During the opening session at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, former Eidos Interactive president and current intellectual-property migration specialist Keith Boesky said, “People are making games based on Juno just to cater to the [casual] market.” The world of video game blogs went crazy, reporting that Eidos Interactive was making a video game based on Fox Searchlight’s little indie dramedey which has unexceptionally killed at the box office.
A Juno video game?
Honest to blog?
Nope…
Boesky later clarified comment, saying that he referenced Juno as a model. As in the “low-budget, small break out” model. Boesky even claimed that he hadn’t even seen the movie.
I’m one of the biggest fans of the film, but I’m still left wondering: What would you even do in a Juno video game? Maybe it would be a point and click game like Monkey Island where instead you walk around and crack whipsmart sarcasm filled dialogue?
February 7th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
or you see you fast your character can get knocked up
February 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
i LOVE Monkey Island!!!
that’s all
February 8th, 2008 at 12:03 am
It would be E.T. all over again! The crappiness, not the aliens etc…
February 8th, 2008 at 2:44 am
how this movie beat out the ‘assasination of jesse james…’ for best pic & best director oscar nods…i’ll never know. ya’ll can keep your bubble gum flicks, & overbearing mom’s to be - a true showdown for the gold would be ‘james’, ‘no country’, & ‘blood’. precious, and nothing more.
February 8th, 2008 at 5:48 am
thank you for adding “Honest To Blog?” in the post. That made me giggle… and if you hadn’t doen it I woulda!
That’s a dumb concept for a game. I mean I hardly understand why any movie would be turned into a game but much less Juno….
February 8th, 2008 at 7:29 am
RE: McLovin
I think it’s actually a fantastic idea for a game. Like the post said, it could be done in a point-and-click style game like Monkey Island or Full Throttle. The old LucasArts point and clicks were some of the best games ever made, and I think Juno could do it. Granted, some changes and additions would have to be made, but the movie would provide a solid base to grow from.
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February 8th, 2008 at 7:34 am
The cash cow must be milked.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I miss the fun casual nature of old school Sierra and LucasArts adventure gaming. I do not think Juno is a good example more so because 90% of movies into video game transitions fail miserably.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
In a Juno video game you have to use the powered up tic-tacs to beat the kraken boss. I’m sure once a film appears popular, they’ll want to make a video game out of it. Usually they decide before the movie is out.