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"By now most of you would have seen District 9. Great movie, yes?
For most people it came out of the blue, little hype and minimal advertising until its release (at least here in Australia), and while perhaps it will be famous for its origins of rising from the ashes of the Halo movie, most will remember it as being a distinctly different type of sci-fi film, and one that can teach games a thing or two."
Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.
I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
Alan Wake 2 continues the writer's story, 13 years later.
Remedy has Alan Wake merch on sale, including a pretty blue thermos. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone according to plan, and many players who want a thermos find themselves without one, though it does appear that Remedy is attempting to fix things. Nevertheless, it has resulted in a lot of upset, illustrating just how much the thermos means to Alan Wake fans.
Saw this last week, very true. Most human movie Ive ever seen. It was frustrating but human.
Games do need to mature a bit story-wise away from the whole "winning" and "good or evil" mentality.
Bioshock's story did have some deeper themes but the gameplay still allowed you to ignore the whole deep stuff too, which kind of detracts from those deeper questions.
the movie was awesome
With the likes of Batman, District 9 etc, we are now seeing a much more 'real' approach to the movies that have or could have a game connection. Max Payne was great, and true to its storyline, yet had many 'real' aspects to it.
We do need to mature in that level, especially for those games being made specifically for the adult market.
While some gamers (minors) might complain about them not being shoot-em-ups etc, they have to remember, they are getting hold of games not aimed at them (under 18 etc). These games are aimed at a mature audience, and thus need to move ahead with the times
I also would like to see more interesting characters in video games. As graphics hit a peak, story is going to be all the more important in gaming.