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The Dreaded Video Game Adaptation

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Few film genres have been as unfairly maligned as the video game adaptation... er, scratch...

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Posted September 17th, 2007, 12:09 AM by Alison Willmore

Few film genres have been as unfairly maligned as the video game adaptation… er, scratch that, actually, that malignment is totally deserved. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at what goes so wrong when adapting massively popular game titles into films, at the one director representing indie film in the field (like it or not) and whether video games can be considered art.

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