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“More style points” – John Woo Presents Stranglehold

A couple of months and several million miles away from 2007’s procession of summer blockbuster adaptations, Stranglehold is also based on a film. Specifically it is a video…

“Even your mother would be embarrassed at your oafish moves” – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

The game Spider-Man 3 was a continuation of a well-received series, made by a respected developer, using a movie series which was a perfect fit for the type…

“Pete, pick up the pace” – Spider-Man 3

Even as five different games based on new films topped the charts in 2007, Spider-Man 3 stands well apart from the others. It was the only one to…

“Use extreme prejudice, understood” – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

It was apparent by the beginning of 2007 that the Xbox 360, with its premium online gaming, its HD graphics and its early run clear of competition, was…

“Torn our world apart” – Gears of War

At the start of Gears of War, your main character Marcus Fenix gets busted out of prison to join a desperate war against the invasion of the Locust…

“Guess who’s back” – Need for Speed: Carbon

The long-held prominence of the pop charts in British culture is not that hard to explain. We had a national broadcaster which gave prominent roles to the singles…

“Zombies, huh?” – Dead Rising

In Dead Rising, some people take refuge from a mass zombie event in a mall, only for the zombies to be let inside. It gestures to the old…

“Is that a gun in your pocket?” – Saints Row

The success of Liberty City Stories reinforced a clear message – people badly wanted more Grand Theft Auto on their consoles, and it didn’t matter if it wasn’t…

“Toutius Sextius, do you know him?” – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I had saved the town of Kvatch from falling completely to the demons of Doom-world (alright, ‘Oblivion’), but it wasn’t that simple. Death and damage had already been…