S3E6 – Adaptations

Well, we all know what they say: But, actually, you can do good things with an adaptation. Or “adaption,” which Fred insists on calling it, because he speaks much better English than the rest of us. So we take the rounds and talk about some of our favorite movie/tv show/novel/comic book-to-game adaptations, and vice versa.

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Well, we all know what they say:

But, actually, you can do good things with an adaptation. Or “adaption,” which Fred insists on calling it, because he speaks much better English than the rest of us.

So we take the rounds and talk about some of our favorite movie/tv show/novel/comic book-to-game adaptations, and vice versa. How do you go from a linear storytelling medium to an interactive one? We reach into our bag of tricks and pull out a couple of examples of good — and not so good — adaptations.

Sorry, that’s all I have. Fred was drunk, Gareth was tired, I was stone cold sober but naked. Have fun with that mental image. You’ll be happy to know that the following video is not actually a video of us, but rather of the mp3 you can download from the bottom of this page.

Despite Gareth being beyond tired by the end of it, Fred’s sobriety being a long distant memory, and my flesh noodle curling up into my belly because my bedroom was cold and I didn’t think to bring a t-shirt, we decided to run with the “how would you do a game of…?” posit that Gareth ended the main episode with. It’s fun. You’ll like it.

(Download After Dark mp3)

See you next week!