Video Games Hit The Big Screen

Anonymous Coward writes "A movie theatre owner in Logan, Utah is hoping to start a new trend by bringing video games (Halo in this case) to the big screen. The local newspaper in Logan, The Herald Journal has a nice write-up about the success they had. Does anyone else think this could catch on to be successful, especially in college towns?"

Comments

hold up.

[crtfdgk]

waitaminute. who actually has time to leave the house to go game somewhere else? why on earth would you leave the safety and security of your 100% sunlight free cave of an apartment or bedroom to game somewhere else, and pay extra, and possibly *shudder* socialize and the real world? isn't the point of gaming just to ensure that geeks everywhere never see the outside world? or did i just miss something?

Re:hold up.

[PetoskeyGuy]

Don't worry, they thought of that. The games don't start until midnight. Plenty of time to leave the house to play for hours and come back without any chance of a tan.

Re:hold up.

[Anonymous Coward]

This is exactly why I play on two screens at my own house: a 51" projection TV, and an 80" projector against a white wall..

This is also exactly why you are filing for bankruptcy.

Re:hold up.

[paulcammish]

Oh, just because we...

have pale skin,

are sensative to sunlight,

have hightened reflexes,

wear black,

are rarely seen in public,

have elongated canine teeth and

drink blood

...we're Vampires now?

Typical!!!

The possibilities!

[miscellaneous_havoc]

If they let me play Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball on the big screen... I'd live there!

Doom 3 on Imax

[Excen]

Imagine the Beowulf cluster needed to render THAT screen!!!
Yeah, I went there. Deal with it.

If I get my hands on this...

[Anonymous Coward]

... Moviegoers will be wondering why they always see a Pac-Man maze burnt into the background of every movie they watch! Mwahahaha!

But what will the RIAA, MPAA, & Jack Valenti s

[Proudrooster]

Look for a new group ending in AA to form soon called the VGAA (Video Game Asssociation of America). I am sure they can put a stop to this illegal, immoral, and downright scandalous behavior. I bet video game sales are plummeting as you read this due to this activity.

Playing video games on the big screen must violate some law, act, or at least allegedly infringe on some intellectual property right. I wonder if anyone will sneak in a mini cam corder then record a game and make it available on P2P. I wonder if people take modded X-Boxes to the movie theatre? Imagine playing Halo on a modded X-box using the big screen (public display), while having someone record a video of the game, then posting it to a P2P network with a hacked 802.11 WEP key from the adjacent grocery store. This might be a new record for the amount of laws broken with a single activity!

Be warned! The black helicopters are probably assembling right now to go round these hoodlums up. I just wish the black helicopters would stop stealing my lawn furniture.

No way

[pHatidic]

Does anyone else think this could catch on to be successful, especially in college towns?

No way. College students are way too busy studying to do things such as playing video games and drinking.

Re:IMAX

[NeoSkandranon]

All playing Doom3 on Imax is going to do is shorten your lifespan by about 10 years. And soil a couple pairs of your trousers ;)

New *AA group?

[The Monster]

Look for a new group ending in AA to form soon called the VGAA (Video Game Asssociation of America).

How about Game Manufacturers' Association of America (GMAA) so that we'll know that they're a bunch of trolls?

I wonder...

[john_smith_45678]

if people will sneak camcorders into the theaters to record the games, then release them on the Net.

Re:But...

[FlutterVertigo(gmail]

...the bottom line is theatres make their money off of concessions. Matinee? Cheaper ticket but the same price for concessions.

*sigh* I've thought about filing a patent for something called an " intermission ". It would be a break in the movie. Those who fell asleep during a boring movie could get up & stretch, everyone who carried a drink|food in at the beginning and buy more (there's nothing worse than needing to empty your bladder during an excellent movie.

(would peeing in the empty cup be a bad thing>?)
come to think of it, I've never seen a sign which says, "Please don't pee in the cups.

Unfortunately, theatres wouldn't reduce their prices of tickets or food - it'll be seen as a major increase of revenue and their stock will climb.

Well, I have two rules dealing with this issue.

[nastro]

1. As long as this has nothing to do with Fred Savage, Super Mario Bros. 3, and the word "Wizard" (which, when you think about it, spawned, after several generational mutations, "Hackers")...Well, then I'm game.

2. As per college kids...C'mon, Timothy...

Here I quote after drunkedly RTFA...
"Timothy said tournament entry fees are $60 for a team of four. There is a $3 charge for spectators to watch the games."

Let it be said, and I feel safe generalising here, that any college kid with $63 will either spend it on: Ramen
Beer
Some Girl

This idea reminds me of the movie theaters that opened up with the pretense of being 'high class', i.e. serving dinner and booze. Nice idea, but the average Joe Consumer can only watch from afar and wish that he/she could afford such niceties. So. Target patron: College kid? Nope. Maybe parents could foot the bill for their kids to do it. Some pay membership fees for their wee ones to join skate parks, why the hell not this, I guess. It's a goofy niche, s'what I'm sayin'.

In conclusion, I'll get another beer.

Re:Why? when you can do it in the conference room

[Anonymous Coward]

The projector in the training room at your local fire station is never used for late-night Halo. Never, ever.

Re:Yeah

[Jarnis]

Rogue Leader on an IMAX screen?

I find your lack of resolution disturbing...