Rob Ervin

Being hot on the heels of cartoon series making the leap to the big screen, the ‘90s were the true origin of the video game movie, to mixed results.  For every Mortal Kombat there is a Double Dragon, and dare I say Super Mario Bros.   While I appreciate the attempts overall ( Street Fighter , I’m not really talking to you, but I did dig that cast), those that were in charge of those properties at the time really had no investment in said properties.  Thirty years later, I feel like my...

I have been a fan of video games as long as I have been a fan of pro wrestling.  I will always a have a place in my heart from the iconic video games from the 1980s, with memories of growing up and going to my local arcade, Aladdin’s Castle, and blowing my allowance each week.  One of my all time favorite games has to be Donkey Kong, and seeing how that has transformed and branched off into so many other games has been amazing, including the newest release in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie .  ...

A.I. has been science fiction for most of my life, but the last decade and a half have moved the concept leaps and bounds that many never saw coming.  As a man of a certain age, I have mixed feelings between wanting to embrace what seems to be the inevitable and staying cautiously optimistic.  Producer/director Daniel Roher take a great look at this topic from a number of angles with his latest documentary, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist .   The film is introduced as he meets...