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Movies based on video games have finally reached the age where they can withstand tests of ultimate scrutiny. Unfortunately, there are some video games that have inspired the most visually offensive (yet still hilarious) fan-made movie trailers ever seen on the Internet. Today, the SlobsofGaming want you to grab a stiff drink (or a cool soda for you young kids) and a bowl of popcorn as we count down the 11 CHEESIEST fake video game movie trailers ever unleashed on mankind!

11. Kingdom Hearts 2

This trailer for Kingdom Hearts 2 is actually better than most of the fan-made stuff we've seen so far. Average photoshopping skills, a killer metal guitar cover for the main theme song, and decent editing -- not too shabby. Well, except the cosplay. Why is every person in this video wearing a dead forest animal on their heads? That's not supposed to be hair, is it? BLECH. And it's really too bad that the director (apparently) promised his fat girlfriend that she could cosplay as Kairi. If we've said it before, it bears repeating: don't do a cosplay when you don't have the right proportions for it.

10. Halo

Okay, we cannot decry the awesomeness of this Halo project. Sure, it's got a slight hint of cheese, but this clip is one top-notch trailer, and if not for the obvious semi-low budget quality and unpolished special effects, we might have thought this was going to be an actual Hollywood production. Kudos?

9. Metal Gear Solid

"Snake! Press the 'Action Button' to equip your airsoft guns! You wouldn't want to hurt anyone, would you?"
"What the hell are you talking about?!"

8. Tetris

To their credit, Black 20 gets some awesome production values out of their videos. The actors, however, are so comically overzealous in their roles that this whole Tetris trailer smells a little strongly of finely-aged provolone. We especially love/hate the emo-alternative rock music that peaks during the finale -- that's some pure "OC" stuff right there.

7. The Legend of Zelda: The Hero of Time

This masterful take on The Legend of Zelda shows exactly what happens if you can successfully smuggle a digital camera into a Renaissance fair. We were really enjoying this too -- until they stole the music from Requiem For a Dream. You know, like every other fan-made video on the Internet.

6. Mega Man

This Mega Man trailer is almost as cheesy as those horrible Battle Network spin-off games, but we'll chalk up this critique to a quote from our senior Editorial Assistant, Bayonetwork: "Do the creators of these videos really take themselves seriously? They put all their time and effort into it, saying to themselves: 'Gosh, when we're finished with this, we're going to get so much tail. We'll make astronauts jealous with all the tang we're going to get.' They need to die, seriously."

5. Pac-Man

Okay, we have to admit it: if the Ghosts didn't look like complete crap, we'd almost be looking forward to this Pac-Man movie. This is a perfect application of the "Torque" theory -- put the main character on a motorcycle and give him a gun, then throw the story out the window. We especially laughed at the interpretation of the famous Power Pellets as what we can only assume are illegal prescription drugs.

4. Final Fantasy "Real"

Wow. It's like the world's most rabid Final Fantasy fans threw all common sense to the winds and decided to subject the world to a fan-made movie series not fit for military torture. Although the outfits aren't too shabby, the acting and fighting choreography leave much to be desired. And (of course), most nerdy Americans look nothing like the androgynous main characters of Final Fantasy lore.

3. Dig Dug

Ah, Dig Dug. Crisp editing, hilarious CG effects, and decent music -- if only this film crew could've gotten a better location then their grandparents' woodland cottage and Underground Railroad tunnels. But we have to ask: where in the hell did this idea come from?

2. Resident Evil: Relived

Honestly, I can't imagine that any of the Resident Evil characters would be fighting for their lives in a high school campus. Arrrrrgh! And AGAIN with the goddamn Requiem For a Dream music!

1. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

And here we have the absolute worst of the WORST. A Turok trailer with no dinosaurs. I mean, really. At least other people have the good sense to steal and splice footage from any of the Jurassic Park movies (or a shitty Sci-Fi channel B-movie). Turok is FAIL.

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