Retronauts Episode 240: The Running Man

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Just as video game boss fights were becoming more sophisticated, Hollywood gave us 1987's The Running Man, a movie that—whether its writer knew it or not—exists as a 100-minute-long boss rush. Though other big, beefy action movies of the '80s inspired video games more directly, this lower-profile entry in the Schwarzenegger canon might have had an even bigger effect on the way we look at boss fights in general. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Henry Gilbert as the crew examines this cheesy chunk of social commentary, and the many games it would influence in its wake. It's showtime!

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0:00.0	UK export finance can help your business grow overseas.
0:03.6	Last year, we helped UK exporters access 7.4 billion pounds of support
0:08.8	by providing government-backed finance and insurance.
0:11.8	We can help you in export contracts with attractive finance terms.
0:15.6	Got orders overseas?
0:16.9	Fulfill them with a working capital loan.
0:19.3	Exporting to a challenging market?
0:21.2	Make sure you get paired with the right insurance.
0:23.4	To get the exporters' edge, go to UKExportFinance.gov.uk
0:28.0	or search UKExportFinance.
0:30.2	This week on RetroNaut, it's a true battle of governors.
0:33.8	갖backs the investing of doubts about adapting.
0:56.2	Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of RetroNaut's.
0:58.6	I'm your host for this one, Bob Mack,
1:00.6	and I'm going to be sticking out my pinkies,
1:02.6	the entire podcast, just like Richard Dawson does.
1:04.6	And who is our special guest on the line?
1:06.6	It's Jerry Parish, the jogging man.
1:08.6	I'm not quite up.
1:09.6	I don't have the stamina to run.
1:10.6	I'm the elliptical man I run in place and look at this.
1:13.6	Actually, that's what I do.
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