This week's batch is all about bashing stuff! From bashing plastic fighters in Rag Doll Kung Fu, bashing thugs in The Godfather II, and bashing whatever they did with Dragon Ball Evolution (oh the irony that they even called it "evolution"). But let's just dispense with the bashing for now and on to On Shelves This Week!

Vin Diesel has made a reputation of being one of Hollywood's sickest action stars, with tough, bad-ass roles in movies such as The Fast and The Furious, the upcoming Fast and Furious, and of course, The Chronicles of Riddick. But did you know that this hardcore superstar was once a D&D geek? My respect for the guy just shot through the roof.

Old school games being planned for next-gen releases seem to be the latest trend. Of course, this is not something new but the amount of IPs being resurrected is really worth mentioning. Today, you can add another one to that list.

Aside from the planned movie Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the company is also planning to release a new video game title based from the said film. Check out the full details of this development after the jump!

As sure as we are that the sun will rise in the west east tomorrow morning, we know that it's a fact of life that video game movies have a tendency to suck. Surely, a number of you guys have seen at least one video-game-turned-movie in the past, and quite possibly, a number of you had regretted it. Sometimes, even loyal fans of a video game franchise would turn tail from the game series after watching its film adaptation. Yes. The plight that us gamers go through...

Now, DickMcVengeance saved us some time searching IMDb by compiling a list of video games that are being brought to life on the silver screen. Some of these, you might already have known. But here's the list of movies getting the "big screen" treatment (in alphabetical order):

• Alice (as in American McGee's Alice - stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as Alice)
• Carmen Sandiego
• Castlevania (from the writer/director of AVP, Resident Evil, and Mortal Kombat)
  
• Clock Tower
• Dead or Alive (comes out October 20 in the US)
  
• Far Cry
• Fear Effect
• Halo (with Peter Jackson as Executive Producer)
• Hitman (Vin Diesel as Agent 47, pic above)
  
• Hunter: The Reckoning
• Max Payne
• Mortal Kombat: Devastation
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (with Jerry Bruckheimer as Executive Producer)
  
• Resident Evil: Extinction (starring Ashanti)
  
• Splinter Cell: The Movie
• Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run (starring The Rock)
  
• Tekken (written by the same person who wrote Tomb Raider)
  

Now, we're wondering. Are most of you actually whooping with joy to see your favorite characters (Sam Fisher? Jin Kazama? Master Chief?) in a movie, or are you groaning in agony? Well, judge as you will. We won't. But it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts, though, so go ahead and comment!