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

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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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 Clemons Producer: Devon Renaldo Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For decades, the Vietnam War has been a Hollywood obsession.
0:03.6	Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, First Blood,
0:07.6	these were blockbuster films, embraced by audiences and critics alike.
0:11.8	And for decades, they've helped us understand a painful war, and understand each other.
0:18.6	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Rafter,
0:22.2	and this is Do We Get to Win This Time?
0:24.4	How Hollywood made the Vietnam War?
0:27.4	Listen on the Big Picture Feed.
0:31.0	This episode is brought to you by Nike.
0:33.8	It's packed to school season, and you and your child might be feeling a bit anxious.
0:38.6	As a parent, you're the best team mate for your mini-me.
0:41.2	And together, you can use sport to help overcome anxiety.
0:45.2	Try something new as a family, and celebrate even the little wins you achieve on the journey.
0:49.6	Create long-lasting memories that will take your kids from class to court and beyond.
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1:00.0	Hello, and welcome into the Ringerverse, your Nexus Podcast feed for all things fandom.
1:19.2	More specifically, welcome to Button Mash, your home for Ringerverse video game coverage.
1:24.4	I am Ben Lemberg, a senior editor for the Ringer, and with me, as always,
1:28.4	is the person I would most want with me on a twisted metal style delivery run across post-apocalyptic America.
1:36.0	Jessica Clevans, Jessica, how good a driver are you?
1:39.2	Oh, I live in Los Angeles, California.
1:41.6	I'm a perfect driver, and I say perfect, I mean insane.
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