adaptations

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The Times discovers machinima

The New York Times has done with machinima what they’ve done with so many other topics: discover it after everybody else but still dig up more interesting info than anyone else (engaging in some of that “journalism” stuff I’ve heard such good things about). In The Xbox Auteurs, the author even helps out in filming [...]

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EA hoping The Godfather won’t suck

The New York Times has an article on Electronic Arts’ upcoming Godfather game with some interesting bits, including who is in (Robert Duvall, James Caan) and who isn’t (Al Pacino) and the gameplay (”hey, this Grand Theft Auto thing seems pretty popular”). The developers say that they’re aware of the horrible quality of some games [...]

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Fans to remake Metroid Prime in 2D

Video game fans are never happy, always feeling the need to add or subtract a dimension to their favorite games (at least until slapped with a cease-and-desist). The latest dimensional meddling is the aptly named Metroid Prime 2D project. Enjoy it while you can, people (enjoyment meaning staring at the screenshots, downloading the wallpapers, etc.) [...]

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Why people keep giving Uwe Boll money to make movies

Three words:

German tax shelter.

(and yes I know he didn’t make the Tomb Raider movies but see Wikipedia)

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The king abides

Jeffrey Rowland at semi-autobiographical webcomic Overcompensating, a comic you should already be reading anyway, uncovers the truth behind Katamari Damacy.

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Video Games Live

The Final Fantasy concert whet your appetite and left you wanting more. To fill that need there’s now Video Games Live, a concert tour featuring the music of games you’ve known and loved, and also Tomb Raider. The show will include lasers, footage of the games on very large screens, live action segments and stunts [...]

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Doom: The Board Game

The news isn’t that somebody made a board game from a video game, or that somebody devoted valuable time to write a review for said board game, but that it’s actually fun to play! Hooray! Slide on by defective yeti:

So I didn’t buy Doom: The Board Game because I’m a Doom fan; I [...]

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