Saturday, 7 March 2020

LICENSED GAMES short history of slasher games

The overall record of movie game tie-ins is ropey at best, and slasher games certainly reflect this generally poor record.

An alternative way to look at this would be the Space Invaders and Pacman games embedded in Working Title websites to promote Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz - convergence mixed with retromania (Simon Reynolds), successfully targeting young and old.

If working on a horror movie for coursework, a mock-up of a game cover would be an easy means of showing knowledge of marketing practices and how convergence comes into play.

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