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Those of you who grew up in the 1980s know the Ghostbusters franchise well--it was pretty much everywhere in the mid-80s, and continued on into the early 1990s with the second movie and animated series. It's coming back as a top-notch video game, which should form the launchpad for a third movie, handing the torch to a new set of young Ghostbusters.

The New York Times did a good interview with Dan Akroyd which you may wish to read, if nothing else, to rekindle old memories and learn some fun facts. You might want to check it out!

Marc said 3 minutes later

That's not all. I forget where I read it, but it was another interview with Dan Akroyd verifying that Ghostbusters 3, the movie is coming out. Supposedly is likely to start filming in the winter. The rumor has been floating around for quite some time, but this was straight from Akroyd himself and he verified all of the original Ghostbusters are back to pass the torch on to younger, and female, Ghostbusters. Likely will be terrible.

The game looks pretty cool, graphically, but based on the videos it looks like it will lose the fun factor after capturing 2 or 3 ghosts.
GJ said about 1 hour later

Actually, don't write off the game. I think it could well succeed due to the quality of the writing. It'll be more than just capturing ghosts, methinks. It's being hinted that there is enough original material in the game to equal a movie--no small feat. I'm looking forward to it.

As for the movie, it's hard to say. First order, the movie isn't a done deal--the game is supposed to "test the waters." However, writers have been commissioned, so that's a very good sign. I think filming could potentially start this year if the studio likes the script. The younger ghostbusters won't all be female, btw, but expect at least one female cadet.
Marc said about 2 hours later

I saw a video preview on Gamespot of the game and they said the script is really well written and pretty hilarious, but the gameplay does get old pretty fast. I imagine it will be successful due to the script, but likely won't hold my attention. Every game that focuses on storyline never holds me, but I'll certainly give it a shot and see how I like it.
GJ said about 3 hours later

Thanks for the linky, I'll have to check it out. Me, I like the story-based games just fine--that's partially what drew me to things like Wing Commander back in the day. So long as the game duties don't become totally mind-numbing, it should work for me.
Geoff said about 21 hours later

Looks pretty cool from the Gamespot review.
GJ said about 22 hours later

The gameplay looks interesting, but the graphics were too jumpy for my tastes. Here's to hoping that's cleaned up some by launch. Wonder how it'll look on the Wii.

Geoff said about 4 hours later

I am interested...however I am on a Mac at home. This may limit what I can or cannot play.

Marc said about 4 hours later

I am interested as well, although I haven't played anything besides Freelancer on that specific list.

GJ said about 7 hours later

mmmm, freelancer. :)

Geoff can run a pc emulator...at nearly 100% speed, if that mac of his is intel based.

if freelancer, we'd have to find a way to make it fun, though.

Geoff said about 9 hours later

not Intel unfortunatly...or else I could run Bootcamp and run PC stuff no problemo

Marc said about 10 hours later

Time for a "business" upgrade Geoff. Oh, feel free to give me one too. :)

Geoff said about 10 hours later

hahaha...riiigght.

GJ said about 19 hours later

you gotta get your priorities in line, geoffo! :)

GJ said 5 days later

Also, you can add Emperor (Rise of the Middle Kingdom) and Ceasar IV to the list.

also Patrician III.