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Mythic Quest - Video Game Dev Comedy by Rob McElhenney (Mac from Always Sunny) On Apple+ TV [Season 2 has begun]
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One of the things I like about this series is that the video game aspects aren't terrible and immediately suck you out of the series. Partnering with Ubisoft was probably the one way to pull this off, but the games all feel like plausible products, from the Alto's Odyssey-type mobile game they demo at the con, to the Doom/Pathways into Darkness look of the 90s game in EP5.
Enjoying this so far. Episode 5 was great. Don't know yet if I'd recommend it to people like I would The Morning Show or Servant yet.
Not sure if anyone else as noticed this, or if im being unobservant but there seems to be a lack of Apple product placement.. Alienware computers instead of Apple stuff.
Not sure if anyone else as noticed this, or if im being unobservant but there seems to be a lack of Apple product placement.. Alienware computers instead of Apple stuff.
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They dropped this all at once? I thought it just came out.
Smart choice. That would make it a sci fi show.
Smart choice. That would make it a sci fi show.
He was the creative director on For Honor.
watch the documentary PLAYING HARD on Netflix. It's all about Jason, 2 year doc about behind the scenes of game development.
In fact anyone who is curious about the genesis of the character Rob plays should check it out
There's some iPhones and iPads in the background, but yeah. I wasn't surprised they wouldn't be developing on Macs, although I didn't expect some of the PC OEM logos being shown.
No just a single one of the server blades had a label that it was the nazi server, and it panned out to show it was just a single server out of that entire massive server farm.
First time I laughed was the word "puberty" in episode 3.
Jo is great. And Ashly Burch should be in more stuff.
Jo is great. And Ashly Burch should be in more stuff.
Does episode 5 come back inti play at some point?? Im watching 7 now and it hasnt had an impact on anything yet?
There's a Roscoe mug on Ian's desk I just noticed in episode 6. Also the new tester has a Dark Quiet Death shirt on.
The show could have just been episode 5 and I would be happy.
Also, it made me mad about How I Met Your Mother again.
Also, it made me mad about How I Met Your Mother again.
Its in the last episode and might be foreshadowing for how they said the building is cursed for businesses (iirc?)
Finished the season. Enjoyed it.
Did I miss something, or does episode 5 not play into the rest of the season at all? Also 9 is a random number of episodes. Most shows seem to go 8, 10, 12 or 13.
Did I miss something, or does episode 5 not play into the rest of the season at all? Also 9 is a random number of episodes. Most shows seem to go 8, 10, 12 or 13.
You missed something.
The whole "Doc and Bean" thing with Ian and Poppy.
I also finished up the season this morning. Watched it on a whim last night and watched 7 episodes right there. Really enjoyed it and would love to see a second season.
Eh, I kind of like that it's almost completely disconnected aside from relating to how Mythic Quest got its start.
I'd love for more shows to take the time to explore stuff outside in the world rather than getting too myopically focused on the core characters.
Honestly surprised to read the positive impressions. Even if it takes episode 3 to get its groove, that's fine.
Not entirely sure why people say it's "Ubisoft Advertising"; the only Ubisoft references are the For Honor/Assassin's Creed transitions and references to Montreal. And you'd only know those if you are familiar with Ubisoft anyways.
Not as good as IASIP but still really enjoyable. Episode 5 in particular is amazing.
First episode was good but found the game shots in between scenes a bit jarring. Like one moment there is AC odyssey and another shows a last gen looking MMO. Are we supposed to think it's all from Mythic quest?
I just redeemed my free trial so I could watch this. The first episode didn't light my world on fire or anything but it was good enough to entice me to keep going. I'll be on a flight tomorrow and will be stuck in airports for several hours so I may binge through this thing while I'm away.
Watched two episodes last night. It's fun to contrast the immediate reaction of "that's not how that works" against, say, enjoying 30 Rock, where I'm sure everyone who has worked on a tv show has similar "it's not like that" commentary. Although the strength there is that the writers are all television people, whereas none of MQ's writing staff looks like they have game dev experience. Pretty much nothing about how the team is structured/presented holds up under scrutiny to real game dev, except for the general disdain of influencers (I kid).
Aside from that, in general the characters are too superficial/shallow for the writing quality, but maybe it tightens up later in the series? The banter needs to execute a lot better if they're just going to do zingers back and forth. Or go much more surreal.
Pretty decent. Could see it hitting my top 10 for 2020 list depending on how a few other series perform.
Episode 5, as solely it's own thing, was fantastic. It's not at all required viewing for the rest of the series at this point (end of season 1), but it does offer a decent parallel to the Ian/Poppy dynamic.
Some episodes are hit and miss, but I do see some similarities with shows like Community and Silicon Valley, with a hint of Always Sunny (though a lot of that is Mac and Rickety Cricket being here and not so much the writing, despite it being created by the likes of Mac and Charlie and Megan Ganz).
More than anything, it was nice seeing Mac and Cricket back on TV, along with Abed and Ash. Never seen the actress who played Poppy before, but she stole a lot of the scenes she was in too. Just a really decent ensemble and I'm happy to hear it's already renewed for another season.
Episode 5, as solely it's own thing, was fantastic. It's not at all required viewing for the rest of the series at this point (end of season 1), but it does offer a decent parallel to the Ian/Poppy dynamic.
Some episodes are hit and miss, but I do see some similarities with shows like Community and Silicon Valley, with a hint of Always Sunny (though a lot of that is Mac and Rickety Cricket being here and not so much the writing, despite it being created by the likes of Mac and Charlie and Megan Ganz).
More than anything, it was nice seeing Mac and Cricket back on TV, along with Abed and Ash. Never seen the actress who played Poppy before, but she stole a lot of the scenes she was in too. Just a really decent ensemble and I'm happy to hear it's already renewed for another season.
im pretty sure the unspoken thing when people bring up "its just 5 dollars" in this thread is youd be insta-cancelling the sub so it doesnt renew making it more like renting something off of redbox for an evening and not adding on another monthly sub
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Ashly Burch is a writer, and though she's not a dev, I can confirm she knows a lot about the process. But sometimes it's just funnier to ignore it. ^^
