Abandon all hope … I never thought I’d see this. The first 3/4 is interested. That last bit of supposed video game action at the end is, um, disturbing (as it should be, I think). Like any video game trailer, it really doesn’t tell you what you do in the game exactly. Punish sinners? Beat [...]

Wall Street Journal To Disney: “Buy EA”.
Electronic Arts (EA), the biggest video game distributor who makes games like Madden football and the upcoming Dante’s Inferno (as discussed here before), has not had the best financial year–well, nobody really has had a good year, financially. I’m sure Disney has taken a hit or two, but perhaps [...]

Dantes Inferno: Universal Buys Rights To EA’s Dante’s Inferno.
Here’s an update to my previous post. Universal Studios will bring us the Inferno movie (same studio that did Dante’s Peak which had absolutely nothing to do with the Inferno). So, big name studio to do the movie … check. Not a bad start. Hopefully future announcements [...]

Dante’s Inferno: EA Developing Game Based On Dante’s Inferno.
I fully expected a movie of Dante’s Inferno to come out and then, possibly, there would be a video game based on it. But like the essence of hell itself, everything is backwards; a video game is being made first, then a movie based on it.
This has [...]

It’s good to know I’m not the only one with odd interests. Dave Lafferty, over at davelafferty.com hosts the “Dante Explorer.” A cool blog about all things Dante including articles on sections of the Inferno. Use that site and my own Virtual Tour of Dante’s Hell and you’re set to be an expert … an [...]