For every languishing, once-loved game franchise, there's a perfect developer out there to fix it. Here are eight of the biggest problem series, and who we'd hand the reigns to if we could make it happen.
What if Mario suddenly found himself out of work and needed to get a real plumbing job? What if Niko Bellic fancied a change from his life of crime to become a driving instructor? We take some of gaming's best-known characters, build their CVs, and ask what would happen if they applied for real-world jobs.
This is a feature from October 2011 but seeing as BioShock Infinite is parading around with its 199 Mode, we thought it was time we took another look at our own version of a 1994 mode for BioShock...