Chances are this movie is going to exactly what one would
expect from a videogame movie: a couple big names, a lot of action, and not much else.
I was never too keen on golf as a sport and I have always shied
away from videogame representations because I couldn't think of anything else more boring and yet I am about to review a golfing game for the first time.
The title uses the WarerPlai AR gaming platform along with player's t - shirts to let players see each other's win - loss record, special artifacts ad other data
from the videogame in AR and can also activate new levels.
Since some of todays pranks have already been covered by the other writers here, I've decided to just pick three of my favorite pranks
from the videogame world today.
During a conference call on Thursday,
executives from videogame retailer GameStop gave their take on why Nintendo has been having trouble selling the Wii U since the holiday season ended.
In Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, videogame action hero Matt Hazard gets his chance to prove once and for all that he is the king of shooters when the new owner of mega game publisher, Marathon Megasoft, gives Matt his comeback role starring in a new title for next - gen consoles that pits him against all of his memorable foes
from videogames past.
With Michael Fassbender recently getting behind the Assassin's Creed movie, it's clear that the franchise has
gone from videogame to multimedia powerhouse, the latest addition being the forthcoming novel Assassin's Creed: Forsaken.
Yes, some of its lightning - fast fighting styles seem
borrowed from videogame aesthetics, but director Jennifer Yuh Nelson's true cannon fist is how seamlessly «Panda's» wild skirmishes mesh with its eloquent narrative, even if there are less pauses for reflection this time «round.
Just as director Zach Lipovsky did with the previous film, Endgame «s director Pat Williams attempts to tap into the
mayhem from the videogames, albeit this time with a more subdued take.
The least negative summary so far is from Variety's Rob Nelson, who calls it «neither the best nor the worst of movies
derived from videogames... at least [it] gives action fans plenty to ogle besides the titular heroine.»
The hero here is the great production designer Carol Spier, who takes inspiration
from the videogame source material to provide an impressively complex, bleakly gorgeous environment for all this horror hokum.
So far it has become nothing short of a phenomenon, with an upcoming live action movie and most likely a new anime season,
aside from videogames and plenty of merchandise.
The Great War was bloody and horrific, but when
viewed from a videogame's perspective it was about a lot of people shooting at each other across a small patch of land and occasionally making bloody stupid suicide charges to capture another few feet of ground.
Although it received
criticism from videogame sites such as Gamespot, for its lack of depth and poor single player modes, the Official Nintendo Magazine's top 100 Nintendo games of all time listed Mario Kart 64 at # 17.
Read Alex's experience with the site, and hopefully that will also get you to try out the site (and ultimately, a new way to save
finances from videogames).
Taking a
cue from the videogame, the Dante's Inferno comic intends to focus on the frantic action which surrounds the players journey through the nine circles of hell in which, in order to free the soul of Beatrice, Dante's unrequited love.
Tell me, because I'm confused: what exactly would a homosexual
want from videogames that a heterosexual wouldn't?
Rumors about a Switch version of the game surfaced last week following a
tweet from videogame journalist Marcus Sellars, which stated that a Switch port is in development at Blizzard.
It can be said though, that one profession that is
absent from videogames that will have been the dream of many a child (including me and my absurd vision) is that of the Fire fighter.
Each character's third action is called Develop, acting as a way to mimic the acquisition of near gear and
skills from the videogame, though it neatly ignores the fact that typically these come when completing quests and such, whereas here you can do it whenever you please.
Recent games and developers have tried to correct this, but it should also be pointed out that games with strong women aren't new and several other
members from That VideoGame Blog team were kind enough to share their favorites.
Welcome to Part 2 of a 1200 - part monthly blog series, where I'll cover BioWare's
evolution from videogame studio to post-human AI hivemind.
New research from HEC Paris business school suggests that businesses should take
lessons from videogame developers in order to achieve technological breakthroughs.
Every week I wish to bring you a
quote from a videogame that is said by a character or inscribed somewhere in the game.
However with that said, I'm not okay with people bluntly steal /
copy from a videogame and call it their own.
If you supply Videogame History Museum with your postal address online you may receive periodic
mailings from Videogame History Museum with information on products, services, or upcoming events.
Harrison particularly says: «You put something on your blog about how
comments from videogame executives can come back to haunt them.
What was your experience playing famous
themes from videogames together with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra?
Matt Thorson's follow - up to Towerfall employs a familiar aesthetic and
language from videogames past to tell a story about mental health and self - actualization, using the mountain the game is named after as a representation of a young woman's struggles with depression and self - doubt.
While mostly just a companion app that happens to sound exactly like Cortana from Halo but isn't actually Cortana from Halo, Cortana for Windows is definitely one of the more novel tie - ins
from the videogame franchise.
Met initially with confusion, as these things often are, followed by a wave of alternating anger and
desire from videogame fans, the totally - not - badly - named New Nintendo 3DS is the result.
Looking at
everything from the videogames in development to the strength of the technology, we highlight the problems and try to come up with the best solutions.
This is because, let's face it, Hollywood does not have a good track record of creating films or TV
shows from videogames.
Rockstar has always been at the forefront of offering gaming experiences that go far beyond what anybody
expects from a videogame; to the extent that a Rockstar game feels like a live - action blockbuster movie, which is a far cry from the point - click adventure that gaming started out as.