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“James Bond Officially Replaces Daniel Craig” Wrong!

Here it is, everyone: the worst headline to emerge from the release of the 007 First Light video game.

This atrocious (partial) headline from ScreenRant‘s Angharad Redden is not only clickbait, it’s flatly inaccurate. Daniel Craig has not been “officially replaced,” and voicing or providing a likeness for James Bond in a video game isn’t remotely the same thing as succeeding Craig in the movie series. For that matter, how exactly would “James Bond” replace Daniel Craig?

As for Patrick Gibson, I remain unconvinced by the game’s interpretation of his likeness and I think that his digital counterpart’s resemblance looks inconsistent at best and completely foreign at worst. It’s a painful reminder that many modern video games chase photorealism only to land somewhere in the uncanny valley.

I realize this is a painfully pedantic complaint, but unfortunately the headline earned it.

On This Day…

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May 30, 2026 – 10:07 AM UTC

This recent Rolling Stone James Bond article by Christopher Cruz, complete with that headline, made me wince. To quote the Bond-adjacent Dr. Evil from Goldmember: “HOW ‘BOUT NO?!” James Bond video games always generate excitement because they fill a gap the movies cannot. For movie fans, that’s less a cause for celebration than a reminder…

May 30, 2025 – 10:07 PM UTC

This has to be the dumbest quote in GoldenEye. What does it even mean, Xenia?  Yes, she shot the HVAC vent.  But ventilating someone doesn’t make any sense.  Quite the stretch!

May 30, 2025 – 10:07 AM UTC

I was so excited to learn James Bond’s card game!  But wow, what an underwhelming card game at that. So obvious why they switched the game to Texas Hold’em in Casino Royale.  Baccarat would have been a bore!