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Maternal Instinct: Celebrating The Best & Worst Moms Of Video Games

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By Timothy Teoh September 12, 2024

On May 12th, we give thanks to our mothers and moms for raising us right and proper, as well as taking care of us during our childhood and even adult years.

At the same time, we also hold a moment of silence for the mothers of video games. They have it rough; they either die early, turn evil, or have their kids run off to go questing and some other world-saving nonsense.

From the best to the worst and in-between, let’s raise a glass or two for these hard-working and (mostly unloved) matriarch figures in video game history.

Hecate – Hades 2

The latest addition to this list. Hecate in Hades 2 is basically Melinoë mother figure, raising her and training her in the ways of the witch. While she’s an early boss character, she fights her surrogate daughter to prep her for her eventual confrontation with the Titan of Time Chronos. She’s also up for a conversation at the game’s hub area The Crossroads, usually near the cauldron where Mel does her incantations. And if you have bath salts, you can have a heart-to-heart talk with her while relaxing in the springs nearby. Truly a game mom figure of 2024.

Mia Winters – Resident Evil Village

You don’t see much mothering from Mia Winters beyond the start of RE Village, but you can feel the dedication towards her daughter Rose. This is pretty evident to how Rose ends up at the end of the game and in the RE Village DLC.

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Let’s Celebrate The Most Iconic Game And Film Adaptations About Cars & Racing

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By Editor September 10, 2024

Since the release of Sony Pictures’ Gran Turismo movie in Malaysian cinemas on 17 August 2023, the film has been drawing attention for its adaptation of the popular PlayStation and Digital Polyphony IP. Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, it chronicles the journey of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming prowess earned him a series of Nissan competitions and launched his career as a professional racecar driver. It’s an alright flick; go read our review on it here.

That being said, Gran Turismo is just the latest of many racing or car-focused movies throughout the history of pop culture. Cars have been the subject of many movies, even ones that don’t necessarily focus on racing themes or elements. For this feature in particular, we will bring up

Need For Speed (Game To Movie)

Based on the hit EA series back in the 2000s onward, this game is about fast cars, getting chased by cops for breaking the speed limit and tweaking out your cars so you can vroom vroom as fast as you can. It’s quite a fun series if you stick to the ones involving police chases and fast cars; the simulation-wannabe spin-offs we can do without (*coughSHIFTcough)

The Need For Speed movie stars Aaron Paul and is trying to be a Fast and Furious movie, but really flops on its face for being a dull and predictable factory-churned-action film. Everyone here was just doing it for a paycheck and there’s not much of this movie that wows and stand out for many viewers. At the very least, the director put the Ford Shelby Mustang and Koenigsegg Agera R cars (alongside other fast fancy vehicles) to good use.

Meanwhile, the games are doing OK; the last entry back in 2022, Need For Speed Unbound, mixed Instagram/Tik Tok aesthetics with street racing. It ain’t half-bad; we just wished EA gave it the marketing push it deserved.