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Hollywood's film adaptations of videogames have mostly been abysmal flops, but gamemakers are having better luck jumping genres. In fact, Oddworld Inhabitants' all-CG minimovie from its recent release Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is up for an Academy Award nomination - an industry first. Nine months in the making by 27 artists, the movie accompanies gameplay and features a rogue's gallery of photorealistic aliens. Whether the film's dark industrial ambience will convince the Academy it's the best animated short remains to be seen, but no doubt the gap between Oscars and joysticks is shrinking.
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