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VIDEOGAME MOVIES

This month’s topic comes courtesy of our designer Andy, who noted that with Ghostbusters II and Mortal Kombat in the issue, the connection between videogames and movies would be a rather interesting area to explore. With that in mind, we decided to discuss the often bungled art of cinematic videogame adaptations.

NICK

What was the last videogame movie you saw, and what did you think of it?

DARRAN

The last one I saw was . I thought it was largely forgettable nonsense but my kids enjoyed it.

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