Turning video games into movies  A scene from "Arby 'n' the
Chief: Episode 7 - 'Girls'" --
http://www.machinima.com/film/view&id=25420   Kai Ryssdal: The
CEO of the world's biggest video game company's obviously
feeling pretty good about himself. John Riccitiello runs
Electronic Arts. Last month, EA offered $2 billion to buy its
smaller rival Take Two Interactive. That would give EA the
hottest game title this year: Grand Theft Auto 4.  But
Riccitiello's got his eye on bigger things. He told London's
Financial Times yesterday he thinks Hollywood needs gamers more
than gamers need Hollywood.  That could be true. Hollywood does
use game ideas for movies sometimes, but now gamers have started
making movies out of the games themselves.  They call it
"machinima" -- machine and cinema run together.  David Chong
reports it's fun and games only 'til the lawyers get involved.
David Chong: In the drama series "The Codex," two armies battle
for control of a powerful weapon capable of wiping out all life
in the galaxy.