On Licenses That Should Be Games?
We've mentioned new alt.gaming blog Toybane before, and this time they're back with an entertaining list of 'licenses that should be games', subtitled 'Know Our Roots'.
Of particular interest, editor Mister Slim singles out Sin City for a game adaptation:"The advantage Sin City has over GTA is actually the existence of appropriate source material. To ground the setting GTA had to pull in references to the mob, Miami Vice, and Compton. Sin City answers only to its own internal logic, built on noir and the pulps. Done properly, Sin City could be true to the movie and comics while out-Mature-ing GTA."
Also fun, Spigot has a musical idea: "I wouldn’t mind seeing a Guitar Hero-esque game using the Blues Brothers license. Granted, I’m just a sucker for the Blues Brothers movie and band (but not that BB 2000 crap) and the mere thought of being able to play guitar to those awesome songs while having in-game footage of the car chases makes me want to put on a pair of sunglasses and go driving at night."
But... you'd crash into things! Anyone else got some top nominations for 'licenses that should be games', as the odd phrasing goes?
Comments
I've long dreamt of an automotive combat MMO based on The Road Warrior. I imagine three factions: civilians (they have the guzzoline), outlaws (they take it) and free agents (who play both sides from the middle).
I'm gonna have a hard time playing NCSoft's take on the genre without judging it against the game I've been imagining all these years.
I mean, what are the odds they're gonna have a Humongous character with "headbutt" as a special move?
Posted by: Gus Mastrapa | April 18, 2006 9:24 PM
In the same vein, I'd like to see a similarly styled Bladerunner game, rather than the point and click adventure we got a few years ago.
Posted by: matt | April 19, 2006 4:13 AM
I still want a Milk and Cheese game, involving wanton violence, and dearly hope it will come to pass.
Posted by: simon | April 20, 2006 3:39 PM
For me, the Sandman comic series just oozes originality and atmosphere. As a gamer, I would just love to spend some time in the Sandman world, although I do not how a specific idea about the genre it should be. And speaking of Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere has got a great atmosphere, too.
Oh, and I second Blade Runner.
Posted by: Wandering Taoist | April 21, 2006 3:39 AM