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Fight Club Game Perplexes, Amuses

Posted by simoniker on from the first-rule-of-pet-club dept.

Thanks to 1UP for its coverage of Vivendi's announcement of a Fight Club videogame for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. As the title might suggest, this is indeed a "3D fighting game based on David Fincher's film Fight Club", and 1UP notes that "you can see Tyler Durden and Edward Norton's nameless narrator in the first round of screens." Vivendi's official press release plays up the "gritty, visceral world" of the film, itself adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's celebrated book, and insists the title will "portray the brutality of street fighting while encompassing the action and story elements from the movie with intense visuals, untraditional moves, and bare-knuckle destruction."

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  1. Anti-violence by Andy+Smith · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the director/actor commentary on the Fight Club DVD, the film is anti-violence. So doesn't a beat 'em up game tie-in completely miss the point?

  2. My version of the game by eamonman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It would be a mmorpg, with you as a recruit. There would already be a hierarchy, with Tyler at the top. You would have to complete tasks, and submit a story to the effect of what/how you did your task. It is then reviewed by your superior, and depending on the believabilty of the story or simply the greatness of your story. Of course, this could all be B.S.-able by people, but it would be more interesting if people didn't and the game was subversive.

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    0- Eamonman Proud member of DNRC
  3. Chuck's View by Quobobo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "No, I'm serious," Chuck deadpans. They [20th Century Fox] just sold the rights to the Fight Club video game."

    "Are you serious?"

    "Yeah, I'm serious. And ask me if I care."

    "It's all assimilated. Everything," Chuck quietly jabs. "Those things demonstrate nihilism. It demonstrates that everything becomes a commodity, that everything is trivialized and destroyed."

    "But that's so raw," I say, confused.

    Almost playfully, Chuck smiles and says, "No, it's not, because it makes room for more stuff, more cutting-edge visions."

    From ChuckPalahniuk.net