also featured in the 2017 CGI film Resident Evil: Vendetta. Although produced in Japan, the Resident Evil franchise takes the majority of its inspiration from American horror and action cinema. Other media Video games Video games, particularly in the shooter and shoot 'em up genres, have implemented gun fu-like gameplay. Below are some examples of video games and video game series which have been specifically compared to or described as gun fu: The "bullet time" gameplay of the Max Payne series has been described as gun fu. The "CQC" fighting style in the Metal Gear video game series integrates the use of firearms into martial arts. The 2007 third-person shooter game Stranglehold, which serves as a sequel to John Woo's 1992 film Hard Boiled, features gun fu gameplay elements. The 2008 fighting game series, BlazBlue, features a fighter who specializes in this fighting style in Noel Vermillion. The 2015 action role-playing game Fallout 4 features an ability, or perk, called "Gun Fu", which awards bonus points to the player for targeting multiple enemies while in the gameplay feature known as the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.). The 2019 shoot 'em up game My Friend Pedro features gameplay elements that have been referred to as gun fu. The 2005 survival horror game Resident Evil 4 emphasises injuring enemies with gunshots and then performing martial arts on them while they're stunned. The 2009 hack and slash game Bayonetta has most of its combat revolve around using guns in her hands and on her heels to execute kung-fu like combos while weaving in shooting. Comic books Gun Fu is also the name of a series of comic books by Howard M. Shum and Joey Mason, about a Hong Kong police officer in the 1930s who employs a combination of gun-play and martial arts. Pen-and-paper games It is not certain where or when the actual term "gun fu" was invented. One of the earliest written records exists in the tabletop role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020 which was first published in 1988. Gun fu is a form of specialized martial arts usable in the game and is described as, Conspiracy X, another tabletop RPG first published in 1996, also included the combat style as a usable skill. In this game, gun fu allowed players' characters to use firearms in close combat and skilled martial artists to string together combinations of moves. In the Buffyverse role-playing games,