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Chicago 1930s America was the very first national park for making video games. It was such a great city that even the early Golden Age of US cultural icon Gates invented new videogames and made the Super Mario Bros. arcade game the format that many generations have grown up playing.

Although in America, the first video game was much older. An American businessman who had previously run the movie Minority Report went on to work with the Chicago Morning Consultants (MIT) and produce, among other things, Disneyland (which most people know very well today) and Universal Pictures' Super Mario Bros. at Universal Pictures.

So why was it that people spent such a great amount of time looking at video games that didn't even make it past the movie's $55 million budget?

The basic question is: How much fun was it to make games? It's a pretty simple question, but one that a large part of any film was made from the ground up by hand. It's one that's being considered as an art form by many different movie directors. One movie adaptation of a video game is great because of the strength of its production.

What's that level of difficulty in making movies that don't make it to the big screen?

I think the most important thing is to keep the spirit of the game alive. It's the sense of speed, when you're in the car and your car's slow, it's really fun. I've worked hard on the game adaptation to ensure it stays true to what we make and so I think it was a pretty straight action movie experience. I'm sure there's a lot of excitement from gamers that are going to get some out of it, but I think it's a very good adaptation for sure. I'm pretty sure people are going to like it, but I think it's something that people will find appealing, and it's definitely something I think people will like.

What can you tell us about the movie that's based on the video game?

I think the biggest thing is that the storyline will be very familiar to fans of the original game. It's not just a story that's told in a different style, it's a great new way to play it, because it gives it that very authentic feeling of feeling of discovery. You have to be good at fighting and stealth when you can't jump or duck. And it's going to be a lot of fun and lots of fun for players who like the story and will want to replay it, and the new twists that we're introducing, the different types of enemies you'll face, and the different kinds of locations that will open up. And of course, the cast will also be voiced by the original game's co-creator, Mike Diskett.

So it's not all different. But there will be plenty of surprises and fun moments, new faces, and new levels. The level that we'll be showing is a level called The Ark of Thorns, and you'll have to rescue a dwarf named Awe. The Ark of Thorns is like a big hard rock. There are different types of stone that you'll come across, like stones that you can pick up and destroy. There are metal stones that you can destroy with your stone. And then there are "dragon stones" that you can collect. And there are bronze stones that you can collect and smash with your stone, like a bit of ice that you can use to unlock doors.

GS: But all of the locales and characters in the game will be 2D, and they're all exaggerated but hand-drawn. How has this all changed since the last time you saw the game?

JB: This is my first foray into 3D, so that's probably the easiest thing. I really like the look of it, especially in the game's art style.

GS: Was it difficult deciding how to write a story for the game? Did you always intend to go for something more lighthearted?

JB: One of the things that came up when I was working on the last Magic the Gathering game was the idea of creating more of a realistic story, and that's something that the designers really wanted to try to evoke. The idea of having that sort of a realistic take on the book, that was really nice. We knew that we had a game that we were going for, and we were going to go for it. We were going for it, but it wasn't that easy.

GS: What other challenges have you faced in creating a game of this nature?

JB: I've done more work on games since I was a little kid, but at the end of the day I was pushing myself and the game so that I could get more out of it. I was trying to focus on making the game visually stunning. I really tried to make the game, as much as I liked it, fun, but also be creative.