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Movie reviews for the gaming fiend; put down the controller in lieu of these films about gamers, VR-focused documentaries and adaptations of your favorite video games.
'Evil Dead the Game' Beta Retrospective and Impressions
And thus ends the second Evil Dead the Game beta. We laughed. We cried. We sawed some limbs off Kandarian Demons. Well, I didn’t. For the purposes of the beta, I decided I would main Ed Getley and see just how much I could improve my Hunter skills in my short time with the online component. Maybe it started as a joke, figuring absolutely no one would willingly choose Ed of all characters, especially when Kelly and Ash help round out the Hunter category. And yet, by the close of the weekend, I found myself being far more productive of a team member than expected, proving that everyone on the Evil Dead the Game cast list serves a purpose.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Gamers
Halo: TV Series
“We didn’t look at the game.” Halo showrunner Steven Kane told Variety in a recent interview that the crew behind the new live-action series was not interested in staying true to the source material. "We didn’t talk about the game,” He added, much to the frustration of Halo enthusiasts all over the world, “We talked about the characters and the world. So I never felt limited by it being a game.”
By Louis Mihael4 years ago in Gamers
Game-Based Movies Need To Stop. Top Story - February 2022.
To this day, I have yet to find a game-based movie that has done an amazing job adapting a game to a movie. I think it is fair to say that it is nearly impossible to cram 10 to 12 hours of gameplay or an entire series into a 90-minute movie. But movies will continue to try to do so.
By Davlin Knight4 years ago in Gamers
What is Squid Game and why do people watch it?
However, with only nine episodes, all of which are easily bridgeable, you might find yourself without a show after watching all of the dark series in one night (guilty as charged). Squid Game is gruesomely violent and emotionally punishing. It’s also one of Netflix’s most popular shows. Since its premiere on Sept. 17, the South Korean thriller has become a global phenomenon: Its viewership has increased by 481% in less than a month, and the hashtag #SquidGame has been viewed more than 22.8 billion times on Tik Tok. It’s easy to see why: The series is superbly acted and visually striking, containing easily recognizable outfits and diabolical plot twists that make it ripe for endless theorizing and memes. But it also begs an uncomfortable question: Why are we so obsessed with a show about human suffering? A drama inspired by South Korean history and politics, Squid Game follows Seong Gi-hun and 455 other debt-ridden participants who are whisked away to an island to play six rounds of basic children’s games. If they survive, they win 45.6 billion won (about $38 million). If they lose, they die in terrifying and inhumane ways — all while a group of billionaires watch for their own voyeuristic pleasure. It’s a clear commentary on how crushing economic inequality and financial instability can be for lower-income people — issues that only have been exacerbated by the global pandemic. Particularly against the backdrop of the last 18 months, “People can identify with feeling like they’re not the ruling class, but the underdog or the downtrodden,” Dr. Eric Bender, a child, adolescent, adult, and forensic psychiatrist tells Bustle. Desperation, indeed, is what drives Squid Game’s participants to compete. Although they’re given the option to leave the game at the beginning of the show, they all ultimately return, realizing that scraping by in the real world with no viable way to escape poverty is possibly worse than risking death for a life-altering prize. From this perspective, the brutality is almost beside the point — although there likely are some people who do watch for the gore. “The violence really puts an exclamation mark on the human struggle elements,” says Dr. Praveen Kambam, a child, adolescent, and forensic psychiatrist. “[It] shows just how far these people are willing to go ... They would rather endure this level of violence, or chance of violence, than deal with the system outside of the game.”
By Ms. Thomas4 years ago in Gamers
Documentary Review: 'Artificial Gamer'
Several years ago a group of programmers, under the direction of Greg Brockman, set themselves a remarkable goal. Brockman’s initiative was to create an artificial intelligence that could not only compete with some of the best gamers in the world but could be capable of learning to defeat the greatest players in the world. The game Brockman chose for his project is one that has become the most lucrative and exciting in professional gaming, DOTA 2.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Gamers
Top 25 Highest Grossing Video Game Movies (and if they sucked)
25. Street Fighter (1994) had a domestic gross of $33,423,521, an opening weekend of $6,859,495 and a production budget of $35 million. This movie was so bad, some speculate Raul Julia, who once starred in a movie that was featured on MST3K, died of embarrassment. Still, it was one of Jean Claude Van-Damme's better written movies. I wish it had more Blanka, but I'd say it only mostly sucked. 2/5
By Regular Person5 years ago in Gamers
‘Mortal Kombat’ Review — A Flawed Victory
Test your might with the newest cinematic adaptation of the classic video game, Mortal Kombat. This fantasy action film from first-time director Simon McQuoid is Hollywood’s first attempt at an MK movie since 1997’s Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, widely considered a cinematic fatality.
By Jonathan Sim5 years ago in Gamers
Gamer Movies. Top Story - March 2021.
Over the years there have been many gaming movies released based on the top selling or most popular games at the time. One of my early favorite was TRON, released in July of 1982 starring Jeff Bridges about a computer programmer who was zapped into the TRON video game and then has to beat different levels to escape. Then back in 2010 the sequel to TRON, TRON Legacy was released with the return of Jeff Bridges 28 years later and Garrett Hedlund as his son. But, these are not the movies I wish to talk to you about.
By K.C. Keats5 years ago in Gamers
