Video game characters modeled after famous people (gallery)

Game developers love using celebrities' likenesses to shape their heroes and villains. Check out these 21 examples.

Jedi, fedoras, and carpal tunnel: A history of LucasArts

What if LucasArts never existed? What if the irascible filmmaker, beloved (and despised) the world over for his invaluable contributions to the pop-culture lexicon, had stuck to making space operas and juvenile fantasies about archeologists in fedora hats? What if George Lucas never entered the arena of gaming 30 years ago?

Halo, Red Dead Redemption, and other modern games given a retro makeover (gallery)

Halo, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Final Fantasy XIII, and more are given the retro treatment in this gallery.