{"id":1591481,"date":"2026-05-29T09:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etJKR3VbsDoQJEDkAZZU9a"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:53:17","slug":"in-a-sea-of-videogame-movie-adaptations-28-of-you-are-sick-and-tired-of-em-and-24-of-you-are-pc-gamer-as-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/in-a-sea-of-videogame-movie-adaptations-28-of-you-are-sick-and-tired-of-em-and-24-of-you-are-pc-gamer-as-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"In a sea of videogame movie adaptations, 28% of you are sick and tired of ’em and 24% of you are PC Gamer as hell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Videogame movies have never really <\/em>gone away, but it certainly feels like they’ve had a bit of a renaissance in the 2020s. They’re less crap, for starters (at least most of them are, anyway), and generally feel a little more catered to the nerd crowd who love the source material in the first place.<\/p>\n

It’s become somewhat of a ritual for me and my pals to get together and see the big videogame movies at the cinema. Even when they’re a bit naff (looking at you, Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>) they’ve become this grand event that genuinely makes me look forward to whichever game is going to get Hollywooded out the wazoo next.<\/p>\n

It seems you, the PC Gamer readers, perhaps do not share my same enthusiasm for the craft. I recently polled you lovely folk on what videogame you’d like to see adapted into a movie next and, erm\u2026 well. The most voted-for answer was that you don’t. <\/em><\/p>\n

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28% of you opted for “Please, no more videogame movies!!” Which, listen. I get it. I watched the first Mortal Kombat movie in anticipation of the second one<\/a> and it made me question what I even liked about both gaming and watching movies in the first place. (For the record, the second one is much better and I liked it far more<\/a>.) <\/p>\n

Yes we live in a world where the Warcraft movie<\/a> and that one terrible Hitman movie exist. But we also live in a world where the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy exists, and that’s peak!<\/p>\n

You’re not all praying for the downfall of the humble videogame movie adaptation, though. Unsurprisingly at PC Gamer dot com, out of all the options I presented, Deus Ex came out on top as the game you’d like to see hit the silver screen. While I’m not quite the JC Denton stan like my colleagues, I do think you could make a thrilling 90-minute romp out of the immsim. <\/p>\n

As far as the other options go, 12% of you thought a Diablo movie could be pretty cool, and not far behind with 11% of the votes was Baldur’s Gate 3<\/a>. I do actually wonder if you could capture what’s so special about the latter within the confines of A-List actors and some special effects. I reckon it’d be a bit naff, you know.<\/p>\n

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