Possible Licenses

Here at Binary Solo we’ve been kicking around the idea of trying to do a licensed game. Some of our favorite properties / licenses are still not available in game form. Sometimes a license is more than just an easy game with an existing fanbase. Sometimes a license is a way to show how much you care about the subject material. We’ve been kicking some ideas around and have come up with a list of our top ten favorite movies / television shows / books that we think would make a great game.

 

 

10. Talladega Nights

Shake N' Bake

I think this one is a bit obvious. Take the popularity of racing games and add Will Ferrell, John C. Reily, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Instant money, right? I mean, who doesn’t love NASCAR? Driving in a circle really fast about two or three hundred times sounds like my idea of a perfect Saturday.

 

9. Uncle John’s Gigantic Bathroom Reader

Do you have what it takes? Step into the shoes of Dante Woodward as he explores bathrooms everywhere. With his trust copy of Uncle John’s Gigantic Bathroom Reader he can read at any location. Read in such locations as the office, the ball game, the girlfriend’s house, and especially at home! Do you have what it takes to flip the pages while doing your business?

 

8. WNBA

Where there are sports licenses, there are money. What market is untapped right now? The WNBA! This could be the chance to make a realistic sports simulation with one of the most popular leagues around. This time its girl’s night out. The only hard question is who should be on the cover? There are so many famous athletic women in the WNBA like… uhm… hm. Its not that we don’t know all of the WNBA players by hearts, its just that its too hard to decide. Yeah, that’s it.

 

7. Heroes

 

Character Selection

Choose between the numerous characters of the hit show Heroes. You can be Peter with the ability to learn everyone’s powers. Choose Hiro to manipulate time and space. Choose Nathan and take to the sky! Or choose Niki Sanders and be annoying. Whoever you choose, take part in a dramatic adventure and avoid using your powers at all costs! Talk to villians, get threatened by friends, and absolutely avoid letting people know you’re special. Its bound to be the superhero game of the year!

 

6. Bubba Ho-Tep

 

Bad asses

Watch your ass! Fight the forces of evil as an old, washed-up Elvis Presley or the paranoid, black John F. Kennedy in a battle destined to take ages. The most realistic walker controls will have you combatting the forces of evil as The King himself or drive right into the action with precision steering in the motorized chair of John F. Kennedy. Thank you! Thank you very much!

 

 

5. The O.C.

 

Fight!

Play through all four seasons of the Fox television hit, The O.C. Survive high school as you fight on the beach, in a burning house, by the pier, in a cage match, and more. Throw punch after punch for vicious combos that will bring people to their knees. Oh, and there might be a little conversation, too.

 

 

4. Nine Stories

I haven’t exactly read this book by J.D. Salinger, but I’ve been told it is pretty good. The game would be nine chapters long, each one featuring one of the stories from this book. From what I hear, each story is the tale of a different ex-Army Ranger fighting terrorists in their home town and how they all come together at some point to bring down Al Qaeda. Doesn’t that sound like a fun game? Thanks, J.D.

 

3. WCG Ultimate Gamer

For those of you who haven’t seen the show, gamers compete to see who can be crowned the best. The catch is, they don’t just play video games. They also do a real life equivalent competition. What makes a better game than a game based on a show about playing games? How meta! Create your own characters and then control them as they play video games. Its so realistic, its almost like YOU are playing a video game!

 

2. Position of the Day

Enough said.

 

1. The View

Heated Gameplay

Come on. Do I really need to say anything? I think anyone can see the powerful licensing opportunities here. Choose from current cast members Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg, or Sheri Shepperd (Sorry, Joy.) or relive the past with Debbie Matenopoulos, Lisa Ling, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, or Rosie O’Donnell. Discuss such amazing topics as the N-word, Michael Vick, and French mimes!

 

See you, Space Cowboy.


One Response to “Possible Licenses”

  1. April Fool’s, of course.

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