In this episode of Replayable, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Marvel's Shang-Chi! An action packed edge of your seat roller coaster of a film with it's incredible action sequences starring Toronto's very own  Simu Liu! Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton he takes Shang-Chi on a hero's quest to mend his family's past and confront the power of the Ten Rings! Huge props!!! I really enjoyed this movie! As usual we break it down to see how it would fit into the landscape of AAA games, discussing what elements could be explored combat wise as well exploring new technologies could help support its development. Toronto in the house!

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In this episode of Replayable, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Marvel's Shang-Chi! An action packed edge of your seat roller coaster of a film with it's incredible action sequences starring Toronto's very own  Simu Liu! Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton he takes Shang-Chi on a hero's quest to mend his family's past and confront the power of the Ten Rings! Huge props!!! I really enjoyed this movie! As usual we break it down to see how it would fit into the landscape of AAA games, discussing what elements could be explored combat wise as well exploring new technologies could help support its development. Toronto in the house!

If you have comments or suggestions for new episodes email [email protected]. Enjoy!

In this episode of Replayable, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss John Carpenter's The Thing! A movie with a massive cult following for it's vfx special effects that where ahead of their time in the 1980's. This movie is a physiological thriller of who can you trust, when a young Kurt Russell, leads an American research team stationed in Antarctica that's hunted by a shapeshifting Alien! Among us fans you will not be disappointed! As always, we break it down and try to come up with a AAA rendition of how it might fit into today's landscape of games.

If you have comments or suggestions for new episodes email [email protected]. Enjoy!

In this episode of Replayable, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Your Name/Kimi no na wa! This film directed by  Makoto Shinkai who managed to compose an incredible story about love through time. Visually stunning we follow our protagonists

in a mundane world, with a surreal sci fi twist. This multi award winning film, embarks upon the depth of friendship on a quest to re-write history. As always, we break it down and try to come up with a AAA rendition of how it might fit into today's landscape of games.

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In this episode of Replayable, Jennifer Owen, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Predestination! This film directed by both Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig staring Ethan Hawke base on a short story "All You Zombies". A Thrilling mind bending film that dips into the ramifications of an agent on the edge of retirement as he tracks down a time travelling terrorist. After the initial story breakdown, we try to reframe it's context into a AAA game!   

In this episode of Replayable, Jennifer Owen, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Predestination! This film directed by both

In this episode of Replayable, Amanda Properzi and myself, discuss Across the Universe! This film is directed by Julie Taymor! An incredibly fun and interesting depiction of one of my favorite bands, The Beatles. It's an acoustic interpretation of the bands music through the lives of a cast of people during the 1960's and 1970's. How would this play if it was a game? What would make it interesting? We touch on a few of those topics as we breakdown this film. Enjoy!

In this episode of Replayable, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Ex Machina! This film is directed by Alex Garland! A thriller the proposes some philosophical and ethical questions framing artificial intelligence's value. An extraordinary turing test takes place putting Caleb, the protagonist, in the heart of it. We also discuss how framing a game as a single player experience might benefit if it broke the mold.

In this episode of Replayable, Jennifer Owen, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss The Mitchells vs. the Machines! This film is directed by Michael Rianda! One of the more fresh and visually compelling films of 2021 about Katie and her struggles to find her people and mend the relationship with her Father... and the world burns being taken over by a fleet of killer robots... Nuts!!! In this episode we also talk about gamifying certain elements and try to blend Amanda's obsession with Beat 'em Up's into a compelling AAA title! If you have comments or suggestions for new episodes email [email protected]. Enjoy!

In this episode of Replayable, Jennifer Owen, Amanda Properzi and myself, Derian McCrea discuss Ready Player One! This film directed by Steven Spielberg! What else can you say about Spielberg's!?! He's essentially directed almost every 80's movie classic! Annnd we later "gamify" the film to see what interesting elements that we find and work with, that contribute to an interesting replayable play. Spoilers ahead! If you have comments or suggestions for new episodes email [email protected]. Enjoy!