Green Gaming

With the third season currently airing on Adult Swim, and the second just released on DVD, you'd think Robot Chicken star and co-creator Seth Green would be too busy with puppet poultry to do much of anything else. But ever the master multitasker, Green -- who also appears on Family Guy and the Austin Powers movies -- has somehow found the time to collaborate on Play The Industry, a new video game he'll soon be working on with rapper Master P and his Chicken co-producers. Though, as he explained when we spoke to him recently, the game isn't what friends of P might expect.

How did the deal between Stoopid Monkey Productions, which you own with Chicken co-creator Matt Senreich, ShadowMachine Films, who co-produce Chicken, and Master P's P. Miller Enterprises come together?
Master P is a fan of Robot Chicken, and approached us about collaborating with him on a couple of ideas, and this was the one we all felt the most connected to and enthusiastic about.

What kind of game is Play The Industry ?
I know it's been bandied about, but it's not a hip-hop video game. Unfortunately, we're not at a place where we can really talk about it a lot because it's still being developed, but it will be a game in which people will be able to play as all different facets of the entertainment industry, whether it's as a performer, an athlete, a manager, a publicist, that kind of thing. It will be a console game and an online game as well.

How much of the idea behind the game did Master P have when he came to you?
He just had an overview of an idea and wanted some help fleshing it out, to write materials and design characters and things like that.

Is there a game that's out now that you think is similar to yours?
The closest thing it could be compared to is Star Wars Galaxies or World of Warcraft or even The Sims if The Sims had more long-term objectives.

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