Sharp's screenplays are marked by a narrative complexity and situations gravid with implication and doom.1 Take the
moment in the Arthur Penn - helmed Night Moves where broken - down P.I. Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman, reuniting with Penn for the first time since Bonnie and Clyde),
after discovering a body in a sunken
wreck off the coast of Florida, watches as his two sleazeball hosts (John Crawford and Jennifer Warren)-- who've previously exchanged an odd nod and a knowing glance in which something is silently decided about how to handle this new, inquisitive element dropped in their midst — break into a broken tango to a tune on the radio.
Particular highlights included: Brenda Romero's inspiring talk «Mother, Woman, Girl: A Lifetime in Games»; Warren Spector meeting fellow Ion Storm alumni John Romero over Skype backstage — pictured; the Guardian interview panels on the Wednesday and Thursday, with Keith Stuart and Jordan Erica Webber (pictured at the top of this feature); Gary Napper at Supermassive describing the
moment a tough American bro was reduced to a gibbering
wreck after playing VR; discovering Seb «Snake Pass» Liese from Sumo owned two snakes names «Solid» and «Liquid»; and the Edge Presents interview on - stage with writer Ben Maxwell and John Romero — pictured.