GamerCell writes: "My only previous experience of Hellboy is the 2004 movie starring the excellent Ron Pearlman (a lanterned-jawed man so fugly that the Hellboy makeup actually improves his looks considerably) in the title role. I've never read the Dark Horse comics from whence he came, so I didn't know much about the character, but there's a full bio >here< on Wiki if you want to know the full story. Basically he's a red-skinned monkey-like demon, raised in the U.S.A. from infancy after being conjured up by the Nazis during a satanic ritual that opens a portal to hell, who grows up to work for the BPRD (the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence) as a defender against the forces of darkness. Yep! - it's your typical everyday story of an all-American, super hero Nazi-ass-kicking kind-hearted demon all right... Oh, and he has an oversized right hand made out of stone, a prehensile tail and he's sawn off his demon horns to make him look more 'normal'... Mmmmkay?"
Following last week’s look at the Top Ten Games Based on a Movie, this week’s Sunday Special feature is about to turn things upside down, this week looking at the top ten worst videogames based on a motion-picture release. As bad as some games based on a movie licence may be, at least most them are playable. But not these abominations.
This week's episode of Distributed failure features discussion on Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Rune Factory: Frontier, Patapon 2, Plants vs. Zombies, Legendary, Hellboy: The Science of Evil, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the closure of Factor 5 studios and the possible announcement of a "slim" PS3. After that, they dive into the "Sausage Dump" and chat up some movies, as well as the Lost finale.
Thunderbolt Games: "It's safe to say that I'm quite a Hellboy fan. The world created in the two movies is fantastic, and I just love the character - even taking the time to dabble in the comic books. Hellboy: The Science of Evil dips in to both these mediums, creating a universe more suited to the comics whilst also borrowing elements from the films. Sadly, it fails to live up to the name, descending to a place far worse than hell itself… mediocrity."
