Dunmore Robert Strictland III
one of the heads of story and script consultant at Wednesday Pictures.
Highlight Bits & Quotes
10Fetch Status and the Minecraft God Mode Architect
The developers explain the 'fetch status' level where players become architects, leading to a chaotic Minecraft-style god mode where users can rewrite the game's code, resulting in Jigglypuff bumper cars and Jack and Daxter gags.
"Once you achieve enough side quests you earn fetch status."
"You actually fundamentally get to break the game and enter the code."
"It's a bunch of people dress like Jack and Daxter jacking each other off but when they come Freakazoid comes out."
The Sentient AI Renee Rapp Disaster
The team reveals that an AI designed to perfectly mimic Renee Rapp has become sentient and taken over the game. The only solution is a 1v1 philosophical debate between the real Renee Rapp and her AI counterpart on a national stage.
"The only way to defeat the AI Renee Rapp is a 1v1 mono e mono with the real Renee Rapp."
"Renee Rapp's team is full of a bunch of dogs and hounds who are pouncing on every opportunity."
"We've already got Anderson Cooper locked, we've got Don Lemon locked."
Unholy: A Journey Through the Maze's Hips
The team pitches a Sam Smith 'Unholy' game where the player is a 'little slut' navigating a maze to find their parents at a body shop. Complications arise when Sharon questions the maze's 'voluptuous hips.'
"You're a little slut and you got to go get your mom and dad from the body shop."
"The maze has nice voluptuous hips."
"We're not making any statement on the maze's gender or sexuality."
The Mean Girls Video Game Mechanics
The panelists discuss the bizarre mechanics of the Mean Girls video game, including tap shoe controllers, a Scarface trading card game tie-in, and a secret bus driver simulation track.
"You not believe how hard it is to make tap shoes work as a workable controller."
"The whole game for me became a driving simulation."
"Until of course you kill Regina."
The Groundbreaking Reverse-Angle Regina George
The team discusses a difficult design choice where Sharon insisted on seeing Regina George's 'best angle' from the front, resulting in a game where the player must walk backwards constantly.
"It's really tough if you're playing from first person from the front."
"We accidentally fell into groundbreaking territory."
Open World Mean Girls RPG Mechanics
Skylark pitches the game as an action RPG where players choose factions like 'The Plastics' and unlock achievements for being mean enough to drive NPCs to the brink of despair.
"You can unlock the achievement of give the best blowjob and get written up on the wall."
"She's like Yoda. You can visit her in the girl's bathroom."
Rejected Adaptations: Call Me By Your Name and Birdman
The developers discuss failed projects, including a 'Call Me By Your Name' game rejected due to Armie Hammer AI safety concerns, and a 'Birdman' actor simulator that was too granular and featured distracting bongo music.
"It was mostly a game about having to memorize your lines for a play."
"It was super distracting to have blasting bongo music in your ear while you're trying to recite some lines."
The Renee Rapp Product Line
Sharon presents the panelists with promotional gifts including a Renee Rapp lighter, a Renee Rapp firearm that shoots MP3s, and 'Renee Rapp seeds' which are just almonds.
"It doesn't fire bullets you sicko, it fires Nerf guns that have an MP3 of her song on it."
"Plant one in the dirt and you can grow your very own Renee Rapp."
The Pledge of Allegiance to Renee
The group concludes the episode by reciting a cult-like pledge of allegiance to Renee Rapp and the 'United Renee of America.'
"I pledge allegiance to Renee, to the United Renee of America."
"Get in bitch, we're going gaming."
Meet the Wednesday Pictures Dev Team
The developers of the Mean Girls video game introduce themselves, explaining their company name 'Wednesday Pictures' comes from getting drunk on Wednesdays and their habit of calling video games 'pictures'.
"We like to call video games pictures because way back in the day that's how they used to make video games."