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Gaming have always been a part of my life in some facit or another. I started with the Atari and moved on to the Nintendo and eventually Gameboy. The NES was a prize and I remember the hours I spent playing Super Mario Bros. 3 trying to find that whistle. Now of course the game can be completed in like 30 minutes, but I digress. Today, I am a proude Xbox 360 owner. However, I do try and branch out to the other systems when I am able. Currently, I am switching between Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and the occassional Rock Band 2 jam sessions with friends.

Aside from games I also heavily enjoy movies and writing. I am working on my English Masters in the non-digital world in hopes of becoming a better and hopefully someday more highly published writer. I'll probably post some of my stuff up on here occassionally to get the opinions of the crowds. Until then, I have provided a few lists of my favorites, enjoy!

10 Favorite Games in no particular order just to name a few:

1) Goldeneye
2) Turok Rage Wars
3) The Halo Series
4) Zelda: Ocarina of Time
5) Fallout 3
6) Psyops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
7) Donkey Kong Country
8) Mortal Kombat series
9) Resident Evil series
10) Soul Reaver series

I am also an avid movie lover and tend to stay up to date on the latest movie news and releases. 10 Favorite Movies in no particular order:

1) Equilibrium
2) Donnie Darko
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Friday the 13th series
5) Fifth Element
6) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7) Fight Club
8) Final Fantasy VII
9) Hot Fuzz
10) The Princess Bride

I do like animated movies and films including of course anime. So in no particular order my favorite animated films and shows:

1) Trigun
2) Afro Samurai
3) Evangelion
4) Justice League
5) Akira
6) Venture Bros.
7) Family Guy
8) Metalocalypse
9) ATHF
10) The Boondocks

I also read comics here is what I currently have on the rack:

1) Moon Knight
2) Kick-Ass
3) Friday the 13th
4) Punisher: War Journal
5) X-Factor

I am an all around nerd and enjoy a variety of different mediums and forums.
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Movie Worthy Videogames
Saint Demon | 10:14 AM on 12.30.2008 10 comments


I don't know why I thought of this but the idea suddenly occurred to me that some videogames, no matter how far fetched their premise is, should be made into a movie.

Redneck Rampage

For those of you who remember, this game was about a bunch of Rednecks trying to survive an alien take over. The game was basically Duke Nukem meets Doom. You could do everything Redneckish such as getting drunk off of to much moonshine, go cow tipping, and I think you could even pee on things but this might just be my imagination. I could never finish the game though i always got stuck at one point and at the time things like gamefaqs and game strategies were not available. Besides I do not think I wanted to be the guy to purchase a Redneck Rampage game strategy book.

The movie version would be great. You could even throw in some racial humor by making it a black/white buddy comedy like Wild Wild West or something. The soundtrack could be completely populated by country songs like "She Broke My Heart, So I Broker Her Jaw" inter-mixed with a few rock-and-roll songs. Not to hate on the man, but Uwe Boll could direct and make something on par with his Postal movie, a movie that actually was decent to watch if it is not taken seriously.

Dynamite Heady

Someone mentioned it in a comment section of another post and i must admite this was one of my favorite Sega Genesis games growing up. There was another game where you were a skeleton and you threw your bones but I can't for the life of me remember the title of the game. Anyway, back on target I loved the game. You had interchangable heads, catch classical music background, and random bosses that looked like their origin must have been spawned from a random acid or shroom trip.

For the movie the plot would follow that of the game which I can't remember at the moment, but the end boss should be changed to Rayman. Rayman's trying to destroy heady whose existance compromises his copyright.

Earth Defense Force 2017

I honestly hate this game with passion. I do not have to many games I hate, but this one would top the list. The game for all intents and purposes should be cool. Giant Japanese type monsters. Cool weapons. Cool vehicles. One little guy who looks like he belongs in the latest Power Rangers update. However, the game just sucks and half the time your one guy against 10 building sized robots where your only weapon is a rocket launcher and a rusty gun that frequently jams and has one bullet in it for committing suicide. The game is so bad it actually works against you. You want to hide behind a building. Sorry thats not going to happen all the buildings are made out of paper and crumble when wind blows to hard.

I think a movie of this would be interesting if it didn't take itself seriously. For example, the protagonist would need to be like Bruce Willis from Die Hard. While everyone else is acting like the situation is normal he needs to be like WTF. The giant monsters could even be a common place thing. While everyone goes off to work no one pays attention when a giant robotic foot crushes their coworker or something.

Conker's Bad Fur Day

For the purpose of this post I am referring to the N64 version of the game. The Xbox version was alright when the story is considered for all it basically did was expand on the humor and gameplay of the story. However, in consideration of multiplayer the N64 version for out does the Xbox version.

The movie version of the game should focus on the war between the squirrels and the teddies. Watching a Nazi Teddy Bear knife a squirrel would be pretty entertaining to say the least. The multiplayer aspect of the game was the best. Whether you were squirrels or teddy bears fun could be had by all. The fun was even turned up when the computer AI was set to Einstein (don't know if thats spelled correctly) level. At this difficulty you could jump out of a window and watch your head explode in free fall. An act, which at the time, was considered impossible. So in the movie expect war type settings as teddy bears and squirrels face off. Also, the movie would be live action.



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grassr00ts's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 10:56
grassr00ts
Nice write up, not familiar with most of the games, but I like your thoughts on them.

Needs more pics please!



Like this! Best movie EVA!
LaxLuster's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 11:05
LaxLuster
I think that after watching House of the Dead, I've lost any and all hope at the idea of video game movies. If I had to go for one though, I'd probably say The Bard's Tale. At least it would be good for a few guffaws as it ultimately urinates on many of the countless fantasy cliches.
Saint Demon's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 11:13
Saint Demon
The Bard's Tale. I forgot that one but I agree that is a good videogame that would make a great film.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 11:24
RonBurgandy2010
What about GUN, that's a movie waiting to happen.
Kylius's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 13:15
Kylius
Wait - Boll actually finished the Postal Movie? Damn - was it any good?
Rational Animal's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 13:53
Rational Animal
Five words: Ecco The Dolphin - The Movie.

Instant blockbuster.
Raf's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 20:12
Raf
I was just thinking about that. Yakuza really has the potencial to become a great movie, in my opinion. It would fix the one big flaw that the game has: its repetitive gameplay.
Saint Demon's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 23:45
Saint Demon
Ecco the Dolphin frustrates me to my core, yet for some reason I still consider it this magical game even if I want to kill Ecco and eat him as punishment for my frustrations.

Also, Postal did come out, but I'll write about it in my next post.
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