In the end, though, we don’t talk much about Chris Pratt, partly because we are so very excited to be joined on the pod by ‘Bath’s Nic Cage’, and discuss the time he turned on Bath’s Christmas lights, and partly because we do talk about a lot of games this week. I hope you’re all proud of us. We’re showing personal growth. Digressions this week include Harrods department store, a lot about Garfield, and Nate doing fat rips on his vape. You can listen above, or on on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, or Pocket Casts. You can find the RSS feed here, and you can discuss the episode on our Discord channel, which has a dedicated room for podcast chat. Music is by Jack de Quidt. Don’t forget to buy some merch. Links Matthew mentions the megastars that are in The Artful Escape as like, weird musical snails, or whatever (I haven’t played it). This contrasts with Twelve Minutes, which he feels is more of a ‘celebrity for talking point’ deal, although I thought the voice acting in it was one of the best things about it. Sean Bean is in a bunch of things, including Oblivion, Hitman 2 and Civ 5. Shout out to the video games of licensed properties using both voice actors doing impressions of the actor from the film, or getting one or two of the Hollywood starlets on board. Or both. We’re talking Guardians Of The Galaxy, Jurassic World Evolution, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds. And of course we could not talk about celebs in games without mentioning Hideo Kojima, especially Death Stranding, which is full of the likenesses of famous people. Kojima seems to be, at times, a man who seems to make games entirely to put his friends in them. The Kevin Smith of games??? Recommendations this week are translated mysteries via Locked Room International, the anti-James Bond James Bond podcast Kill James Bond, and the return of “what if vampires were fucking stupid, though?” TV show What We Do In The Shadows.
