Tag Archives: video games

Fighting words – Tekken review

Tekken – Starring Jon Foo, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Ian Anthony Dale. Directed by Dwight H. Little. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Nostalgia! That wonderful/awful sensation Don Draper describes as “the pain from an old wound”. The feeling that drives us to purchase every season of The Muppet Show on a whim (totally worth it), and […]

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Inception to become a video game?

We’ve seen the movie. We’ve read the online comic. Will we soon be able to play a video game based on Christopher Nolan‘s Inception? Nolan told journalists at a press conference in Rome ahead of the film’s Italian release that he was toying with the idea of turning his mind-heist thriller into a video game. […]

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Art shmart – The nature of “art”, video games vs. films, and that whole Ebert thing.

Art shmart – The nature of “art”, video games vs. films, and that whole Ebert thing. By Simon Miraudo. We interrupt the stream of barely informed movie reviews and 3D conversion news to discuss the nature of “art”, video games, and that whole Ebert thing. I’d like to preface the following article by stating that […]

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Is Spielberg bringing Halo to the big screen?

source: iesb.com Halo fans rejoice! Steven Spielberg is trying to make that feature film adaptation you’ve been dreaming of. IESB are reporting that Spielberg is in active negotiations to develop a feature film based on the highly successful video game. According to the report, the legendary director has fallen in love with Aussie Stuart Beattie’s […]

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Ever wanted to star in Mad Men?

source: amctv.com AMC have released a pretty funky little online application for fans of Mad Men to celebrate its imminent third season premiere. You can hop on over to this little site and create your own Stirling Cooper avatar. I’ve already done mine: “Peggy, hold all my calls. I’ve got to go sleep with my […]

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Wolfenstein Heading to the Big Screen

source: eurogamer.net The classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein is finally heading to the big screen after years of speculation and a series of obstacles. idSoftware CEO Todd Hollenshead has told Eurogamer that the big-screen adaptation of the popular video game is still on, with Oscar-winner Roger Avery currently writing the script. Return to Castle Wolfenstein is […]

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