Stephen King Video Games With merritt k

Episode 192,   Aug 16, 2023, 08:00 AM

The Kingcast boys break formula a little bit with this week's episode, which focuses on four particularly head-scratching Stephen King related video games: The Running Man, The Lawnmower Man, The Dark Half, and F13. They are joined by video game expert, designer, and creator "merritt k" who did all the hard work to track down these older games, play them, and report back on just how bonkers they are. (Spoiler alert: they're all varying forms of insane).

Some very important questions are delved into in this episode. How do you play these old games? Is there a reason Tad is smoking a pile of cigarette butts in The Dark Half game? Why so much dog-kicking in The Running Man game? And will Stephen King ever properly write his own video game story?

Stephen King doesn't have much presence in the video game world, but the notable exceptions to this provide some absolutely bizarre King/Video Game tie-ins. The focus of this episode is on four of these weirdos: The Lawnmower Man, The Running Man, The Dark Half, and the CD-ROM collection of oddities known as F13.
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