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Over the Hedge with Doug Fink (Walloping Websnappers, Novel Gaming, Falling with Style, Skreeonk)
Sometimes a game says it’s based on a comic. Sometimes a movie says it’s based on a comic. And sometimes a game says it’s based on that movie that says it’s based on a comic, and suddenly we’re three layers deep in adaptation lasagna.
This week, we’re cracking open Over the Hedge for the PS2, GameCube, and Xbox—a game that definitely follows the movie’s lead and only politely waves at the original comic strip from across the yard. Expect sneaking, snacking, and more suburban chaos than your average HOA meeting can handle.
Joining the show is Doug Fink (Walloping Web Snappers, Falling with Style, Novel Gaming, and Skreeonk) to help sort out what happens when animals, energy drinks, and licensed games collide in one very busy backyard.
Grab your energy drinks and questionable life choices. I hope you don’t get pinched by the exterminator.
Learn such things as:
- Is the key to all of this the friends you bring along the way?
- Are humans and urban sprawl the real villains here?
- Do you actually need to base a game on a thing to have it be based on the thing?
- And so much more!
You can find Doug on BlueSky @ickybooley and of course all of his wonderful shows on the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective, Walloping Websnappers, Novel Gaming, Falling with Style, and Skreeonk.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
The next episode is going to be Lupin the 3rd Treasure of the Sorcerer King, so get your thoughts ready and over to me if you want to hear them in the show.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Carnival of Glee Creations and Distant Echoes for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who definitely wasn’t feeding the animals yesterday and I have no idea why they keep following him around.
#DougFink #EdgeOfReality #Gamecube #Hammy #newspaper #PS2 #RJ #Stella #Verne #VicariousVisions #Xbox -
L’histoire était trop belle pour qu’on en parle pas un peu plus en détails : comment Vicarious Visions a complètement bidonné son entretien avec Activision pour développer Tony Hawk sur GBA
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L’histoire était trop belle pour qu’on en parle pas un peu plus en détails : comment Vicarious Visions a complètement bidonné son entretien avec Activision pour développer Tony Hawk sur GBA
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L’histoire était trop belle pour qu’on en parle pas un peu plus en détails : comment Vicarious Visions a complètement bidonné son entretien avec Activision pour développer Tony Hawk sur GBA
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L’histoire était trop belle pour qu’on en parle pas un peu plus en détails : comment Vicarious Visions a complètement bidonné son entretien avec Activision pour développer Tony Hawk sur GBA
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L’histoire était trop belle pour qu’on en parle pas un peu plus en détails : comment Vicarious Visions a complètement bidonné son entretien avec Activision pour développer Tony Hawk sur GBA
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #list #videogame #gaming #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartoon #toon #animated #sony #playstation #ps1 #italian #levels #warproom #translation #adaptation #creative #game #play #playing #fun #boredom
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #list #videogame #gaming #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartoon #toon #animated #sony #playstation #ps1 #italian #levels #warproom #translation #adaptation #creative #game #play #playing #fun #boredom
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #list #videogame #gaming #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartoon #toon #animated #sony #playstation #ps1 #italian #levels #warproom #translation #adaptation #creative #game #play #playing #fun #boredom
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #list #videogame #gaming #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartoon #toon #animated #sony #playstation #ps1 #italian #levels #warproom #translation #adaptation #creative #game #play #playing #fun #boredom
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #lista #elenco #videogioco #gaming #crashare #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartone #cartoneanimato #animato #sony #playstation #ps1 #italiano #livelli #warproom #traduzione #adattamento #creativa #gioco #giocare #divertirsi #noia
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #lista #elenco #videogioco #gaming #crashare #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartone #cartoneanimato #animato #sony #playstation #ps1 #italiano #livelli #warproom #traduzione #adattamento #creativa #gioco #giocare #divertirsi #noia
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #lista #elenco #videogioco #gaming #crashare #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartone #cartoneanimato #animato #sony #playstation #ps1 #italiano #livelli #warproom #traduzione #adattamento #creativa #gioco #giocare #divertirsi #noia
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#crash #crashbandicoot #bandicoot #idea #lista #elenco #videogioco #gaming #crashare #woah #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #naughtydog #vicariousvisions #cartone #cartoneanimato #animato #sony #playstation #ps1 #italiano #livelli #warproom #traduzione #adattamento #creativa #gioco #giocare #divertirsi #noia
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#crash #crashbandicoot #crates #crate #box #boxes #idea #list #videogame #gaming #break #crash #spin #spinattack #bellyflop #bodyslam #bounce #tnt #nitro #woah #wowie #akuaku #slide #boom #explosion #blast #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #vivendi #naughtydog #travellerstales #vicariousvisions #beenox #toysforbob #radicalentertainment #cartoon #animatedcartoon #animated #toon #sony #playstation #ps1 #bandicoot #orangebandicoot
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#crash #crashbandicoot #crates #crate #box #boxes #idea #list #videogame #gaming #break #crash #spin #spinattack #bellyflop #bodyslam #bounce #tnt #nitro #woah #wowie #akuaku #slide #boom #explosion #blast #activision #microsoft #universalstudios #universalinteractive #vivendi #naughtydog #travellerstales #vicariousvisions #beenox #toysforbob #radicalentertainment #cartoon #animatedcartoon #animated #toon #sony #playstation #ps1 #bandicoot #orangebandicoot
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Ultimate Spider-Man with Derek B Gayle and Doug Fink (Walloping Websnappers)
Welcome web-slinging warriors and joystick jockeys to another thrilling episode of Play Comics where we untangle the sticky situation of comic-to-game adaptations with the precision of Peter Parker trying to explain away his sudden photography skills! This week we’re diving headfirst into the cel-shaded spectacular that is Ultimate Spider-Man, the 2005 game that took Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley’s comic masterpiece and somehow convinced every gaming platform from here to the Daily Bugle that they needed a piece of this web-slinging action.
Released across more systems than Spider-Man has quips in his arsenal—PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS—this Treyarch-developed adventure let players experience both sides of the symbiote coin. Whether you were swinging through Manhattan as everyone’s favorite wise-cracking wall-crawler or stomping around as the terrifyingly toothy Venom, this game promised to deliver more comic book authenticity than J. Jonah Jameson has anti-Spider-Man editorials.
Joining us for this ultimate discussion are two absolute legends from the podcasting multiverse: Derek B Gayle and Doug Fink, the dynamic duo behind Walloping Websnappers and a whole constellation of other fantastic shows on the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective that may not be directly relevant to our web-slinging shenanigans today, but are undeniably brilliant nonetheless. When they’re not busy dissecting every Spider-Man cartoon ever created or exploring the depths of various other pop culture phenomena, these two bring their encyclopedic knowledge of all things Spider to help us determine whether this game truly captured the essence of the Ultimate universe or if it just left us feeling like we’d been caught in one of Green Goblin’s elaborate schemes.
So dust off those early 2000s gaming controllers, practice your best Venom growl, and prepare for an episode that’s guaranteed to be more entertaining than watching Eddie Brock try to explain his sudden career change from journalism to alien symbiote hosting!
Learn such things as:
- Can you make a game that really fits in with the continuity of the comics AND have it stay that way?
- Will we sucker any artists into making Venomized versions of The Muppets?
- What kind of good butt battle would ensue between Venom and Captain America?
- And so much more!
You can find Derek and Doug on a bunch of stuff on the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective, including Walloping Websnappers, Skreeonk!, and Falling With Style. You can also find Doug on Novel Gaming and on BlueSky @ickybooley. You can also find Derek on Gimmicks and Lee Carvallo’s Podding Challenge, and on BlueSky @derekbgayle. Or you can find Walloping Websnappers on BlueSky @wallopingwebpod and play the game where you guess who is using the account at that moment.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.
A big thanks to Keeping the Zoo and The Wheel Weaves for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would probably make a good theme song for a yet to be made Spider-Man cartoon.
#Activision #DerekBGayle #DougFink #Marvel #SpiderMan #Treyarch #Venom #VicariousVisions
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Batman Begins with Wells Thompson (WellsThompson.com)
Holy cowl-wearing console catastrophe, comic crusaders! This week on Play Comics we’re grappling-hooking our way into the surprisingly deep shadows of 2005’s Batman Begins video game – because apparently someone at Eurocom looked at Christopher Nolan’s gritty reboot and thought, “You know what this needs? A fear meter and the ability to summon actual bats to terrify thugs into submission!”
Released across more platforms than Batman has traumatic childhood memories, this movie tie-in somehow managed to land on PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance without completely embarrassing itself in the process. While most movie games crash and burn faster than if I tried to drive the Batmobile, this stealth-action adventure actually tried to do something interesting with its “High Frequency Transponder” gadget and environmental intimidation mechanics that made enemies drop their weapons in sheer terror.
Joining us for this digital descent into Gotham’s criminal underworld is the incredibly talented Wells Thompson, creative mastermind behind indie comic sensations and the brilliant mind that helped bring us The Scorpion and the Queen (among a bunch of other Kickstarter projects) and the force over at WellsThompson.com. Wells brings his unique perspective on comic storytelling and adaptations to help us figure out whether this game captured the essence of both the Dark Knight’s origin story and Nolan’s cinematic vision, or if it belongs in Arkham Asylum alongside the rest of the movie tie-in disasters.
From the surprisingly robust stealth segments that actually rewarded patience over button-mashing, to those Batmobile sequences that had us questioning our life choices, we’ll explore how this Eurocom-developed title managed to be the last Batman movie to get a proper video game adaptation – and whether that’s a good thing or a tragedy. So grab your utility belt and join us as we investigate whether fear really is the best weapon, or if this game should have stayed in the cave where it belongs!
Learn such things as:
- Where does this game fit into the timeline of the movie?
- Is it a problem that I could just buy the driving parts by themselves?
- How many times can you do the same puzzle?
- And so much more!
You can find Wells on BlueSky @wellsthomp, his newsletter Comics, Cats, and Cocktails, his current Kickstarter The Scorpion and the Queen or just go ahead and see all of his stuff on Kickstarter, and of course his website WellsThompson.com.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.
A big thanks to Capes on the Couch and the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would probably actually use that Batsuite for spelunking.
#Batman #DC #EAGames #Eurocom #GameBoyAdvance #Gamecube #PS2 #VicariousVisions #WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment #WellsThompson #Xbox
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X-2 Wolverine’s Revenge with Matt Storm (Fun and Games, Reignite)
Snikt! Bub, it’s time to sharpen those adamantium claws and dive into the convoluted world of X2: Wolverine’s Revenge! This week on Play Comics we’re slashing our way through a game that’s as confusing as Wolverine’s own backstory.
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of this peculiar title that’s supposedly based on X2: X-Men United but seems to have more in common with a fever dream induced by too much Canadian beer. We’ll explore how this hack-and-slash adventure managed to claw its way onto the GameCube, PS2, Xbox, and even the tiny screen of the Game Boy Advance.
Joining us on this wild ride is none other than Matt Storm from the “Fun” and Games podcast. Together we’ll dissect this game faster than Wolverine’s healing factor, examining everything from Mark Hamill’s gravelly voice work to the inexplicable absence of Hugh Jackman’s luscious locks.
So grab your favorite yellow spandex, pour yourself a glass of maple syrup, and get ready to rage! This episode is about to go berserker!
Learn such things as:
- Is it a feature or a bug when a game isn’t really based on a movie?
- Gameplay wise, how can you properly handle a character with a healing factor?
- Have Wolverine fans gotten enough stuff thrown their way yet?
- And so much more!
You can find Matt @dj_stormageddon on Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch, @djstormageddon on BlueSky, and to check out all of the shows they do check out DJStormageddon.com for “Fun” and Games (for looks at video games), Reignite (for a deep look at a video game series which started in the mass Effect universe and is now in the Dragon Age universe), or Screen Snark (which has ended but when I checked you could still grab episodes).
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.
A big thanks to Capes on the Couch and 253 Mathilde for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who makes pulled pork mostly so they can use those claw shredders we talk about in the episode.
#GameBoyAdvance #Gamecube #GenePoolSoftware #Marvel #MattStorm #PS2 #VicariousVisions #WarthogGames #Wolverine #Xbox
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Vicarious Visions arbeitete an einem 3D-Donkey-Kong-Platformer-Spiel
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Knockout City is the best team-deathmatch game we’ve played in years - You can practically hear the ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1767146 #vicariousvisions #gaming&culture #electronicarts #knockoutcity #velanstudios #features #ea
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Blizzard absorbs acclaimed Activision studio as a dedicated “support” team - Enlarge (credit: Blizzard Entertainment)
The corporate-behemoth organism that is Blizzard Enterta... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1736905 #vicariousvisions #gaming&culture #warcraftiii #activision #warcraft3 #blizzard #diabloiv
