• more about #independenceday
    ceilingFANBOY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGVzt7c5bY&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqpPyhE5x2M Ehhhh? more »
    ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness: Star Wars-references in Final Fantasy is old news and predate FFXII with over a decade. Besides Biggs and Wedge hiding inside most of the FFs (and e... more »
    stranger: pic #4 is the funniest thing I've seen all day. more »
    ZafirahBorus: would it be safe to say that FFXII was in fact inspired by Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" instead?? (minus the furry friend) more »
    BigManMalone: Metal Gear and innumerable movies. Really, it would be too much to list them all hear, but even Back to the Future is singled out as an inspiration fo... more »
    IvanDashSmith: Conker's Bad Fur Day. Had both a Matrix sequence, and a Saving Private Ryan sequence. Maybe more, don't remember, anyone else remember? more »
    mat1cs is not your friend.: I feel so awesome for realizing that Star Fox picture before reading about it. great memories.. and I never even realized until now that it borrowed f... more »
    Lacan: The running man inspired quite a bit of games from smash TV to madworld. more »
    omgwtflolbbqbye: It's well known that every Metal Gear Solid game is inspired by Hideo Kojima's love of cinema, and he regularly throws in homages to his favorite ... more »
    Kuwabara Kazuo: Is it safe to assume Resident Evil/Biohazard = any of George Romero's zombie flicks? more »
    Weirdwolf Woke Up Screaming!: One of the multiplayer levels in Perfect Dark was based on the lobby section of the Matrix where they go in to rescue Morpheus. Vast swathes of the C... more »
    AncientUnknown1: In a preview of MW2 they mentioned a Special Forces missions where you infiltrate a prison via the shower room while being shot at from enemies on... more »
    AngelMayLaugh Loves Rashida Jones: I don't love Star Wars but I love FFXII. Maybe it's because I'm not in love with Star Wars that I didn't see any similarities between FFXII and the St... more »
    GeneSnoogans: I never played FFXII, but the story, due to similarities between Star Wars, tickles my interests now. more »
    jayntampa: Blade Runner shouldn't be ignored as inspiring a ridiculous number of games and designs. more »
    IvanDashSmith: MGS3 battle against The Fear was like Predator. more »
    Pyrefly: tomb raider inspired by indianna jones? more »
    BubbleF**kingBuddy: "The game is about a young blonde boy who yearns to take to the skies and escape the grip of a totalitarian empire on his desert home." Uh, guys... ... more »
    Modus_Operandi: Oh double XP. So now Ill break even everytime Im assigned a random for not finishing a game I did finish. Or all the games a host lags out of. Oh and ... more »
    UltimatePancakeSensation: You get XP in Gears 2? WOW. I have played a sizable amount of all the modes in that game and never noticed. What's it for? more »
  • #videogamesummer

    And Now For The Games Inspired By Summer Blockbusters...

    We took a look yesterday at the games based on Summer's biggest blockbuster movies. Today, let's switch things up, and look at the games inspired by the movies. More »
  • #doublexp

    Celebrate Your Independence With Double Gears 2 XP

    What better way to celebrate Independence Day weekend than sitting inside an air-conditioned house gathering twice the normal experience points in Gears of War 2? More »