Juno: The Game???

[ShadowGUN]

WTF???? (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/07/dice-08-quirky-indie-hit-juno-to-birth-a-game/#comments)

Serioulsy, how the heck are they going to make a video game about Juno? Will Juno use her pregnacy and sarcams to beat up the bad guys?

[GWOtaku]

WTF???? (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/07/dice-08-quirky-indie-hit-juno-to-birth-a-game/#comments)

Serioulsy, how the heck are they going to make a video game about Juno?

Very, very badly.

[Lord Dalek]

Can't be as bad as Hong Kong '97 (http://www.hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/hongkong97/hongkong97.htm).

[Zeonic Freak]

Im not sure what the purpose of this game would be, thats what confuses me.

Is your overall goal to knock up Juno? Or is it a date sim to knock up Juno? Is there a battle system while you and Juno are - you know, im gonna stop there:sweat:...

[Neo Ultra Mike]

You know, Juno is a popular and widley acclaimed movie, but that dosen't mean you need to make a Video Game about it. I mean why didn't they try making one for Knocked Up Or Superbad (which might at least have more potential for a game then Juno). I'm pretty sure this will end up on the Wii on some form though. You can use the Wiimote to... I don't know feel the baby kicking before giving it up for adoption or something.

[Dark Fact]

For a brief moment, I thought this game was about the Juno Awards. :sweat:

But yeah, looks like upcoming clearance bin material to me. :shrug:

[Charlie]

Birthing style mini-games everyone! JOY!

[Peter Paltridge]

LMAO

That rocks.

Almost as much as "March of the Penguins: The Game," still $9.95 at bargain bins everywhere. If you don't believe me, look inside one sometime. It's real.

[mookie75]

I like how they slapped a Wii banner and an ESRB rating on the movie poster. I'm assuming that isn't supposed to represent the actual box for the game....because if it is, then this is obviously a fake.

[Swordfish_II]

I like how they slapped a Wii banner and an ESRB rating on the movie poster. I'm assuming that isn't supposed to represent the actual box for the game....because if it is, then this is obviously a fake.

Oh no, it's COMPLETELY real. I have sources I can't name. But they're totally legit.

FYI, Juno's final smash is the Landmaster.

[mookie75]

FYI, Juno's final smash is the Landmaster.

Well, at least she isn't shooting out newborns or something.........

What.............too far? :p

[Eddy]

I can't wait to shake the Wiimote around to get the urine off the pregnancy test.

[WolfieKiwi]

Shake the Wii mote rapidly and eradicate that unholy plus sign!

[danreyes1]

I didn't even like that overrated movie. How exactly do you make a game from a romantic comedy about teenage pregnancy?

[Desensitized]

I didn't even like that overrated movie. How exactly do you make a game from a romantic comedy about teenage pregnancy?
If the 8 and 16 bit era showed us anything, it was that you can make a video game based on anything. Like for instance, a game based on a clumsy cable TV tool show host. So he gets his own video game where he kills dinosaurs.

I expect big things from Juno Vs. The Space Mutants.

[Lonestarr]

I can't wait to shake the Wiimote around to get the urine off the pregnancy test.

'Fraid not, home skillet. That's one doodle that can't be undid.

Seriously, how the fudge does one make a video game based on Juno?!

[RomanMack]

What a bone headed decision. Forget optimism. This is gonna be a sure-fire failure.

[Rasputin]

Actually, this raises an interesting question. Popular sentiment is that there are some things that just don't translate to video games. Look around the rest of the art world and you have books being made into plays, plays having music based on them, music inspiring comic books and comic books lending themselves to film, but for some reason a film can't translate into a video game unless it's some kind of action-fest.

Has anyone wondered why this is? A video game about a teenager coping with pregnancy could be poignant, powerful and funny, but the possibility doesn't even enter into the minds of gamers. If video games are meant to be The Next Great Art Form (TM) then shouldn't they be able to tackle these kinds of issues? If the popular view is that they physically can't, then what kind of art form is it?

[Undrave]

Actually, this raises an interesting question. Popular sentiment is that there are some things that just don't translate to video games. Look around the rest of the art world and you have books being made into plays, plays having music based on them, music inspiring comic books and comic books lending themselves to film, but for some reason a film can't translate into a video game unless it's some kind of action-fest.

Has anyone wondered why this is? A video game about a teenager coping with pregnancy could be poignant, powerful and funny, but the possibility doesn't even enter into the minds of gamers. If video games are meant to be The Next Great Art Form (TM) then shouldn't they be able to tackle these kinds of issues? If the popular view is that they physically can't, then what kind of art form is it?

Programming gameplay elements is not an art form. It's an entertainement.

A game involve making decisions and facing challenges that can be conveyed visually. Emotionnal turmoils are nice for characters an all, but they don't make good levels. That's what cinematics are for.

[Joe]

Those links didn't offer anything concrete. Just rumor mongering saying that thare is a slim chance an Juno game is in the works.

Since everyone is throwing theories out there about what type of game this could possibly become...Could we see the return of the adventure game on consoles? Or perhaps will be little more than a DVD-ROM game? The anticipation is killing me..

[Dirty Dawg]

I hope this comes out on PS2

[Rasputin]

Programming gameplay elements is not an art form. It's an entertainement.

I didn't realise there was a difference. What's the difference between an 'art form' and an 'entertainment'? They're both diversions from the daily grind of work, food, sleep and reproduction. To say video games aren't 'art' flies in the face of at least two-thirds of all aesthetic discourse.

The art world is vast and all-encompassing. It's largely impossible to say something 'isn't art' without someone else coming along to disagree with you.


A game involve making decisions and facing challenges that can be conveyed visually. Emotionnal turmoils are nice for characters an all, but they don't make good levels. That's what cinematics are for.

We have emotions in-game. Half-Life demonstrated a metric ton of such moments. Why can't we have such moments in more intimate environments?

[Undrave]

I didn't realise there was a difference. What's the difference between an 'art form' and an 'entertainment'? They're both diversions from the daily grind of work, food, sleep and reproduction. To say video games aren't 'art' flies in the face of at least two-thirds of all aesthetic discourse.

The art world is vast and all-encompassing. It's largely impossible to say something 'isn't art' without someone else coming along to disagree with you.



We have emotions in-game. Half-Life demonstrated a metric ton of such moments. Why can't we have such moments in more intimate environments?

Games are made up of a multitude of elements. Environement design, story telling, character design...all those are artistic yes, but gameplay? That part, to be satisfactory, can't be contend with being art in itself, it needs a purpose.

I never said we can't have emotions in games, I said they are not the basis for gameplay. You put the emotion in the cut scenes and cinematics when the character talks and stuff.

Frankly I don't see how Juno could become anything but a minigame collection with a linear story.

[Blackstar]

Coming Soon for the PS3: How Stella Got Her Groove Back-The Game! :D

[Darklordavaitor]

Anyone else only seeing this as a mini-game collection for the PSP, like the Napoleon Dynamite and Office games were?

[HG Revolution]

Actually, this raises an interesting question. Popular sentiment is that there are some things that just don't translate to video games. Look around the rest of the art world and you have books being made into plays, plays having music based on them, music inspiring comic books and comic books lending themselves to film, but for some reason a film can't translate into a video game unless it's some kind of action-fest.

Different art forms still have their limits. A Buster Keaton film would make a terrible book, The Lord of the Rings can't work well as a play, Seinfeld should never make movies. And I'm struggling to think of anything a Juno game could be other than either porn or minigames.

[BrendaBat]

This announcement is totally fake. I mean c'mon, look at the ESRB rating (the game has the kid friendly E-rating!). Most games put a "pending rating" on their ads before the game comes out. And there's no way that a Juno game would get an E-rating because, no matter how tame the actual game may be, the subject matter alone would warrant at least a T-rating.


Even if a Juno game was made, it would most likely suck. I can't think of a single scene in that movie that could possibly translate into fun gameplay.

[HG Revolution]

This announcement is totally fake. I mean c'mon, look at the ESRB rating (the game has the kid friendly E-rating!). Most games put a "pending rating" on their ads before the game comes out. And there's no way that a Juno game would get an E-rating because, no matter how tame the actual game may be, the subject matter alone would warrant at least a T-rating.


Even if a Juno game was made, it would most likely suck. I can't think of a single scene in that movie that could possibly translate into fun gameplay.

The announcement may be real. That box art was definitely a fake, though.

[Light Lucario]

This sounds like a weird idea for a video game. A game based on a movie about teen pregnancy definitely doesn't sound good. I haven't seen the movie myself. I've just heard about it, but I still don't think that it would work well as a game. Just because a movie turned out well doesn't mean that it should be made into a game. Some movies could work as games and some couldn't and Juno is in the section of movies that wouldn't work as video games.

[Rasputin]

The Lord of the Rings can't work well as a play...

I have a used ticket stub for Lord of the Rings: The Musical that says otherwise...

...

...admittedly, I don't listen to it much since I found it to be overblown, melodramatic, Wagnerian nonsense, so okay, you have a point!

[Eddy]

Well, in case you haven't heard, there is no Juno game in the making. The quote was misinterpreted. They were really saying that there have been more games "like Juno" (low budget, but becoming popular).

There will be no Juno game, at least not at the moment.

[NewcomerDC]

Thank goodness. Now people can focus on making real games instead of a movie's popularity forcing video game developers to make pointless games.

[Steve Carras]

'Fraid not, home skillet. That's one doodle that can't be undid.


Heavens to blog.(Can't figure out how it would go, either.)