What do Doom, Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Bros, and Resident Evil all have in common? No, they’re not all video games. Well, they are. But taking it a step further, they are all video games that have been made into shitty motion pictures. You probably coughed up $10 at the movie theater to watch one of these films and ended up squat humping the ticket guy in an attempt to get your money back halfway through the movie. I sure did after going to see Doom. And Tomb Raider? What the hell is the point of having Angelina Jolie play Lara Croft if there aren’t going to be any scenes with Lara Croft partaking in some steamy lesbian foreplay with some random femme baddie? Well, word just hit the internets that another successful video game franchise almost got gangraped by Hollywood. Continue Reading »

Today Take-Two Interactive Software announced its release date for the latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto series, GTA IV. The day of reckoning will be on April 29, 2008. Pre-order is available on various sites, such as Amazon, EB Games, and Best Buy. New screenshots from previews were also released, quelling arguments that GTA IV would not offer any significantly new features. Screenshots revealed that a significant portion of GTA IV’s game-play would be based around the new feature of “police brutality with a twist.” Continue Reading »