Gyakuten Saiban — the movie based on Capcom’s visual novel series, Ace Attorney — was released in Japan to sold-out theatres this past weekend. Staying closer to the source material than any video game movie before it, does this film prove that games can successfully be adapted into movies or does it reiterate the idea that games and movies are fundamentally incompatible forms of art? (Hint: it’s the former.)
Disney’s upcoming Wreck-It-Ralph is “the story of an arcade game Bad Guy determined to prove he can be a Good Guy.” Rich Moore, an animation director whose credits include The Simpsons, Futurama and The Critic, is directing. John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch are lending their vocal talents to the flick, with Reilly playing the bad guy Wreck-It Ralph.
If you thought cosplayer Omi Gibson could only do amazing Metal Gear cosplays, then you haven’t seen her Cloe Walsh from No More Heroes 2 cosplay. Or her Faith from Mirror’s Edge cosplay. Or her Jill Valentine cosplay.
This isn’t a first look, because if you’ve seen the film’s trailer (watch it here if you haven’t), then you’ve already seen the movie’s props by default.
What does one do after inventing one of the first virtual worlds ever to exist online? If you’re Richard Garriott, you try to leave Earth behind altogether, for a little while anyway. Lots of gamers know about Garriott’s quest to escape the bounds of Earth’s gravity via private space travel. What some may not know is the reason the man known as Lord British wants to do it so badly.
You might think it’s not every day that a Hollywood star shoots behind-the-scenes footage with a mobile phone. You must not read Milla Jovovich’s Twitter, because that’s exactly what she’s been doing.
Indian films are famous for their dance numbers. Tamil super hero flick Velayudham has them in spades. It also has what looks either Ezio or Altair from the Assassin’s Creed games — make that, really looks.