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Jul 2022
45m 22s

Video Game Adaptations: The Witcher, Arc...

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This week, Princess and Tessa chat about the awesome, and sometimes divisive, adaptations of video games into TV and movies. They get into the nitty gritty of what makes a good video game adaptation – from The Witcher to Arcane to Cuphead, they talk about it all and much more!

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