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OBEX: Watch the Trailer for the Movie Inspired by Mario, Zelda, and Final Fantasy - Exclusive

When Albert Birney was seven years old, his grandmother gave him a Nintendo for his birthday. That gift inspired a lifelong love of gaming that led directly to his new movie, OBEX. The film, which ...
The New York Times

Beloved 1997 computer game ‘Backyard Baseball’ to return as 2D animated special

Tiffany Haddish and Donald Faison are among the voice actors for the animated "Backyard Baseball." Courtesy of Playground Productions If you grew up in the late ’90s, there’s a fair chance your first ...
Polygon

‘Maybe it's a video game, maybe it's a movie, maybe it's both’: How an indie filmmaker wound up making Zelda by way of David Lynch

Albert Birney didn’t set out to make a “video game movie.” It just kinda… happened. Between larger projects — including a follow-up to 2021’s Strawberry Mansion, the surrealist fantasy he co-directed ...
Polygon

Muppet Treasure Island's PC game almost turned the ship around on Muppet video games

Following the success of 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol, the next theatrical outing for Jim Henson’s beloved characters was Muppet Treasure Island, a loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ...