Doom Takes A Shot At Gamers

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 21, 2005 @10:49AM from the game-movies-suck dept.

The Washington Post has a piece discussing the suck that is a movie based on a videogame. From the article: "At the heart of this competitive marriage is this question: How do you successfully turn an interactive experience (playing an Xbox game) into a passive one (watching a movie version of an Xbox game)? For whatever reasons, the recent crop of video game movies -- including 2003's 'House of the Dead' and this year's 'Alone in the Dark,' both helmed by the German director Uwe Boll -- have consistently disappointed gamers. Someone even started a Web site called Uwebollsucks.com. Is it for real? A joke? No one is sure."

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Obligatory by heinousjay · 2005-10-21 12:28 · Score: 2, Funny

The subject says it

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Re:College gaming club? by NanoGator · 2005-10-21 13:59 · Score: 5, Funny

"A college "gaming club" that meets weekly for an hour to discuss gaming. Wow. I bet those are some popular guys on campus." ... said the guy posting on Slashdot on a Friday night.

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Re:I liked it. by Mac+Degger · 2005-10-24 12:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Hehe...seen "I, robot"? Feel that slight woble in the earth's rotation? That's Asimov spinning in his grave...

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