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Real vs Imaginary, Right vs Wrong: The Australian Moral Dilemma of Game Censorship, Banning & Modern Warfare 2

Will Ooi — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:31:40 +0000

Okay then. Here's my two cents on this whole lack of R18+ classification in Australia and, since it's the popular topic at the moment and will doubtless prove even more controversial once the game is officially released, the Modern Warfare 2 airport stage. Warning: long rant ahead.

Kevin Costner Files Lawsuit Against Zelda Series (Maybe)

Will Ooi — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000

You remember Kevin Costner, right? He used to be a huge star with hits such as The Untouchables, The Bodyguard, JFK, Dances with Wolves, etc. but is probably best remembered for the commercial flop Waterworld which, "in the humble opinion of this writer, ruined the actor's career and left him in millions of dollars worth of debt" (I've been instructed to enclose that last bit in quotations for legal reasons).

Well in the wake of Capcom copping a lawsuit from George Romero's MKR group for copyright infringement with Dead Rising, the word on the street is that Kevin Costner's "people" are preparing to launch a multi-million dollar case against Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo for the plagiarism of the actor's titular role in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

The Schwarzenegger Video Game

Will Ooi — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:00:00 +0000

I am, not for the first time in my life, currently going through a phase of perpetual Arnie hypnosis after that last blog on The Running Man and the hilarity of Youtube (click for Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 – “trust me”), so here is an entry on the other movie-games he was in! Isn’t [...]

The Running Man

Will Ooi — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000

It’s the Arnie movie that had everything: over the top violence, hilarious one-liners, outrageous ‘boss’ characters, Jesse Ventura, a Latino chick, satire on society and television, Yaphet Kotto of Alien fame, a distinct future influence on video games, and Schwarzenegger in possibly his finest form. It’s The Running Man (cue dodgy 80s echo sound effects)!!! [...]

Rambo: Thoughts on the movies and the Genesis game

Will Ooi — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:00:00 +0000

We should all remember the Rambo films. The first thing that comes into our heads is probably Sylvester Stallone standing half-naked and holding a ridiculously large machine gun with a red headband wrapped around his long and wavy black hair. As iconic as that image may be of the American Action Movie genre, it’s a [...]

Good Actors in Garbage Video Game Movies

Will Ooi — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0000

There may already be hundreds, if not thousands, of blogs/articles on crappy video game movies so I have decided to offer a variation to this theme. This blog is a ‘tribute’ to talented actors who have been unfortunate/stupid enough to have been involved in rubbish video game movies, such that they either never recovered or [...]

Retro Review: Alien vs Predator Arcade

Will Ooi — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0000

Following my last blog on Schwarzenegger- related arcade games and because several people mentioned it, this new article will be on the classic Alien vs Predator arcade game. No not the rubbish movie, or the Jaguar first-person shooter, or even the recent AvP FPS. This Final Fight-like title was released in 1994 by Capcom and [...]

Retro Review: Elevator Action Returns

Will Ooi — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0000

I never played the original Elevator Action which Taito released in 1983 but the closest I came was when I borrowed a Game Boy version off a friend many years later but the cartridge didn’t work and I was accused of ruining it. In 1995 though, the sequel Elevator Action II (aka E A Returns) [...]