in 1998 i was in my 2nd year of university; once a month i'd have enough cash to buy a new PC game. cash burning a hole in my wallet, i'd wander over to my favourite big box store (The Future Shop) and browse through their 4 aisles of big box PC games and spend 1-2 hours reading the copy on *every* box. there were so many great AAA games out that i'd end up having to choose between 3 or 4. it was torture.
that particular day i had to choose between Fallout 2, X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, Half-Life and Baldur's Gate which were all in the centre of one aisle. 馃槗
at the very end of the same aisle were games with FMV like Riven, Ripper, and a new one called Black Dahlia. it had a huge yellow STARRING DENNIS HOPPER sticker on the front cover. i gave it a dirty look: years earlier i had been burned to a crisp on FMV games like The Critical Path and Ground Zero: Texas, and i wasn't going to make that mistake again. i grabbed a copy of Half-Life and went straight to the checkouts.
25+ years later, i finally got to see what i missed out on. Black Dahlia was among the last of the classic FMV adventure games, and it's surprisingly well-produced. @sqhistorian's documentary is composed of interviews with the original cast, crew and development team - and watches exactly like an (Ars) War Stories doc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaLilGWm_k
if you're into the mechanics of movie production, set design, and the complexities of translating cinematics to gameplay, i highly recommend it.