Film-focused game dev Brash loses president, hope

by Jason Dobson { May 23rd 2008 at 12:00AM }

Nicholas Longano, co-founder and former president at film-centric game developer Brash Entertainment, has parted ways with the company according to a Daily Variety report, as well as scooped up by Newsweek's own N'Gai Croal. While the executive will keep an interest in the company as an investor, he'll no longer steer the ship and its focus on creating "high quality theatrical based games." Instead, that duty for the time being will fall to CEO Mitch Davis, who founded the company along with Longano just one year ago.

Brash, which currently has movie-to-game deals in place with Lair dev Factor 5 and Yoshiki Okamoto's studio Game Republic, as well as a game based on gore-porn film franchise Saw, hasn't come forward with an official reason for the executive's quick exit. However, we remain unconvinced that the road to prosperity is paved in movie licenses, as the company's two existing releases, namely Alvin & the Chipmunks and Jumper: Griffin's Story, were both panned by critics. Additionally, while the former achieved decent sales, the report notes that the Jumper tie-in managed to sell just a measly 16,000 copies since it was released.

Tags: brash, brash-entertainment, brashentertainment, breakingnews

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fez Hawkeye @ May 23rd 2008 12:16AM

Since when has Saw been torture PORN? I've seen two of the movies, and I don't recall any porn (although there were boobs in one).

Porn probably would've made saw more fun.

Batzarro(A.K.A Rap-Rock Cameo) @ May 23rd 2008 12:21AM

(Brittish Accent) Torture Porn refers to an entertainment form that revels in torture and punishment as a means of entertainment. It differs from other forms of horror in that it has less on terror and more in gore and suffering.

#28 @ May 23rd 2008 12:42AM

I was under the impression that it was similar in concept to Hostel, like one half torture and one half porn. Must be mistaken.

On the side, god did Saw 3 freak me out. Scene with a guy getting all his limbs broken multiple times...

These movies are so unnescessary.

AoE @ May 23rd 2008 12:53AM

it's as Batzarro says. Torture Porn is the genre of horror films whose main focus is gore/whose storylines exist almost purely to facilitate said gore.

#28 @ May 23rd 2008 3:17AM

I worry about the state of the writers.

Cheese Muffin @ May 24th 2008 10:22PM

IMHO, the first Saw was pretty good, it was decent and didn't rely as heavily on the torture/gore as did the later entries. It actually used suspense instead of shock, it wasn't a masterpiece of subtlety or the horror genre but it was actually enjoyable.