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Prince of Persia: The Bricks of Time

March 26, 2010

Both Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and the feature film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, each tentatively scheduled for release in May 2010, should be on the top of Prince of Persia fans’ lists of things to pay money for, right? Possibly, but there’s another franchise product that should top both of [...]

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Movies That Drain the Life of Games

February 19, 2010

In-game movies are always a great distraction from hours of game play and give the player a chance to absorb the story. It delivers the motive of the characters, twists and turns, something to hold the players attention enough to want to play more in order to see the final climax. Like any book or [...]

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Heavy Rain – Innovation or Fad?

February 5, 2010

How far would you be prepared to go to save someone you love? Heavy Rain, being developed by Quantic Dream is receiving good acclaim from critics. However, I cannot foresee this game being a huge seller because of the fact that you won’t be shooting everything that moves. On a good note, this game is [...]

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Shows, Movies, and Comics that Video Games Should Rip Off

January 19, 2010

For nearly five days, there’s been a mini rage at this site about video games and their relationship with films. My take-don’t care. If I see a movie, it should be good regardless of the source material. However, video game designers have not been shy about taking inspirations and liberties with their favorite films and [...]

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Hollywood’s Proposal to the Gaming World, and Why that’s a Problem

January 19, 2010

It seems here at Gamer Road, we’re pretty big on film adaptations of games. I encourage you to check out the articles by David Stephens and Philon before coming back. But come back. Technology has so vastly improved, both with films and with videogames, that a legitimate crossover was bound to happen. And yes, there [...]

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Wii + Netflix: Together at Last!

January 18, 2010

Netflix is finally coming to the Nintendo Wii something many wish was said back in 2008. Xbox 360 & PS3 have been enjoying the service for two years now. So why has the Wii been kept in the dark for so long and will there be any new features added to the service for the [...]

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5 Games That Could Be Turned Into Good Movies

January 15, 2010

We all saw what happened when Metal Gear Solid was pursued as a film property, and why it shouldn’t be revived. Now, I’m not here to argue the merits of adapting games into films, but if it’s going to happen some games make significantly better film fodder than others. Hollywood depends on known commodities to make [...]

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