Wolverine for casual gamers

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Former Oklahoman Paul Benjamin is putting words in Hugh Jackman’s mouth.

Putnam City North graduate Benjamin wrote the “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” game for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2. Benjamin, who now lives in Austin, Texas, talked to The Oklahoman about his X-perience recrafting Wolverine’s origin for game players.

Paul Benjamin, former Oklahoman, wrote of "Marvel Adventures Hulk" for Marvel Comics and produced "The Incredible Hulk" for Nintendo DS. He also recently produced "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" for Nintendo Wii.

“The Wii/Playstation 2 version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine blends story elements from the Wolverine movie and the Xbox360/Playstation 3/PC version of the game with a dash of story elements unique to the Wii/PS2 version,” Benjamin said. “I don’t want to give away too much, but essentially, you play Wolverine’s origin as he loses his girl, goes after Sabretooth/Victor Creed for revenge, and gets his bones laced with the indestructible metal ‘adamantium.’”