Scott Alexander
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This 'Uncharted' Short Film Is the Only One We Need
(SMALL SPOILER ALERT FOR THE SHORT FILM - SOME PLOT DETAILS ARE MENTIONED.) Video game to film adaptations are, to be frank, rarely any good at all. Even those that fair slightly better with audiences and critics (such as this year's Tomb Raider adaptation) come across as only just better than other adaptions. The Uncharted series is just one example of a popular, critically praised video game franchise that Hollywood has set its eyes on, in yet another attempt to prove that films based on games barely ever work as good movies, let alone companion pieces to those games they are based on.
By Scott Alexander6 years ago in Gamers
Is a Joker Origin Movie (Why So) Seriously Necessary?
With the recent casting of Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator, Her) as infamous comic book villain the Joker, speculation has once again abounded from all corners of the internet and comic fandom. While no stranger to playing the bad guy as with Commodus in Ridley Scott's swords-and-sandals 2000 epic, this role is very different to much of what Phoenix has done before. That can be said with anyone who has taken this part before, to be fair, but it is still a daunting task with the power to make or break a reputation.
By Scott Alexander6 years ago in Geeks
Pay-To-Win, Season Passes, and In-Game Purchases; The Exploitation of Modern Gaming
Video games are loved by millions across the world, for one reason or another: they captivate the imagination on a scale that matches and surpasses the film industry, they immerse like no other entertainment medium on the market, or they give the opportunity to play as a space marine shooting demons from hell—who doesn't want that? Many millions more have interacted with them at some other level besides playing as well; be it hardcore gamers who have owned (or still own) several consoles and have no intentions of putting the controller down, or a parent watching their child smash open their first wumpa crate in Crash Bandicoot. Video games have pioneered fun for players for decades now and the medium has seen genuinely incredible growth. However, as with any line of business, the game industry has changed drastically since its inception, and subsequently, so has modern gaming itself.
By Scott Alexander6 years ago in Gamers