Chase, creator of “The Sopranos,” is very familiar with TV’s dramatic potential — but he’s not so sure about video games.The pioneer behind one of the most praised TV shows in recent memory recently took a seat on the Queens soundstage where much of “The Sopranos” is shot to discuss next month’s video game based on the show. He sat in Tony Soprano’s office between a pool table and Tony’s desk, in a room that, in the show, is in the back of fictional New Jersey strip club the Bada Bing.
“It wasn’t my idea to do a game,” Chase told MTV News. Executives at HBO made the game happen, he said, and its story evolved from an idea he had when he was a young writer: “an action/comedy about a regular Joe from nowhere who decides he wants to be in the Mafia and how you go about joining.” In the PlayStation 2 game “The Sopranos: Road to Respect,” a new character — the illegitimate son of whacked former “Sopranos” mobster Sal “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero — tries to join Tony Soprano’s professional family.
GAMES MENTIONED
The Sopranos: Road To Respect
PEOPLE MENTIONED
David Chase
TOPICS MENTIONED
Licensed Games