The concept of La Decima Vittima (The 10th Victim, 1965) was good, it showed a game of Assassins Guild where the stakes were high. The game became a way of life, and a strong form of entertainment (Exactly what video games strive to become for us!). It is based on Robert Sheckley's short story "Seventh Victim" (1953). I would really like to see an english remake so I could follow it a bit better, but I still enjoyed it. It's a great film for game designers to watch and important to pay attention to the game aspects.
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This is a good example of Remediation in films and games.
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"The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games." - Eujene Jarvis (Defender, Stargate, Robotron, Smash TV, etc)
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"Do weird and difficult things." - Masaya Matsuura (Musician on games such as Major Minor's Majestic March)
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"A single-player game is really a movie that you create in cooperation with the player, where the lead actor doesn't have a copy of the script." - Gabe Newell (Valve)
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"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." - Thomas Alva Edison
"The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games." - Eujene Jarvis (Defender, Stargate, Robotron, Smash TV, etc)
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The library has this on DVD, under the American title "The 10th Victim". I think the DVD offers both English subtitles and a dubbed version. However, I'd recommend persevering with the subtitles in order to preserve the flavour of the film rather than opt for an out-of-sync dubbed version.