Quick Thought on Movie to Game Adaptations

The Godfather is hands-down one of the best films ever made and certainly the best in terms of mob movies. It will easily last for ages in cinematic history but I'm unsure if it ever needed to be adapted into a game.



I love games. I love this business. I have high hopes about what is being done and what can be done but seeing adaptations like Scarface and The Godfather strikes me as nothing more than an attempt to cash in. And what the hell were they thinking making JAWS into a game??



When a developer enters into the great cinematic vault in search of the perfect film-to-game adaptation I can think of so many and none of them would have been The Godfather. Some movies you just don't mess with. But if you do intend to go ahead and pillage a famous film a necessity should be that you have something significant to offer the player that the movie didn't offer.



So, for those of you considering the next big film-to-console venture do have a care and avoid tampering with the greats, will ya?



Here are a few you should steer clear of:

Platoon

Apocalypse Now

The Untouchables

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Blade Runner

King Kong (for shame Mr. Jackson!)



Feel free to add to this list.



Which films would you prefer never be adapted into a game?

America says, 'set your clocks forward'

'It won't cause problems,' they said.



'No one will complain,' they said.



'Come Monday, it will hardly be an issue,' they said.



I've spent the better part of my weekend dragging my clocks, kicking and screaming, an hour forward because the US government decided it would be fun to fuck with the world. So of course, Canada followed suit.



Great.



After dozens of clocks, laptop settings, watches, TVs and media players had their times changed, my work was done.



Until I arrived at work today. Then we tried sending out meeting invitations and the time kept showing up wrong. My boss also made the pleasant discovery that everyone's availability may be an hour off despite being displayed in the proper time.



And something tells me that this nightmare is far from over because when April rolls around all the automated time changes will kick in and we'll be repairing everything in reverse.



Thanks Congress. Remind me, if we ever meet, not to ask you if you have the time.





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