Reindeer Games

The gift of joystick jollies

"...tasty sides that will satisfy even the pickiest of video-game football fans. This year's installment offers new features such..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Emperor: Battle for Dune

"...alone are enough to raise the bar on future games challenging for the RTS crown. While the rest of..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Review by Brian Blouch

Hackers

Films made about computers and their impact on our society fall into two categories: hit or miss. Hackers is the latter.

"...fall into two categories: hit or miss. 1983's War Games and, most recently, The Matrix gave the world of..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

Magnolia

"...the enigmatic film work of David Mamet (House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner), Hard Eight keeps its narrative on..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

Desert Island Games

"...on such devices as Pentium III chips and supercharged video cards, would laugh with confusion, trying to grasp the..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Double Dragon

"...and Julia Nickson. I suppose it was inevitable that video games would become the next medium to be recycled..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Paola Antonelli and Interaction Design

We talk with MoMA's Paola Antonelli about interaction design

"...by Maxis for DOS, Mac OS, and Amiga. That video game, a then-futuristic riff on the urban planning god-fantasy..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Mother, Jugs, & Speed

What It Takes to Win at Video Games

"...little routine whenever we go to check out the video games at Northcross Mall. As we head to the..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...mirrored on the development side as tools to make games require less formal training. Zoe Quinn, co-presenter of "Riot..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Bedside Manner: Taking It to the Couch

Book Learnin' for Gamers. What's Missing Here?

"...reader why I don’t read in the bedroom, why video games and books make strange bedfellows, and in what..."

Nov. 22, 2010 Books Post by James Renovitch

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games.

"...of the same name, but it's the vernacular of video games, not sequential art, that most informs this glad-hearted..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Panel Recap: Gaming Goes Academic

Drew Davidson on analyzing and valuing video games

"...Drew Davidson’s thesis is hardly new — that “video games are a complex medium that merits careful interpretation..."

March 14, 2015 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

Ride for Your Life

"...a movie that probably wouldn't survive as a glorified video game for 25¢ a pop, let alone as an..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Silent Hill: Revelation

Watch out for the demons that inhabit Silent Hill.

"...Silent Hill for a reason, but enduring this botched (video game-based) nightmare is like sleepwalking into the world’s dullest..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gamer

Gerard Butler stars in this futuristic thriller set in a multiplayer online gaming universe.

"...American near-future where first- (or is that third-?) person-shooter video games and The Sims or Second Life social gaming..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Uwe Boll, the Timex watch of contemporary filmmakers (he takes a licking but keeps on ticking), strikes again.

"...Boll's steady output of terrifically awful cinematic adaptations of video games (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Resident Evil

"...senseless, and sexy adaptation of the popular zombie shoot-'em-up video game I caught myself grinning in the dark, gleefully..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chef Flynn

New York's young culinary genius is an enfant adorable

"...of his contemporaries were still climbing trees and playing video games, this precocious youngster was planning menus and preparing..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Red Dawn

This remake's inspiration comes more from Call of Duty and other first-person-shooter games, rather than the 1984 original.

"...its inspiration from Call of Duty and other first-person-shooter video games, rather than the original film. Though the remake..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silent Hill

Eerie but ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games has a pitch-perfect score and unnervingly nightmarish imagery.

"...ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games. Roger Avary's screenplay is a smart mélange of..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Game for Every Weirdo at Fantastic Arcade

Fest celebrates the outer reaches of video games

"...types of people in the world: those who play video games and those who don't. At Fantastic Arcade that..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Ratchet & Clank

This animated video-game spin-off fails on every level

"...especially true of movies birthed from the realm of video games, of which I dare you to name one..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

This third film in the tween series is funny without being in any way condescending to its target audience.

"...off-leash for summer vacation. For Greg, that means playing video games 24/7, but for his dad Frank (Zahn, excellent),..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

Yet another computer-animated film about talking animals offers a fine message for the kids, but little originality.

"...animation looks shoddy and flat compared even to modern video games. The film's humor feels equally dated. Most of..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

The One

"...you appreciate movies to the extent that they resemble video games; or (c) you'd pay to see Jet Li..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

This Week's Waste of Time

A jump speaks a thousand words in this free video game

"...It takes so little to give characters in video games some, uhh, character. You don't need lengthy cutscenes..."

Jan. 13, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Digging for Danger in Dig Dog

Local developer Rusty Moyher designs a perilous dog dimension

"...be an unpopular stance, but I hate dogs in video games, at least realistic ones. Canine familiars in battle..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Jonathan Blow Talks Fantastic Fest

Indie gaming stalwart talks ethics, elves, and Braid: The Movie

"...deity in indie gaming circles. He makes mind-fryingly difficult games (e.g., Braid), co-founded the Indie Fund for small developers,..."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...a. Where I can find games that interest me -- it seems like boys get..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Striking Sparks

When strangers team up to create a play and a video game in 10 weeks, sparks fly – in a good way

"...responsible for creating either a theatre piece or a video game, Team Chimera's "hybrid" status means its members are..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

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