Nick’s Video Game Movie Trivia - Game Showdown

Summary

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Kinda Funny Gamescast: Game Showdown — Nick’s Video Game Movie Trivia

Episode Date: October 27, 2025
Host: Nick Scarpino
Contestants: Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller (Team Blue), Snowbike Mike (Team Purple), Tim Gettys (Team Orange)
Guests/Judges/Staff: Blessing Adeoye Jr., Roger (Producer), Kevin (Scorekeeper)
Main Theme:
An energetic, hilarious competition testing contestants’ knowledge of video game movies, featuring fast-paced trivia, off-the-cuff banter, rants about past injustices, chaotic point-giving, and the chaos only Kinda Funny can bring.

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Episode Overview

This special episode of Game Showdown transforms the Kinda Funny crew into contestants for a raucous, joke-filled journey through video game movie trivia. Hosted by Nick Scarpino, the show features rapid-fire questions about infamous directors, bizarre adaptations, and deep-cut gaming moments, all interlaced with signature Kinda Funny banter. The episode is equal parts trivia showdown and comedy hour, as the crew struggles with busted buzzers, dubious point allocations, and each other’s antics.

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Key Discussion Points and Segments

1. Introductions and Apologies (01:30-04:25)

• Nick sets the chaotic tone as the game show host, joking about previous feedback:
  “Was that okay for teeth this time? ... last time my grin was too big.” (01:54)
• Greg delivers a “not-so-brief” apology for his previous week’s behavior, defending himself against fans who called him “whiny.”
  “It’s disgusting that in 2025 so few of you have a fucking spine … but not me. I won’t be silenced …” (02:53-03:18)
• Snowbike Mike apologizes to “Patreon producer Carl Jacobs ... my grandmother, and Danielle Z.” for wearing a Red Sox jersey as a Yankees fan.
  “I’m a New York Yankees fan for life. Okay? That’s for you, New York.” (03:32-03:58)

2. Opening Trivia — Big Video Game Movie Flop (04:45-06:12)

• Question: “In 2001, the most expensive video game movie of all time was created with an all-star cast featuring Alec Baldwin, James Woods, and Steve Buscemi. What is the title of the film?”
  • Tim guesses Tomb Raider – Incorrect
  • Greg and Mike guess Doom and Pixels – Incorrect
  • Tim (in a second round) correctly answers:
    “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.” (06:00)
    • “I wish you answered that first, Tim, because that is the correct answer!” – Nick (06:12)
  • Nick admits he didn’t fact-check Roger’s questions—a running joke throughout.

3. The Rules (07:30-09:21)

• Nick explains the “Round Robin” format: Simple buzz-in questions about video game movies.
• Banter about technical difficulties and busted buzzers.
• Blessing compares Nick’s hosting style to Bowser in Mario Party:
  “All the rules go out the window. You do what you want. Have fun.” (08:41)
• Nick bestows chaotic “just-because” points:
  “You know what, Mike? You’ve been real quiet … You get 10 points for being awesome.” (08:13-08:21)

4. Video Game Movie Deep Cuts (09:22-21:02)

Infamous Directors and Movie Adaptations

• Q: Name the “infamous film director of the 2000s specializing in video game movies.”
  • Tim: “Uwe Boll.” (10:19)—Correct.
• Q: Name two Uwe Boll films.
  • Mike jokes, listing Resident Evil movies (wrong).
  • Greg: House of the Dead, Dead or Alive (partly right).
  • Tim: House of the Dead and Postal (Correct). (11:35-11:40)
  • Nick gives Mike points anyway for entertainment.

Resident Evil Movies — “Price Is Right” Round

• Q: “How many theatrical Resident Evil movies have been released?” (13:34)
  • Greg: 6
  • Mike: 5
  • Tim: 7 — Correct (“You can’t forget Welcome to Raccoon City!”) (14:03-14:07)

Silly/Curveball Questions

• Q: “Is Pixels a good movie?”

  • All answer wrong or dodge giving a straight answer. Nick: “Incorrect.” (14:29)

• Q: “Which Hong Kong action director created a 2007 video game sequel to his film Hard-Boiled?”

  • Blank stares, wild guesses.
  • Answer: Stranglehold (16:03)

• Q: “Who played Cammy in the 1994 Street Fighter movie?” (16:38)

  • Nobody knows; Nick reveals it was Kylie Minogue (17:09).
  • Bonus: Which Pauly Shore film did Minogue appear in?
    • Greg: “Biodome” (17:34)—Correct.

Platform Overload: Spider-Man 3 (18:13-20:45)

• Q: Name all eight consoles that Spider-Man 3 released on in 2007.
  • Everyone frantically writes lists; Greg wins with seven correct.

Cameo Actors

• Q: Which actor from Hackers appeared in the 2023 Five Nights at Freddy’s?
  • Mike: “Matthew Lillard.” (21:34)—Correct.

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5. “Taylor-Made” Lightning Round (21:55-25:50)

New mini-round: Individual questions worth 20 points, 15 seconds to answer.

• Mike: “What’s the first Ghostbusters game (1984)?” Technically answers “Ghostbusters: The Movie: The Game,” gets points anyway for saying “Ghostbusters.” (22:29-22:38)

• Tim: “Name a director associated with a canceled Halo movie.”

  • “Neil Blomkamp.” (23:22)—Correct.

• Greg: Gets a joke history question about Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: guesses “1932” (24:42), after discussing Valiant Hearts (humorous confusion about when World Wars happened); eventually, Mike, after a multiple-choice hint, gets the actual answer: “1914.” (25:39)

• Recap—Kevin reports scores:

  • Team Blue: 20
  • Team Orange: 60
  • Team Purple: 70

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6. “Critical Hit” — Review-Based Trivia (28:12-35:20)

Contestants hear three review blurbs and must guess the video game movie and then its Rotten Tomatoes score for bonus points.

Round 1:

• Clue: “I just don’t get the feeling I want from a survival horror movie…” (29:09)
  • Mike: Resident Evil 2
  • Greg: Until Dawn — Incorrect.
  • Actual Answer: Silent Hill.
  • Rotten Tomatoes score guessed: Greg: 54. Actual: 52. “So close.” (30:00)

Round 2:

• Clue: “Chases through airports… helicopter hurling into skyscrapers… more fun as an interactive game.” (30:33)

  • Tim: Uncharted — Incorrect.

  • Greg: Need for Speed — Incorrect.

  • Mike: Tomb Raider — Incorrect.

  • Second blurb: “Starring Timothy Olyphant… who’s human and who’s not.”

    • Greg: Hitman — Correct (32:05)

  • Rotten Tomatoes: Tim guesses “52,” actual is “8.” (32:38-32:46)

Round 3:

• Clue: “If you’re not a franchise devotee, imagine watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit after a PCP binge…”
  • Mike: Borderlands
  • Greg: Pixels
  • Mike: Looney Tunes: Back in Action
  • Second blurb: “People who think the main character is adorable and don’t care what happens…”
    • Tim: Pokémon Detective Pikachu — Correct (34:49)
  • Rotten Tomatoes guess: “69,” actual: “68.” (35:03-35:07)

Round 4:

• Clue: “Just your basic aliens ripoff with the name of a formerly popular video game franchise kicked on.”
  • Tim: Doom — Correct (35:38)
  • Rotten Tomatoes guess: “47,” actual: “18.” (35:54)

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7. Final Scores and Star Tracker Update (36:06–37:47)

• Kevin (Scorekeeper):

  • Team Blue: 50
  • Team Purple: 70
  • Team Orange: 130 (Winner: Tim Gettys)

  “Team Orange is in the lead so far for the season, but we’ll see if they can keep up next week.” — Blessing (37:34)

• Tim receives the coveted “star,” Greg jokes:
  “I can’t believe I won this episode. I was sure that somehow there was gonna be some hand in that place. I won’t do that, but it feels good.” (37:40)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Greg’s Opening Rant:
  “It’s disgusting that in 2025 so few of you have a fucking spine … but not me. I won’t be silenced and neither will the dozens of people who are on the right side of history.” (02:53-03:18)

• On Hosting Chaos:
  “I view you the way I view Bowser in Mario Party, where, like, all the rules go out the window. You do what you want. Have fun.” — Blessing (08:41)

• Nick on Points:
  “Let’s give 10 points for being awesome. Had some technical difficulties, and Mike is really holding it down right now.” (08:13-08:21)

• Greg on Buzzers:
  “I don’t know if you can call your employees’ runs cute. Roger, edit that.” (09:37)

• Mike on Ghostbusters Game:
  “Ghostbusters. The movie. The game.” (22:38)

• Greg’s History Fumble:
  “1932? For the thing that led to World War I…? You know, I played Valiant Hearts.” (24:42)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment | |----------|------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:30 | Host intro and apologies | | 04:45 | First major video game movie trivia question | | 07:30 | Explanation of Round Robin rules and comic interlude | | 10:19 | Infamous director (Uwe Boll) trivia | | 13:34 | “How many Resident Evil movies?” contest | | 18:13 | Spider-Man 3—Platform overload round | | 21:55 | Taylor-made individual trivia round | | 28:12 | “Critical Hit” review-based movie guessing | | 36:06 | Score recap and awarding the star |

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Tone & Style

Fast-paced, unpredictable, and irreverently nerdy, this episode is a prime example of Kinda Funny’s chemistry—equal parts genuine trivia and unserious chaos. Nick Scarpino’s wild card hosting keeps competitors (and the scorekeeper) on their toes, while every tangent, technical error, or aggressive buzzer hit becomes fodder for comedy. The camaraderie and rivalry between Greg, Mike, and Tim make every point—earned or stolen—feel like a win for the audience.

Transcript

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I'm back. And that means we're doing more movie trivia. Video game Movie trivia. Welcome back to Game Showdown. What's up, everybody? Welcome to Game Showdown. I'm going to be your host and this episode is presented to you by 5 Hour Energy. Blast through Outer Worlds 2 InStyle with an exclusive skin for your raptodon in Game Pet. Brought to you by five Hour Energy. When you purchase a Purple Berry Punch or mock melon brew 5 hour energy product, you'll receive an unique code to unlock exclusive the Outer Worlds 2 in game content. I'm your host, Nick Scarpino. You know who I am. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. How was that for teeth? Was that okay for teeth this time? Okay. Because we tried that before and I got some feedback from the peanut gallery that my grin was too big. Rounding out our team here, first up, Greg Miller.

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Hi. How are you?

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Team Blue.

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That's right. Champion.

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Yeah.

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Repeat, robbed last week. I would like to apologize. I saw a lot of comments. I saw a lot of comments on the comments of the show, on the subreddit, that great episode of Game Showdown, except that Greg was being a little whiny baby about it and all this different stuff. And so I would like to Apologize to everyone who was on the right side of history and protested with me that you have to put up with these fucking slugs in the comments who are like, no, he should have just accepted getting screwed over. They stole it from him. But it's okay. That's how it is. It's disgusting that in 2025 so few of you have a fucking spine that you are so afraid to stand up to Big Roger Picorny big blessing. Adio ye Jr. But not me. I won't be silenced and neither will the dozens of people who are on the right side of history.

[B]

Well, thank you for that, Greg. That very brief and pointless comment. Second on the team, Mr. Snowbike Mike on team Purple.

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What up, Nick? It's great to have you hosting and I didn't know we were doing an episode about apologizing because I have to apologize as well. I had a bit here planned. I would like to apologize to Carl Jacobs, our incredible Patreon producer, to my grandmother and Danielle Z. Because I've been wearing this Boston Red Sox jersey and I don't mean it. Okay? I'm a New York Yankees fan for life. Okay? That's for you, New York.

[B]

Is this how the show What?

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Yes, Nick, this is how this show.

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This is how this show normally goes.

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There are people here showing up to compete in some video game trivia and they just have to deal with nonsense, but shout out, New York.

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Shout out, Mike, how big is this jersey?

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This jersey I thought was gonna fit me somehow. It's a Dr.

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Okay, It's a moo moo.

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You look like a kid in his dad's baseball jersey at the game.

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And rounding out our contestants, the one, the only, Mr. Tim Giddies on his favorite color team, orange. And we're starting off with a trivia question worth 10 points and a chance to start off strong. You're going to buzz in for the answer. Contestants, are you ready? Yes. Ready. Sounds like Mike, the biggest Yankee fan on the planet. Are you ready?

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Ready.

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Glad to have you, Mike.

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I'm like the captain Derek Jeter. Ready for the action.

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Here's your first question. In 2001, the most expensive video game movie of all time was created or of that time was created with an all star cast featuring Alec Baldwin, Tim Geddes.

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I mean, this must be Lara. Tomb Raider. Correct.

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That is incorrect.

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Yep, 2001.

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Alec Baldwin, James woods and Steve Bushimi. What is the title of the film?

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It's the expensive bit. That's one. I don't know the cast either, but it's you know what I mean, the fact that he's making such a big deal about that.

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But 2001.

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Yeah.

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I feel like just whatever was coming out would have been. No.

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Greg Miller.

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Doom.

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Incorrect. No. Mike. Mike. Yes.

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I was gonna say doom. Thank you.

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You gotta swing.

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You know what?

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When I hear Steve Buscemi, I think of one guy. Pixels.

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No, not in 2001. Way too early.

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Put it on the board.

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Do we get to. Do we get to do another round?

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No, No, I actually do want to do one more round. I'm gonna allow this, Tim. Okay, we're gonna go by.

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I surprisingly have never seen this movie, but Final Fantasy Spirits Within.

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Oh, I did watch that.

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Is that your final answer?

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It.

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Is that your only answer?

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Yeah, no, I had an answer.

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I wish you to answer that first, Tim, because that is the correct answer. And you know what?

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I saw that in theaters and can't tell you who was in it.

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Wow.

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I mean, Roger wrote that question and I didn't bother fact checking it. Let's give Tim points for that. Why not?

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Thank you.

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Let's go, Tim. Thank you for that. Remember? Of course.

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Five points.

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What's that?

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Can I have five points?

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No. We're not bargaining for points. But you.

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I wasn't bargaining. I was asking. There's a difference.

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Well, you did help him get to the answer by getting the wrong answer first. And you do look really good in this incredible crewneck that you're wearing right now. Thank you, Greg. Where can people find that crew neck?

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You got that homage. Homage.

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It fits so well.

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It's a me episode.

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Exactly.

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We're throwing everyone for a loop.

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Yeah.

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Okay. So you guys got to like it. We'll like it. The rules are simple. Round Robin is a pretty straightforward question and answer game about video games. What happened?

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Don't worry about it.

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Just run.

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Just roll it. Just roll it. All right. We're gonna Go with it. Sorry. People were just screaming in the background, and Roger waved to me and he said goodbye. I like to believe Roger's going on a little.

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Wow, what a surprise. Roger screaming in here, throwing everyone off their game, and then acting like nothing's wrong. And that Mike deserves points. I'm shocked.

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You know what, Mike? You know what? You've been real quiet this whole time.

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Don't fucking do it.

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You've been. You've been.

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Don't you fucking do it. This doesn't matter to you.

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Very professional. Thank you. Very lovely to work with.

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Thank you.

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I'm gonna give you 10 points for that. Let's give 10 points for being awesome. Had some technical difficulties, and Mike is really holding it down right now.

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Why are you lessing? You're clappy back there. You like the order. You're responsible for the show.

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Talk Lessing.

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Thanks for the week off, Nick.

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It was great. I love that you have the week off, but you're still here supporting the show, and I appreciate that.

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You make it entertaining. Here's my thing, right?

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I like change for this show.

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I like order. You know what I mean?

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I like rules.

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And so would I have let them guess again for the opening question? No, you. I mean, would I just give Mike points? No. But I view you the way I view Bowser and Mario Party, where, like, all the rules go out the window. You do what you want. Have fun.

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Thanks, Blessing. I appreciate that about you, actually. Round of applause for blessing everyone for coming out on his day off as God given Sunday. Do we need to take the intro of that again or are we okay?

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No, we're fine.

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We roll.

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Okay. We are fantastic. The rules are simple. Round robin is pretty straightforward. Question, answer game about video games. This one. Video game, movies. I'll give you a question. You have your buzzers that you'll use and try to buzz in and answer that question. You can buzz in once per round. You. If you give the correct answer, that's 10 points. Contestants, are you ready?

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Yeah. Ready.

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Okay. Yeah.

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Roger. Oh, it runs out of the.

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It's hard to concentrate when I hear Roger every five seconds go, oh, and then do that cute little run he does where he looks like he has a turd in there.

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I don't know if you can call your employees. Runs.

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Cute. Roger edit that.

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I think the buzzer machine broke or something. Oh, okay.

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I think it died off. Battery. Yeah. Roger's got to sit on the ground now to be close to a power outlet.

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I tell you, I've never seen such a Freaked out look from Roger, where he looked at me. He's like, fuck. And then runs across the room to, I think, plug in in or something.

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He does his cute run across the room.

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The Reddit's right,

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Roger. Are we ready, contestants, are you ready?

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Yes.

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Question number one for round robin. Throughout the 2000s, there was an infamous film director that specialized in directing. Greg Miller. Nope. Nope. I apologize.

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Huey Boll.

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That is correct. Wow.

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Wow.

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Clap it up.

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Good job.

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You got that.

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You knew that, right, Greg?

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Yeah, 100%. That's why. But I thought I had it, too. Fucking fat fingers.

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Mine or yours?

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Mine.

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Great.

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I was slowing the draw. He got me. He got me. Honestly, for once, he didn't have to go fucking to the electoral college to beat me.

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Wow. Question number two. Uwa Bol. As it's pronounced, Directed six original video game adaptations. Can anyone name me two of them? Snowbike Mike.

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Resident Evil 1. Resident Evil 2. Resident Evil 3. Resident Evil 4. Apocalypse. Resident Evil 5, Extinction. Resident Evil 7, the Scarecrow.

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I'm gonna say. No, I'm gonna say Greg Miller.

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I only got one, I think, and that's upsetting. No, I'm just letting you know what it was. House of the Dead. And then it was. Didn't he do A, E? Did he do Dead or Alive? Was there a Dead or alive? I'm gonna say dead or alive.

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Incorrect.

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Tim Gettys, let's go. House of the Dead and Postal.

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Correct. But you know what? Because Mike named more than one Resident Evil movie, I'm gonna give him 10 points.

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But he also.

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10 points on that. I'm gonna give it to him.

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You were nailing it, and then you

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were like, I'm running shadow. Roger, sit under that desk and charge that goddamn thing. Looks like he's in an earthquake drill over there.

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What's he doing?

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Is he.

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Stop dropping and rolling. All right, number three, Lock in.

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A lot of a second screen experience, this one, so people know.

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Come on over.

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Instagram.com gameover Gregory, you can see my old story there. There it is.

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We gotta not give out more points. I'm vetoing the rest of the points being given.

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All right, he is. He is my boss, so I will veto the rest.

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Fair enough.

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Points here. But Mike.

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So Mike got those points.

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I mean, the points are there.

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The points have been said. The points.

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Where am I at points wise?

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30.

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You're just worth 10 points.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Yes, they're worth 10 points. You had 40 for a second there. I think that was a miscalculation. 10 points

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don't also be about you, Abel.

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This is a numbers game.

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Love it.

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You're each going to give me a different number. The person with the number closest to the answer without going over the points gets the Price is Right rules. This is Price is Right rules.

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Do we buzz or we just.

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You don't have to buzz for this, actually, why don't you pick up your boards here for this?

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We'll do this.

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Don't show each other your work. I'm saying Mike's name first. But I want you guys to know you're all being asked this question. But I'm saying Mike's name. That is incorrect. Him. Smells wonderful. Well, you can put good after that. Show it to the. Oh, you're writing a lot more now. Now, the joke is. Okay, well, you can't show that to the audience. You can't see that. Lock it in. I'm saying Mike's name on this, but I want everyone. Why are you saying this question? I just want him to feel supported.

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We gotta write the number.

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How many theatrical Resident Evil movies have been released? How many theatrical Resident Evil movies? Are you ready?

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Yeah.

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All right, Greg, let's start with you.

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Six.

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Six, Mike.

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Five.

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Seven.

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Ooh.

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Seven is correct.

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God damn it.

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You can't forget. Welcome to Raccoon City.

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You can't forget that. Hands on the buzzers. First one that buzzes in wins the 10 points. Question number four. Is pixels a good movie?

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Oh, fuck, yeah, it is. Come on now.

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Incorrect. Tim?

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No.

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Incorrect. Mike, It's a good bad movie. Incorrect. I haven't seen it.

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Good answer.

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I couldn't tell you.

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Could not tell you.

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Never look back, ever.

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Question number five.

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Pac man bites off his creator's hand. It's awesome.

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Wow. Oh, that sucks.

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Isn't the trick.

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Does it grow back? No. Oh, that's a bummer. Question number five. Visionary Hong Kong action director John Woo entered the video game space with this 2007 title that featured a sequence to his classic. Excuse me. That featured as a sequel to his classic film, Hard Boiled. What's the name of this game 2007 title that featured as a sequel the classic Heart.

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Oh, I remember this.

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Dead or Alive.

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Just taking the stabs in the dark. I appreciate you. That is incorrect.

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Say it again.

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Let's try again. Visionary Hong Kong director, action director John Woo entered the video game space with this 2007 title that was a sequel to his classic film Hardboiled. What's the name of the game? What is the title of the game?

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Man, this one's Gonna. I'm gonna be annoyed when I hear it because I remember this being a thing at ign. This was a big deal.

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Any guesses? I'll give you guys 10 more seconds. Tim Geddes tits, man. That was a Snowbike Mike ass answer. And that is incorrect, unfortunately.

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You gotta take a shot, Greg.

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Would you like to take a stab?

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I mean, no.

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Really?

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Because I don't. I mean, no, no.

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The answer to this question is Stranglehold. Yeah, tough one.

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Roger wrote that in there.

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Roger made that up.

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Blame that on him. Question number six. Buzzing. To answer, Street Fighter is being adapted into another theatrical film coming out next year. The cast includes Cody Rhodes as Guile, Jason Momoa as Blanca, and Mel Johnson is Cami

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50 Cent.

[B]

Incorrect.

[E]

Continue.

[B]

Who played Cami in the 1994 movie Street Fighter?

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Is Cammy confirmed for the new one? How did I miss that? We had to do an update podcast. Bless,

[B]

Man. Greg Miller.

[C]

Meryl Streep.

[B]

Wow. Great que. Great guess. Strong guess. Incorrect guess, though.

[E]

I do not know.

[B]

All right, the answer is Kylie Minogue.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

Is he a singer?

[B]

You know he's a singer.

[E]

Did the Locomotion.

[B]

And this is the first ever that I know of. Bonus question based off of that question. Buzzing again. Ten points to the first person who can name the Pauly Shore movie 50

[E]

Cent

[B]

that Kylie Renault also was in. Greg Miller.

[C]

Biodome.

[B]

Biodome is correct for points on the board. 10 points. This is a fun show.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

For the record, I don't know who was she in Biodome? Was she one of the girlfriends or

[B]

was she one of the scientists? Female scientists.

[C]

Oh, she was on the female science, yeah. Was she the one fruit at the

[B]

bottom waiting to be other? Oh, it might have been her, actually. I don't know. I couldn't.

[C]

Well, Kylie Minogue, I'll tell you right now, if you're watching, you're a chameleon, because I think I know what you look like, but I apparently don't.

[B]

Well, she's a huge fan of the show, but she's not gonna watch this episode. She's a huge fan of Blessing.

[E]

This is semi, like, related. I always thought that Kylie Minogue was the woman from the Resident Evil movies, but she wasn't.

[C]

Mila Jojovich. Mila Jovovich.

[B]

Same amount of syllables.

[C]

She was also in the Monster Hunter movie. Did I just give you a point for later? We'll find out.

[B]

Watch out, gentlemen. Buzzers down, whiteboards out. I'm gonna read this whole thing first before we start the 2007 video game adaptation of Spider Man 3, released on a whopping eight consoles. I will give you all 60 seconds to write down these eight consoles. The person with the most correct wins. Your time starts now. What year again? 2007. This is one I want Roger to check me on. Cause it's a lot of information and he could check me on. His thumbs are up. Thanks, Roger. Let's get him a chair. It's Roger or little stepstool. Let's bring him a chair. This is a banger of a track. This is a Nintendo track. Nintendo.

[C]

No, this is. No, no. This is just royalty free.

[B]

That sounds like that.

[C]

Remember we ran from.

[E]

How many did you say there were?

[C]

Eight.

[E]

Okay, cool.

[B]

Mike, ready? All right, timer off here. Tim, let's start with you, actually.

[E]

All right, 2007, Spider Man 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3, Xbox 3. 6, 0.

[B]

Greg, turn it around. Let's see.

[C]

Mine is PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, DS, and PSP.

[D]

I have PS2.

[B]

I think Mike's written eight down.

[D]

I have PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Xbox 360 piece, PS3, 3DS, Game Boy advance, and PC.

[B]

Okay, let's circle the answers here. The answers are PlayStation 3, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2. Got it. The Xbox 360.

[D]

Got it.

[B]

Windows, I assume, means PC. We Game Boy Advanced. Sorry, I thought you were on a roll there. I thought you were gonna miss that one. Unfortunately, Nintendo DS and the venerable PlayStation Portable.

[C]

I got seven, Greg.

[B]

Tim, how many did you get?

[E]

Six.

[B]

Six, Mike.

[D]

I have five, but how about a 3Ds? You know what I think?

[C]

No, that doesn't count.

[B]

3Ds was fantastic, Mike. Unfortunately, Greg wins that round. The points go to him.

[C]

Review this for ignore.

[F]

I know you get this. This feeling that you want to give people extra points. I do. Do this thing called the tip of

[C]

the hat, where no points, though they

[F]

know points, but, you know, maybe or may not they come with a bonus star toward the end of the season. And so if somebody says something cool, feel free, just give them a tip of the hat.

[E]

We don't do that in this episode, you know.

[B]

God, we're gonna tip a lot of hats because I'm loving. I'm just loving my energy.

[D]

50 Cent.

[B]

He's got a hat for you, Mike. Tip of the hat.

[D]

That's a tip that.

[B]

Keeping the comedy going here, Mike.

[C]

Katie G. Good luck. Try to keep up with all this. When he starts taking him back, Roger,

[B]

come out from underneath the table and Give him a little bonus star toward the end of the episode there. Which actor from Hackers appeared in the 2023 film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's? Michael?

[D]

Matthew Lillard.

[B]

Matthew Lillard is correct.

[D]

Michael. Michael.

[B]

Tip of the hat, Michael. That's why I gave you that tip of the hat right there.

[C]

That is Shaggy Doo, everybody. Scooby Doo's dad.

[D]

He also said tip of the hatch. Yeah, tip of the hat. That's two.

[B]

From here on out, everyone, correct answers are worth 20.

[C]

Hey.

[B]

And I'm not asking questions to the group. These are Taylor, the questions tailor made for each contestant. And you only have 15 seconds to answer. We will start with Michael.

[D]

Oh, thank you.

[B]

Mike. Your respect for Greg is so strong that you think of him when you smoke weed and how you've disappointed him by doing drugs. I hate it. To test your bond, I have. I have to ask you, what is the name of the first Ghostbusters game ever released in 1984?

[D]

What is.

[B]

Yep.

[D]

Ghostbusters. The movie. The game.

[B]

You know, we're gonna give it to you. You had Ghostbusters in there. You had Ghostbusters in there.

[E]

Excuse me.

[C]

What does it say on the sheet? What does the answer say?

[B]

Ghostbusters.

[F]

Exactly.

[C]

It just says fucking N. Just read the game.

[B]

But he said, what is Ghostbusters? But then he put a pause in it. And then to me, that means that's a period.

[E]

Well, the pause came after the movie, and then he just added the game because it felt incomplete.

[B]

But I don't listen to them. He showed his work, and that's what I'll say. He showed his work. Tim.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Your love of Halo and film is well known. Name one director who has been previously associated with a canceled Halo movie. Good question.

[E]

Neil Blomkamp.

[B]

Neil Blomkamp is correct. Good job, Tim.

[E]

Ooh.

[B]

Tied with Mike. That's crazy.

[D]

That's crazy, lamb.

[B]

That's wild Lesson. What an insane thing we're doing here today.

[C]

Gregory, he's ahead of him now.

[B]

Oh, shit. Right? These are worth 20 points. You know what, Greg? Tip of the hat to you.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Greg.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You're the biggest Ghostbusters fan that I know.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

You even loved Ghostbusters, the Frozen Empire,

[C]

because it was good.

[B]

Even though most people rightfully believe it's bad. No, but even though it's bad.

[C]

You didn't say it was bad.

[B]

It still grossed $88 million internationally, including over $300,000 in Hungary. So tell me, Greg, in which year was Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the presumed heir of the throne for Austria, Hungary assassinated, sparking the power cave. That World War I. Yeah, yeah. The World War I year. Did that happen for the great question.

[C]

You know, and there's only been these two world wars, so it should be that. You know what I mean?

[B]

You know, we're. We're trying to get a third one out the door. We just can't figure it out.

[C]

I played Valiant hearts, 1932.

[B]

1932?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

For the thing that led to World War I one. When did World War II happen? Greg? You know I'm not gonna put you on the spot. Greg. That is incorrect. Gentlemen, you have a chance to. Tim.

[E]

1917.

[B]

Ooh, a great movie. But not the year we're looking for. This is multiple choice. You could have waited.

[D]

But that's okay.

[B]

That is okay. I appreciate you, Michael. The multiple choice goes to you. What year was Archduke. Don't. What year was Archduke Franz Fernet assassinated? Is it a 2021 B. You can tell who wrote this question? 2024. C. 2010.

[E]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Or D 1914.

[C]

Too close to Titanic.

[D]

A lot of great answers there. I'm going to go with D19.

[B]

Final answer. That is my final. That is correct. That is the year that happened. Kevin, what is the score recap?

[G]

The scores are as follows. At the bottom, team blue with 20 points. At the middle, team orange with 60 points. And at the tippy top, team purple with 70 points.

[C]

We're very proud of you.

[B]

But ladies and gentlemen, the show is not over yet. But we do want to. What said?

[C]

Anybody's game.

[B]

But it is in fact anybody's game. You've given. You've gotten too many tips at the hat. You're a little tipsy. But you know who's not tipsy? Our wonderful sponsor. Let's hear from them.

[E]

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[B]

Wild thing is, you could. I could just sing a song right now and you would just continue know all the lyrics to that song. But you don't know that World War I happened before World War II.

[C]

It's. Well, no, I just don't know when World War II happened either. You know, think about it. Anything. Anything.

[B]

Like, let's play Critical Hit. The rules are simple, ladies and gentlemen. Critical Hit is a game about video game movie reviews. I'm gonna read you review blurbs about a video game movie and it's up to you to buzz in and guess the movie based on the review. Each round has three different blurbs for the for the same game. The earlier you guess the game, the more points you get. Excuse me? The movie, the more points you get. With a max of 30 points per round. But you have only one guess per blurb. I'll read three you want. You guys.

[E]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. The add on. If you get the movie right, you have the chance to guess the exact Rotten Tomatoes score of the movie for a critical hit to double your points for the round. Are you ready?

[E]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Round one. This is from Heaven or Horror. Gave it a two out of five. But I like what I see. I just don't get the feeling I want from my survival horror movie. This is due to the story, which I know is based on a video game, but I need to care more about these characters. No bike. Mike.

[D]

Resident Evil 2.

[B]

A good guess. Incorrect. Greg.

[C]

Until dawn is correct. Thank you.

[B]

Nice. Wow. Yeah. That.

[C]

Tim, is that you're bad? Silent Hill.

[B]

Now can you guess the tomato score? The rotten Tomato score?

[C]

Can you? I. I'm unfamiliar with Rotten Tomatoes. So am I. Is it like Metacritic where it's gonna be like a 67 or something like that? Okay, cool. For until dawn, we'll give it a hot 54.

[D]

So close.

[B]

It was 52. Okay. That's wild. Blessing just made an audible gasp and now I'M wondering if I need to give you points for that blessing. Can I get a weigh in on that?

[C]

He says yes.

[B]

He said, yeah, he got very close to that. But. But producer Roger said specifically, I have to do the exact score for that.

[F]

Yeah, no, it has to be the exact score. That said, he guessed it on the first blur, which means he does get a hefty 30 points for.

[C]

Hey, there you go.

[B]

Could have been 60. Could have been 60. You don't know your history. Round two.

[C]

I don't know history until ball and Metacrit.

[B]

Tim is locked in. Mike is wondering what his next meal will be. And Greg is just really pissed off about that World War I. World War II question from the Independent. Gave it a two out of five. Some of the set pieces, chases through the airport, fights on a train track, car chases or helicopter hurling into. We just buzzed, Tim. Uncharted. Incorrect.

[C]

Can you start from the top, please?

[B]

Some of the set pieces, chases to the airport, fights on train tracks, car crashes, or helicopter hurling into the skyscrapers are very nifty choreographed. But you can't help thinking this would be more fun as an interactive game. All right.

[C]

I mean, I get a shot in the next.

[B]

You do get a shot.

[C]

Need for speed.

[B]

Incorrect. Michael, you want to take a stab at this?

[D]

Yeah, I'll take a lock. Take a lock in on this. You know, hurling cars through skyscrapers, that's exciting. Main tracks. Those are cool.

[B]

Yeah. Yep.

[D]

This is giving vibes of Tomb Raider,

[B]

but the new one a good guess. Incorrect. Moving on to blurb number two from the Toronto Star gave it a 1.5 out of four and said who's human and who's not consumes much of the running time of this rot action film which vainly attempts to revive a forgotten video game spinoff starring Timothy Oliphant. Mr. Greg Miller.

[C]

Hitman.

[B]

Hitman.

[C]

Oh, blood money. First assassin.

[B]

Bald guy. So close.

[C]

Hitman does cry.

[B]

So close. Tim Gettys.

[E]

Hitman Agent 47 is what we were

[B]

looking for there, Tim. Great job.

[C]

Great job.

[D]

I'll remember that.

[B]

Now, Tim, of course, for a chance to double those points you just got, can you guess the rotten tomatoes score? 52. A good number and really would have helped Greg out in the last round.

[C]

It would have.

[B]

That is incorrect. The Rotten Tomato score was in fact a whopping 8. That movie was that bad? Apparently.

[C]

Wowzers.

[B]

Yeah. Remember this was. They made the one with Timothy Oliphant first, and then that was so bad they were like, we gotta get another stab at this. So they recast a different actor. And it was pretty atrocious, the horror

[C]

I had when we were watching Alien Earth and Timothy Oliphant's name came up at the end and Jen said, who

[B]

was he in this?

[C]

And I was like, what are you talking about? He was the guy with silver hair. He's awesome. She's like, oh, my God. Hitman was in this. I'm like, how do you only know him as Hitman? How is that the fucking poll you're making right now?

[B]

Likes to fly under the radar, just like me.

[C]

Yeah, you're very quiet.

[B]

Round three. Timeout. Gave this a three out of five and said, if you're not a franchise devotee, imagine watching who Framed Roger Rabbit after a PCP binge and you'll get the idea. He guesses. You don't have to raise your hand, Mike. You can buzz in.

[C]

He's putting it off, the guy. Again, I'm gonna say Borderlands Incorrect.

[B]

If you're not a franchise devotee, imagine watching who Framed Roger Rabbit after a PCP binge and you'll get the idea,

[C]

I think.

[B]

Pixels incorrect.

[D]

Looney Tunes, the movie starring Brendan Fraser.

[B]

Wow. A great film. A great film. Not the answer we were looking for. Moving on to blurb number two. This comes from the Independent. Gave it a three out of five stars as well.

[C]

Damn, this isn't that bad of a movie.

[B]

Keep that in mind. Fans might get what they want out of this, but who else is in? Is the film trying to please? It's hard to tell outside of one very important demographic that is generously catered to people who think the main character is absolutely adorable and don't care what happens in the film.

[D]

Minecraft.

[B]

No, the main Jack Black.

[C]

Adorable.

[B]

Tim Gettys.

[E]

Pokemon Detective Pikachu.

[C]

Oh, that's a good Pokemon.

[B]

Detective Pikachu is correct. He is very adorable. And with Ryan Reynolds voice made more adorable. Yeah. Lovable. Rotten Tomatoes score. Rotten Tomato score. Hit me with it.

[E]

Go with the sweet 69.

[B]

So close. It was a 68 on rotten tomatoes. Half one.

[C]

I liked it more than 60. I mean, only saw it in theaters once, but I enjoyed myself. But that was before I was a Pokemon fan.

[B]

The final question. It's the final question. Round four. Three movie buffs gave this two and a half out of four stars saying, quote, just your basic aliens ripoff with the name of a formerly popular video game franchise kicked on. Tim Gettys.

[E]

Doom.

[B]

Mike, I'm so disappointed.

[D]

I fucking jam that button.

[B]

I'm so disappointed with you. You were praying to God. But Tim took it right out from underneath you. It is, in fact, doom. Now, Tim, if you'd like, what is the rotten tomato score?

[E]

47.

[B]

47 is so generous. So generous. It is a solid 18. Oh, yeah. Let's get a score recap.

[E]

Not.

[G]

Not great for Team Blue. They are at the bottom with 50. Then Team Purple, and right in the middle where they. Where they fit best with 70. Team Orange taking it with 130. But it's still anybody's game.

[B]

I don't believe it's anyone's game anymore.

[D]

Hell, yeah. I believe Tim won.

[E]

Who knows? There's so much chaos that maybe it's like it's a whole other game.

[B]

Unfortunately, this one flew by.

[D]

I wish we had another round.

[B]

Oh, we do have some really good tiebreaker, but I don't think we need them. Ladies and gentlemen, that's it for this episode of Game Showdown, your nerdy trivia show. We'll be back next week with another. But until next time, I. Roger just

[E]

gave me this because it's mine, and

[B]

I'm gonna slide it to you.

[E]

Right.

[B]

Thank you.

[E]

I appreciate it.

[B]

I assumed it was. I'm sorry, Greg. I don't want to be dangerous. Can you just put your hands on that and slide it over to Tim? Thank you. Star Trek. Star Trekker. Before I give you the star, Tim, let's catch up with the season with the Star Tracker. I'm like Ron Burgundy. Yeah. If it's not on the page, I don't read it.

[G]

Give me a second while I figure out how to fix this number.

[B]

But.

[G]

Ooh, with Andy's. Tim score. I guess.

[F]

Yeah, I can narrate this. So coming into this episode, of course, Greg with Team Blue came in with

[C]

one star after having one taken away for no reason.

[F]

Team Purple and Team Orange came into this episode with two stars each because of Team Orange's victory today. Congratulations, Tim. They have gone up by one star, bringing them to three.

[E]

Feels good.

[F]

And now Team Orange is in the lead so far for the season, but we'll see if they can keep up with this next week.

[E]

I can't believe I won this episode. I was sure that somehow there was gonna be some hand in that place. I won't do that, but it feels good.

[B]

Oh, that's good.

[E]

It's in my space.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Come to Daddy. Scrolling back up, this has been Game Showdown, the nerdy Trivia Cage. We'll be back next week with another episode, but until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.

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