Life On The Bubble

Collider: De Luca Says It’s Game Over for a METAL GEAR SOLID Movie

“[T]he video game companies are very protective of their property and there are certain things a studio requires freedom-wise to market and distribute a movie effectively in a global marketplace and sometimes getting those two things to match up is really hard. And in the case of Metal Gear Solid, the agendas just….not because the parties weren’t amicable, it was just kind of impossible to get the agendas to match up.”

via www.collider.com

Remarkable.

Best. Rick-roll. Ever.

Hat tip to Amy Berg (http://twitter.com/bergopolis). 

WSJ: 'Call of Duty' Opens to $310m

The videogame market has a new high scorer: "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."

Activision Blizzard Inc. said first-day sales of the game, its much-anticipated shoot-'em-up title released Tuesday, hit 4.7 million copies in the first 24 hours in North America and the United Kingdom.

That topped the previous record holder, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.'s "Grand Theft Auto IV," which reported 3.6 million units world-wide on its first day of sales last year. Activision said first-day sales of its game were $310 million in ...

via online.wsj.com

Holy crap that's a big debut. WSJ requires a subscription, FYI.