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Hold onto your utility belts and prepare for maximum overdrive, because this week on Play Comics we’re crash-landing straight into the chaotic world of Teen Titans for PS2, Xbox, and GameCube – a game that somehow managed to capture the essence of being a superhero teenager while simultaneously making you question whether saving the world is worth the carpel tunnel. Released in 2006, this beat-’em-up bonanza promised players the chance to live out their fantasies of being part of the most dysfunctional yet lovable superhero team this side of Titans Tower.
Joining us for this digital adventure through Jump City’s finest is none other than Eilish Pickett from my friendly neighborhood comic shop – a true connoisseur of all things four-color and someone who’s probably seen more comic-to-game adaptations crash and burn than a Cyborg system malfunction. Together, we’ll dive deep into whether this particular pixelated punch-fest managed to do justice to the beloved Cartoon Network series that ran from 2003 to 2006, or if it ended up being more disappointing than Beast Boy’s attempt at stand-up comedy.
From Robin’s acrobatic staff-spinning to Raven’s dark magic mayhem, this game promised to let you switch between all five Titans in real-time while delivering the kind of cooperative chaos that only comes from trying to coordinate a superhero team where one member transforms into animals and another shoots laser beams from her eyes. Whether you’re here for the nostalgic trip back to simpler times when the biggest worry was whether Starfire would accidentally destroy the kitchen again, or you’re just curious about how well this adaptation stacked up against the source material, grab your communicator and settle in.
This episode is guaranteed to be more entertaining than watching Cyborg try to explain why his breakfast took up half the grocery budget, and definitely more coherent than trying to follow Beast Boy’s logic during a heated argument about tofu.
Learn such things as:
Has there been another rotating team in comics that so ironically across the board has the same lineup?
What happens when you just can’t find the main villain in the game?
How do you limit the power sets of characters who have basically unlimited power sets?
And so much more!
You can find Eilish on Tumbler @aliceheart247 if you really want to. But mostly just figure out where I live and go to my local comic shop.
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A big thanks the Kickstarter campaign for Aces and Aros and 2 ACT Podcast for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who definitely has fan fiction floating around somewhere telling us what happened after this show got cancelled.