When it comes to the likes of Uwe Boll or Paul W.S. Anderson, a sound case can be argued for incompetence and a distinct lack of nounce after weighing up the terrible twosome’s respective movie portfolios, but writer Nicole LaPorte offers that videogame narratives are simply unable to sustain successful movie spin offs.

Comparing videogame movie adapatations against Hollywood creations reliant on the comic book world, LaPorte says that the "weak narratives" often found in videogames are unable to make the transition to big screen credibility – unlike certain comic book inspiration.

"Hollywood can't win at videogames," says LaPorte. "Because 13-year-old boys spend hours zapping asteroids or stealing virtual cars, movies based on videogames would seem to be the logical follow-up to the comic-book-to-movie frenzy."

However, while current Hollywood trends and the persistance of directors like Boll (Alone in the Dark, Postal, BloodRayne, Far Cry) would indicate that gaming is a veritable goldmine of possibilities, LaPorte points out that screenwriters are struggling to convert the integral attraction of entertaining gameplay into compelling, attention-holding cinema.

"Josh Olson, who was rewriting the ‘Halo’ script [which Peter Jackson was set to executive produce] before the movie fell apart, says video games ‘have aimless cycles," she outlines. "You go to A, shoot some monsters, then go to B, then start over and do it again.’"