In this episode of The Wonderer’s Podcast! Jared and Retro put more of a focus on the movie and show side of things by first talking about the two biggest bombshell theatrical releases this yeah: Barbie and Oppenheimer. The talk about their release dates, their cast, and the news stories behind them. With Oppenheimer being the latest movie directed by Christopher Nolan, the duo delves into Nolan’s backlog of movies he’s released up until now and talk about what could be their favorites.
Swinging away from Christopher Nolan, Jared then brings up the latest Spiderverse movie and talks about the hype behind it. Retro and Jared then talk about their favorite spidermen, despite them maybe not having the spotlight to the sequel to 2018’s Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. From comic book movies to videogame movies, The Wonderer’s talk about The Super Mario Bros. Movie which just released in this year. Retro and Jared then discuss how much the movie has made and what the history of videogame movies have been like in Hollywood. The they turn the topic inside out, and discuss movie tie-in videogames.
Moving from movies entirely, the cast talk about the state of videogames come in, initially intended to have many features in the game during the pre-release, promotional material but release with what seems to be the shadow of what could have been. Jared, passionate about this, mentions his favorite game series: Bioshock. And how Retro, then mentions Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as examples. In regards to content, God of War: Ragnarok released a new update bringing new armors and the long anticipated New Game + (plus). With the idea of content being added to games, one piece of content will likely float around in limbo until the otherwise with Dark and Darker.
The Wonderer's then shift their focus over a nostalgic topic: "Will mobile games take over consoles?". And how that didn't end up happening as much as people were anticipating it. With software being introduced to windows 11 adding advertisements to the home screen, Retro comments on to why that actually sucks and why Windows 10 was better. The banter goes back and forth, but The Wonderers just hope that the future of Windows 11 is brighter.
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