The Tarnished Legacy of Earthworm Jim | Case File #117

Deep Cuts

English - June 15, 2022 10:27 - 1 hour - 85.1 MB
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He's a beloved video game characters from the 90s, but his creator has gone off the rails in recent years. In the early 90s, Earthworm Jim exploded onto the scene as an absurdist take on video game platformers. Eventually he was spun off into a comic, a cartoon, a toy line, among other things. But the creator of Earthworm Jim has expressed some views in recent years that really make it hard to enjoy the beloved character. On this episode, we discuss the difficult world of Doug TeNapel's Earthworm Jim.
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