Gamers everywhere are invited to join Wilmete IL, Police Officer Dan Huck for a video game party to rival even the Ion Storm premature Daikatana wrap party of last December. The Wilmette policeman, inspired by the Nazis and those ever-so-effective gun buyback programs, invites gamers and concerned parents to surrender their violent video games in exchange for merchant discounts and raffle tickets. Violent games like Soldier of Fortune, Hitman: Codename 47, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and pretty much anything Barbie-related are the targets here. The surrendered violent games will then be burned and/or stomped upon in a fit of well-intentioned but idiotic glee. Will they be played first in a violent LAN free-for-all? “We're simply going to destroy them,” Huck said.
Dimension Studios announced that they've tapped noted horror film director Wes Craven to tackle a movie version of American McGee's video game version of Walt Disney's cartoon version of Lewis Carroll's book version of Alice in Wonderland. Thus far, no stars are tapped to play any of the famous roles (whomever they hire for Alice had better be really good at jumping) but the film should reach studios as early as next year.
Given the success of American McGee's Alice, other developers are scrambling to release their own video game and film versions of the character.
Brady Bunch's Alice: Portray Anne B. Davis as everybody's favorite plucky maid as you corral six wholesome children, negotiate living room jumping puzzles, prepare dinner for a horde of ingrates and fend off the disgusting advances from the local butcher.
Mel's Diner's Alice: Play as Flo the cheeky waitress as you right wrongs, destroy evil, jump around the diner and fend off Mel's disgusting advances. Voice clips include: “Kiss my Grits!”
Tom Petty's Alice: Enjoy great music and trippy visuals and learn why Alice doesn't come around here no more. Also marvel at how much like the Mad Hatter Petty really looks in that hat.
Alice Cooper's Alice: Welcome to his nightmare as you, and your pet snake, play golf and feed your Frankenstein poison. Man, to be 18 again