Ah, the obligatory game movies post. You all had to know it was coming sometime. I find it interesting how few gamers actually like any sort of video game to movie adaptations. Some fans are adamant about their favorite series not being made into a movie. I guess the general idea is that the chances of a game movie being 100% true to the game are slim’a'none.

For the sake of gamers everywhere, I am going to exclude all movies made by Uwe Boll from this post. I’m sure that by now, everyone reading this would know why. Personally, as a 5′5 120 lbs woman, I don’t think I would fare well in a boxing ring against him.

Now to start, I think I should highlight the movie most older gamers think of first when they hear the words game and movie in the same sentence. The Super Mario Brothers movie.

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I recently had a chance to talk to one of the more famous female gamers for a Girls Don’t Game exclusive interview. So who’s the special lady? Well, it’s none other than Old Grandma Hardcore, the gaming granny with a mouth worse than the foulest of foul sailors who makes the Angry Video Game Nerd look tame. You may have seen her on YouTube, or on MTV, or maybe you even read her blog–we know we do!

Read on to find out this 71-year-old’s stance on PC gaming, her fame, and high gaming hopes for 2008.

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He’s a nerd who plays bad video games from his childhood and swears like a sailor while doing so. And he’s amassed a huge following in the past two years by video taping them and then showing them to the public. Being the fan that I am, I recently tracked down James Rolfe, the man responsible for the Angry Video Game Nerd, and got a Girls Don’t Game exclusive interview.

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