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Podcast episode 108: the movie tie-ins specialPods on film
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This week the podcast moves out of Nate’s dad wheelhouse and into Matthew’s film wheelhouse. It’s a bumper and bumpy ride this week, as we discuss video game adaptations of them there Hollywood talkies! This does end up involving quite a lot of Star Wars chat, because there are so manyStar Wars games. Tangents this week include Nate going on about Gimli a lot, the terrible Mothers' Day present Matthew nearly got for his mum, and what film series LEGO should tackle next (spoilers: it is the work of Lars von Trier)
Unfortunately we do not have time to discuss how terrible the Assassin’s Creed movie was, but I do manage to get in an exclamation of surprise at the fact that Brendan Gleeson signed up for it. I also play a mean trick on the lads for the Cavern Of Lies this week.
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Nate hadan interloper in one of his tanksthis week.
The game Alice couldn’t remember the name of isSerial Cleaneranda sequel was recently announced.
Star Wars stuff we mention: the upcomingSims 4 DLC pack, TIE Fighter (both the original andStar Wars: Squadronsthatsort of looks like it’s going to be the new TIE Fighter), the pod racing game that was apparently calledStar Wars Episode 1: Racerand is rightly on ourbest Star Wars games list, that terribleJust Danceone that wasn’t Just Dance and wasactually Kinect Star Wars, andLEGO Star Wars.
In fact we talk about basically every LEGO movie tie-in game so just go ahead and look up all of those.
Lindsay Ellis has done a great three partvideo essay series on The Hobbit movies.
Also mentioned are thePeter Jackson’s King Konggame, thePacific Rimgame, and the 2009 Ghostbusters The Video Game
Just because it deserves further emphasis, here is another video of Kinect Star Wars featuring a versionof YMCA but with lyrics about being in the Empire.
The American Tail game is real andthis Folding Ideas video proves it.
