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by Tippi Blevins July 22, 2008 12:54 PM

Sometimes movies are based on video games and sometimes video games are based on movies. Usually in the latter's case, the release of a game coincides with the movie's premiere, or precedes it a little to help generate interest in the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Digital entertainment has decided to eschew convention by digging into its library of past movies that it will then adapt into "casual games." Just how far back are they digging? Try twenty-two years, for starters.

One of the first of Paramount's movies slated for adaptation is Pretty in Pink, the 1986 teen girl anthem from John Hughes that starred Molly Ringwald as the redhead with the endlessly rosy wardrobe. As of yet, there are no details about the plot of the game. Maybe you have to navigate the perilous halls of high school without benefit of money or status, get the cute rich guy to notice you, and turn a perfectly decent vintage prom dress into a shapeless pink abomination, all before the timer runs out. I just hope you get to choose what character you want to play. I'd want to be Duckie so I could flip off Andie and Blane right from the start.

Mean Girls and Clueless round out "the first of what will be a slate of games" that will be available on PC, console, and handheld devices. That's a pretty girly slate of games, there. Around the time Pretty in Pink came out, I think my favorite games were Space Quest and whatever my brother and I could come up with thanks to the ol' Adventure Construction Set. I don't remember either being especially girly. But I guess back then, little gamer girls didn't have Paramount trying to reach "new audiences," like a couple of Mario Bros. trying to reach Princess Peach.

TAGS: Andrew McCarthy, Clueless, Jon Cryer, Mean Girls, Molly Ringwald, Pretty in Pink, video game

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