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Sep 25, 2023

The Immensity of ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ and a Breakthrough Year for Video Game Adaptations

Filed under: Examining the upsides and downsides of gigantic games Press play on the latest episode of Button Mash where Ben Lindbergh and Jess Clemons discuss Jess’s early, spoiler-free impressions

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Examining the upsides and downsides of gigantic games

Press play on the latest episode of Button Mash where Ben Lindbergh and Jess Clemons discuss Jess’s early, spoiler-free impressions of RPG sensation Baldur’s Gate 3 and examine the upsides and downsides of gigantic games (0:48). Later on, they review the TV series Twisted Metal (26:20) and examine how video game adaptations went wrong for so long—and why, in the year of The Last of Us, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Twisted Metal, and more, TV- and moviemakers have finally figured out how to strike gold with games.

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh and Jessica ClemonsProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal

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