In the seventh season of the X-Files cyberpunk author William Gibson wrote a virtual reality episode called First Person Shooter. It was co-written by Tom Maddox, and was directed by series' creator Chris Carter.
The episode also serves as the spiritual successor to Gibson and Maddox's earlier episode "Kill Switch." Gibson was motivated to write the episode after the success of "Kill Switch." The episode featured several elaborate special effects sequences that nearly put the episode over budget.
While investigating a murder, Mulder and Scully skirmish with a homicidal digital character inside a virtual reality game.
In the episode, Mulder and Scully lock and load with the Lone Gunmen to see and experience what appears to be a killer video game.
The episode also serves as the spiritual successor to Gibson and Maddox's earlier episode "Kill Switch." Gibson was motivated to write the episode after the success of "Kill Switch." The episode featured several elaborate special effects sequences that nearly put the episode over budget.
While investigating a murder, Mulder and Scully skirmish with a homicidal digital character inside a virtual reality game.
In the episode, Mulder and Scully lock and load with the Lone Gunmen to see and experience what appears to be a killer video game.
- 10/18/2022
- QuietEarth.us
The X-Files' 2000 episode "First Person Shooter" had that: The screenwriters were famed cyberpunk authors William Gibson and Tom Maddox. And the seventh season episode was one of only 15 that series creator Chris Carter directed himself.
Like HBO's Westworld (also nominated for effects), the episode involves a computer-simulated Old West and was nominated for Emmys in three sound and visual effects categories, winning two awards. Gibson and Maddox previously had written 1998's "Kill Switch" for the Fox ...
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Like HBO's Westworld (also nominated for effects), the episode involves a computer-simulated Old West and was nominated for Emmys in three sound and visual effects categories, winning two awards. Gibson and Maddox previously had written 1998's "Kill Switch" for the Fox ...
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- 6/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[Editor’s note: Spoilers follow for “The X-Files” Season 11, Episode 2, “This.”]
Previously, on “The X-Files”…
Agents Mulder and Scully are back to investigating paranormal crimes, which they used to do with some help from a group of hackers known as the Lone Gunmen — until the Lone Gunmen nobly sacrificed themselves to save the world back in Season 9.
This Week’s Dossier
Mulder and Scully are enjoying a lazy night dozing in front of the TV when Mulder’s cell phone starts getting strange messages from the presumed-dead Langly — oh, and three armed men barge in, leading to a firefight and then the arrival of a second group of armed men who get Mulder and Scully in handcuffs, though the duo are able to escape.
Read More:‘The X-Files’: 3 Reasons Not to Worry About Season 11 Being the End
Now on the run (but with an assist or two from Skinner), the partners follow breadcrumbs left behind...
Previously, on “The X-Files”…
Agents Mulder and Scully are back to investigating paranormal crimes, which they used to do with some help from a group of hackers known as the Lone Gunmen — until the Lone Gunmen nobly sacrificed themselves to save the world back in Season 9.
This Week’s Dossier
Mulder and Scully are enjoying a lazy night dozing in front of the TV when Mulder’s cell phone starts getting strange messages from the presumed-dead Langly — oh, and three armed men barge in, leading to a firefight and then the arrival of a second group of armed men who get Mulder and Scully in handcuffs, though the duo are able to escape.
Read More:‘The X-Files’: 3 Reasons Not to Worry About Season 11 Being the End
Now on the run (but with an assist or two from Skinner), the partners follow breadcrumbs left behind...
- 1/11/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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