Alex Garland's Favorite Games Include Dark Souls, Animal Crossing

Visionary filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) discusses his favorite games and answers our lingering questions about Annihilation and his first TV series, Devs.
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As part of our Play For All charity event, filmmaker Alex Garland joined us for an interview to talk about his favorite games, including Dark Souls, The Last of Us, and Animal Crossing New Horizons - which he has put an impressive amount of time into. Garland is known for writing and directing the films Ex Machina and Annihilation, and for writing the movies 28 Days Later, Dredd, and the game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Garland expressed his desire to work on more video games.
*Spoiler Warning: Spoilers for Devs and Annihilation start at 17:24
Garland recently made his television debut as the creator, executive producer, writer and director of Devs, a sci-fi miniseries on FX on Hulu. Mike Rougeau and Meg Downey broke down every episode of the limited series on GameSpot Universe, and asked Garland some of their lingering questions about the show. Garland also answered some of Meg's burning questions about his film, Annihilation. And yes, we asked about that terrifying bear. Devs is available to stream in its entirety on Hulu, and we highly recommend watching it if you haven't already.

[@TubeSteak]

I'll listen to Alex Garland talk about literally anything

[@cyco7229]

it's perhaps the first time I saw Alex smiling and being light at an interview, he's always striked me as such a serious guy, it was great to find out he worked for Ninja Theory's Enslaved.

[@mellownisty]

Devs was incredible, it’s one of those shows you think about long after it’s over.

[@gamespot]

*Spoiler Warning: Spoilers for Devs and Annihilation start at 17:24

[@stealthyhydra]

Really loved this, Alex Garland is one of if not my favourite writer/directors. I didnt know he was this into games until this video and really enjoyed hearing what he had to say.

[@justsumCrumbs]

Holy shit Alex please make a game. Interviewers gotta work on their flow.

[@TheMrKlump]

What a treat this was. Big fan of his works but I've never even seen the man before, was very interesting to listen to him and I had no idea that he's a gamer and also that he's relatively old.

[@seanstadler6377]

Bioshock movie made by Alex Garland? 😳😳

[@JordanTelezino]

very unexpected gem wow

[@mmgbtv]

I love everything he's done. Only thing I haven't started is his latest novel Coma, which is chilling on my bookshelf. Seems like he had some difficulty relating to these zoomers

[@meow-rp5bz]

yes

[@vitterverse]

I would like to hear his take on Elden Ring.

[@dylanpodunavac2842]

This man knows whats up with tlou

[@ozymandias5449]

whos here after dev where jamie plays dark souls

[@alcoholicgoat]

Alex Garland's Halo script is amazing it's a shame Microsoft ruined that opportunity

[@Tristan_again]

Good interview - Alex Garland is a terrific writer but the interviewer's voice is so squeaky and grating, it was a tough listen.

[@operatorgreggy3005]

Hello there

[@superawesomebros3084]

Operator Greggy General Kenobi

[@helenavolgue7540]

Hello people, there is a indie game "sci-fi horror" called Shadows of Kepler. There is a demonstration version on Steam. Thanks for your support.

[@alcoholicgoat]

I'm so tired of people talking about Dark Souls

[@megamoviez]

Animal Crossing? Really? The first TLOU is my personal favorite though.