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5/7/08- How to Make Better Game Adaptations

2008-05-07 23:53:28 by ksalvatore in PC Gamer
 
...adaptations, but Ive noticed there are very few discussions about what makes a decent game adaptation of a movie. Why do we expect so little of game adaptations? Can the game ever be better than the movie? In order to make game adaptations of movies better, here are my humble guidelines 1. Start development earlier Lets assume, for the...
 
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Your Turn: The shocking truth about game adaptations

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2008-05-15 20:43:25 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
...adaptations have made money, like Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, Hitman and Silent Hill, gamers routinely complain that films do not do justice to their source material Aaron Hobbs, a 22-year-old journalism student and long-time avid gamer, takes his turn today to tell Hollywood producers to keep their grubby hands off The...
 
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LOAD Magazine issue 11: new fashion section, comic book adaptations, more

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2008-03-31 09:47:29 by Enrico S. in PSP Updates
...adaptations in the cinemas as well as some exclusive spreads from character artists Aaron St.Goddard and NYC photographer Markus Hartel Fashionistas will probably skip right ahead to the article on ioannisdimitrousis who just came back from a London Fashion Week show. Incidentally, this is the first issue of the magazine to have a dedicated...
 
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Your Turn: Wishful thinking

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2008-11-04 21:07:15 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
...adaptations don't suck Wishful thinking The films of Uwe Boll have left gamers feeling a tad underwhelmed. It sometimes seems like we will never get a genuinely good film adaptation of any of our beloved video games Prince of Persia was looking good, but doubts about Jake Gyllehaal's ability to play the titular prince have shaken our faith,...
 
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Opinion: Why Gamers Need To Open Up To Hollywood

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2008-04-03 16:00:11 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...adaptations. I'm not saying you should expect "Mario Begins" in theaters anytime soon, but the time is upon us for some hot and heavy game movies And yet here's the rub. The gaming world isn't holding up its end of the bargain. Fans (and publishers, to some extent) are still resisting Hollywood with territorial reluctance, thinking that if...
 
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COLUMN: Quiz Me Qwik: 'A Russian Literature Primer With Akella'

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2008-05-31 16:00:14 by alistairw in GameSetWatch
...adaptations, the game makes the intersting move of setting the action after the events of its source text. The Kingdom of Arkanar has been torn apart by internal wars and the nobles have entrenched themselves in their castles, notes Hard to be a God 's press release. Anarchy rules the world as an agent of the imperial intelligence...
 
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Bioshock Makes Its Way To The Big Screen

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2008-01-12 19:28:26 by Brian Lockhart in DigitalBattle
...adaptations. So far very little has done to impress, as all too often the translation doesnt seem to work well. The same goes the other direction, as movie to game adaptations hold somewhat of a dim quality. But we all know there can be exceptions to that rule, and Bioshock would seem to be one of them The rumor mill is already abuzz with the...
 
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GTA Movie Was in the Works, Eminem to Have Starred

2008-02-06 19:12:33 by Rajiv Ashrafi in DigitalBattle
 
...adaptations. So far very little has done to imp 300, Saw, Game Adaptations In The Works How cares about new, innovative games, when you can port movies to games and cash in on it? Thats e Gears Of War Movie Canned Gears of War is still the best selling Xbox 360 game, as Halo 3 has been on the market for just ov E3: Wii Fit Videos New PS3 Ad...
 
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Blizzard rejects Uwe Boll's offer to direct World of Warcraft movie

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2008-04-21 10:48:49 by Isaac C. in World of Warcraft
...adaptations for video games such as House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark . He's also the brains behind the new Far Cry movie Despite his long history in making movie adaptations of video games though, Boll doesn't seem to be Blizzard 's prime choice for making the World of Warcraft movie . In fact, as MTV reports, they practically laughed...
 
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