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Apr 2017
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Why Do Video Game Movies Suck? - #7

Rooster Teeth
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With Assassin's Creed & Warcraft keeping the curse alive that all video game movies have to be bad, will we ever see a good video game movie? Should filmmakers keep trying or let it rest?  
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