Monthly Archives: July 2025

S5 E190 Unreal: Rally (July 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes July 16, 2025 Leave a reply

To think this film’s creator knew nothing about animation prior to making this short is absolutely astonishing. Of course, as we discuss, many crossed this path as a consequence of the pandemic, but there are few gems we’ve found like this. The film, Rally, draws heavily on Santiago Menghini’s experience as a live action director and producer. What’s fascinating, in our analysis, is our evaluation of ambiguity and how its clever use makes up for the animation and limitations. Watch the movie, check out our comments and add your own.



YouTube Version of This Episode

https://youtu.be/AxIjycwnhNo

Show Notes & Links

Rally by Santiago Menghini, released 20 Nov 2024 –

About Menghini’s filmmaking approach, courtesy of an interview with The VFX Process podcast –

S5 E189 RDR2: Arthur (July 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes July 9, 2025 Leave a reply

“Courage is not the absence of fear, it is acting in spite of it.” Yep, never a truer few words than said in jest. This week, we discuss a cutscene extravanza of Arthur’s life story in the game, apparently endorsed by Roger Clark himself. Its a story told in three acts, supported by some great musical choices, even if we don’t completely agree on that. What we do agree on is that Charles Liu has done a superb job of selecting just the right shots to portray the character. Check out our review, watch the film and do add your own thoughts.



YouTube Version of This Episode

Show Notes & Links

Arthur. By Charles Liu, released 11 Oct 2021 –

The mod used in capturing the footage is here

About Roger Clark’s inspiration for the character, the great Toshiro Mifune – a review and comments about the iconic Japanese actor can be found here

S5 E188 Retro: The Naked Gun (JuLY 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes July 2, 2025 Leave a reply

This brings back so many memories for us, the 1980s and 90s, Frank Drebin’s utter incompetence and Leslie Neilsen’s brilliance. Hat Loving Gamer has excelled himself with this interpretation, taking in a bunch of retro games – everything from PacMan to Mario and then adding in a bit of Halo and GTA for good measure. Our selection of this film also has absolutely nothing to do with the launch of NS2 or the announcement of a new NG movie… Enjoy the discussion.



YouTube Version of This Episode

https://youtu.be/wKcZ2R3HJXs

Show Notes & Links

The Naked Gun by Hat Loving Gamer, released 24 April 2025

An HD version of the same sequence from the film – classic! The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988) –

NintendoLife’s review of games that are backwards compatible here

OMG, Liam Neeson and the new NG – what was he thinking? Here’s the trailer –