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When we first got the tip on this, I thought it was going to be another horrible piece of filth just like all of the other gaming movies to have come out. I was right. But even though I was right, I still want to actually watch the movie! Game Box 1.0 came out in 2004 and unlike a majority of gaming movies Hollywood shoves down our throats, this one has an original plot related to gaming in general. Now that I think about it, this is basically a kids version of The Lawnmower Man: 
"Charlie Nash is an expert video game tester whose life has become unbearable after the tragic shooting of his girlfriend Kate.  Finding no comfort in his friends or in his job, Charlie loses himself in video games.  After receiving a mysterious test game in the mail, he immerses himself in it's amazingly realistic, 3D fantasy universe.  However, Charlie soon learns this virtual world is totally real as he's plunged into a perilous, life-and-death battle against the game from which there is little chance of escape—or survival—in this pulse-pounding, effects-packed, sci-fi thriller." 
It has it all folks! Cheesy acting, horrible graphics, an ear splitting sound track, and Topenga too! 
 
From the looks of it, the movie is going to be re-released in April. From the listed price however, this isn't going to sell so well. It's a shame really. I truly did want to subject myself to this and right up a review for Dtoid. I love Dtoid that much.
 
Thanks to Adam K. of Next Lust for the tip!

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Photo Topanga is kinda on the chubby side eh? I'd still do her though.
 

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B3RS3RK's Avatar
B3RS3RK at 02/02/2007 20:28
The 'best' videogame movie since eXistenZ...
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 02/02/2007 20:39
All we gotta do is wait until it gets put up on Google video then we can all get drunk and watch it together!
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deadpixel at 02/02/2007 20:53
Movies like this make me sad MST3k isn't around anymore.
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shadow300z at 02/02/2007 20:58
3 words: WTF.
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YadGadge at 02/02/2007 21:03
Lol, Topenga! The video quality is horrible in that YouTube upload (or maybe thats just the way the movie is? =P)
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CannibalCalvin at 02/02/2007 21:03
Oh... my... god... is this serious? Tell me this is a joke... This is by far one of the worst examples of film making I have ever seen.

I really hope who ever green lighted this gets shot.
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deanhatescoffee at 02/02/2007 21:34
Based on the trailer alone I can say, in all honesty, this is my favorite movie of all time.

Right after Vampire Assassin, that is. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472278/)
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Pepillou2 at 02/02/2007 22:18
Wow! that.... sucks
The crew obviously doesnīt play videogames. They think old arcade graphics are the latest
or maybe it's the video quality... naaah
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caveyboy at 02/02/2007 23:03
It looks cheesy if you ask me.
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Kif at 02/02/2007 23:22
@tazarthayoot

And edit in a cameo by Destructoid.
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AndyCat at 02/02/2007 23:27
BEST MOVIE EVER!
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wario67 at 02/02/2007 23:41
O_O wow.....
Reapar's Avatar
Reapar at 02/02/2007 23:55
This.. HAS to be fake.

Or atleast, shot by a bunch of twelve year olds.
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joeisremy at 02/03/2007 00:01
This is one of those movies that is so good it skips theaters and goes right to dvd.
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Farktoid at 02/03/2007 00:16
I remember this movie. It was better when it had John Conner in it. Brain Scan. What a steaming pile of turd that was too. And how could a nerd land a girl like Topenga? NOT happening.
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scrap at 02/03/2007 00:45
gamebox 1.0? most generic title evar!!1

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ArrestedDeveloper at 02/03/2007 01:01
Tron + Boy Meets world = Gamebox 1.0
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tazarthayoot at 02/03/2007 01:05
Lol, Niero just walks by in the helmet and gut punches the protagonist, shakes his finger at him, and then just walks off.
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BluDesign at 02/03/2007 01:11
Hah, just you all wait. I laid waste to this film back in December. Wait till you see what I've pulled out. Mark my words, it induces joy and pain, mostly pain, and will make you realize that NO ONE has ever made a good video game movie.

Game Box 1.0 is the Return of the King of video game movies, IMO.
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Im OK at 02/03/2007 01:35
...the hell? Charlie Nash? Was that intentional? I can't decide whether it would be funnier if it were, or if it were not.

This movie seems like it would be a freakish mishmash of the worst aspects of Tron, Matrix, .hack//SIGN, and Mega64, among others.

In other words, I simply must see this movie now.
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TEH_JUICY_1 at 02/03/2007 02:29
Ha.......its nintendo's version of teh matrix. take that you tech savvy hipsters sony.
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Fana7ic at 02/03/2007 03:31
Didnīt we have alot of movies with the exact same story already?
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brad drac at 02/03/2007 07:51
Too many guns(and people getting shot with them) to be a kids movie. I think they actually meant this for grown ups. That was some godawful fucking cinematography...

...but I'd still watch it.
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SP420 at 02/03/2007 09:51
These guys directed Dorm Daze. And Dorm Daze is one of the worst movies this decade. And this movie is so amateur-ish looking!! Why??
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beamkiller at 02/03/2007 10:25
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PanicHead360 at 02/03/2007 11:05
2 minutes and 30 seconds of my time blown, WTF was that, low budget actors and only one that is known (the girl from boy meets world) honestly who ever directed that film shouldnt even put their name on it cuz they will get killed lol. GET A FUCKIN' GAMECAST NOT GAMEBOX
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joepekula at 02/03/2007 11:47
Yeah she looks like someone I used to know too.


WHEN THIS BOY MEEEEEETS WORLD
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Yuphrum at 02/03/2007 11:59
Lol, its the guy who played Harvey Kinkle in Sabrina the Teenage Witch! ^_^
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Yuphrum at 02/03/2007 11:59
Looks alright, I'll wait until I hear of a review before I decide to watch it or not.
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wake at 02/03/2007 12:21
It looks entertaining. I might check it out.
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stagl at 02/03/2007 14:55
that is the gayest gay i've ever gayed in my gay. (no offense to anyone here that's gay)
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googleboha3 at 03/20/2007 14:12
I don't think this movie has ever been released. It isn't out yet till April. I don't think it looks THAT bad....at least it will be entertaining if nothing else. I would RENT it....
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