Dexter to Grace Consoles

My wife believes I have a very, very unhealthy obsession with Dexter. It’s not that I identify with the questionable morals and rules developed by a cop who moonlights as a killer serial killer, I think the acting and writing are top notch and is one of only three or four shows that can actually keep me engaged for long enough to sit through them (Lost, Heroes, and my guilty pleasure, NCIS, are the other ones). It’s dark and demented for sure, but it also deals with some very real issues of how people deal with relationships and what is right and wrong. Now, Mark Ecko is teaming with Showtime to make a game based on the series.

In a clear sign that people are running out of ideas or feel the need to make a game out of everything, I can only ask, why? There is no way a good game can be made from the source material here. I can see it now: the game play revolves around stalking your prey and gathering evidence in order to prove his or her guilt of evil, somewhat reminiscent of Assassin’s Creed. Then, after a quick mini game of covering a room in plastic, the mark is stealthily tracked until an opportune moment arrives and you bury a needle in their neck. This is followed by another mini game in which a blood sample is taken from their face for a collection and then the body is systematically chopped up into little pieces. Each level is completed with a jaunt on Dexter’s boat to dispose of the body in the Atlantic Ocean. Dexter then brings donuts to all his coworkers to celebrate his successful night! The only problem being the furor that would erupt from a certain unscrupulous lawyer who would see the inherent murder simulation and a news channel that has less moral ambiguity than Dexter himself.

No details are known at this point but it’s probably a safe bet that it will fall somewhere between The Sopranos game and the new Lost: Via Domus game. Showtime should go back to what they do best; producing one of the best shows on television (and bring us a new season sooner than later). Mark Ecko should go back to what he does best; I don’t know what that is but it’s not making games.