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In case you haven't heard, Peter Jackson is going to executive produce the Halo movie. While I am not a big Halo fan, I live with several who are, and I'm intrigued by the idea that this collaboration may result in a movie based on a video game which is actually a good movie (Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil, while enjoyable, could not be argued to be good, by any stretch of the imagination).
Here is an article on Jackson's collaboration with Ubisoft on the upcoming video game based on the King Kong movie. While I'm sure most of you know that movies based on video games are generally bad, you may not be aware that most video games based on movies are also bad, often for the same reasons; developers rely on the license to carry the sales and don't put much effort into the game development process, producing poorly tested games based on warmed-over engines that don't bring much in the way of creativity or innovation to the gaming world. So it makes me cheer to hear of a director of Jackson's stature and visibility taking an interest in where his licenses are put to use and the quality of the work produced in his name. I have to admit, too, to a certain gleeful satisfaction in his criticism of Electronic Arts.
Here is an article on Jackson's collaboration with Ubisoft on the upcoming video game based on the King Kong movie. While I'm sure most of you know that movies based on video games are generally bad, you may not be aware that most video games based on movies are also bad, often for the same reasons; developers rely on the license to carry the sales and don't put much effort into the game development process, producing poorly tested games based on warmed-over engines that don't bring much in the way of creativity or innovation to the gaming world. So it makes me cheer to hear of a director of Jackson's stature and visibility taking an interest in where his licenses are put to use and the quality of the work produced in his name. I have to admit, too, to a certain gleeful satisfaction in his criticism of Electronic Arts.
