Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM

Straight to Videogame

Films have long been grist for the gaming mill, from ET for the Atari 2600 to Enter the Matrix for Xbox. But until recently, these movie-based titles were mostly tie-ins and spinoffs. Now big-name directors – David Fincher, John Singleton, Ridley Scott, and David Lynch – are taking their ideas straight to videogame.Why ditch the […]

Films have long been grist for the gaming mill, from ET for the Atari 2600 to Enter the Matrix for Xbox. But until recently, these movie-based titles were mostly tie-ins and spinoffs. Now big-name directors - David Fincher, John Singleton, Ridley Scott, and David Lynch - are taking their ideas straight to videogame.

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