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Episode 31 - The Colour of Magic and MST3K: Detective
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Episode 31 - The Colour of Magic and MST3K: Detective
WE'VE GOT TEXT ADVENTURE SIGN!!
Ben, Jason, and Nick stooge their way through two comedy games. First up is the 1993 Matt Barringer "classic" Detective as put (unofficially) through the wringer of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew by CE Forman and a collection of subsequent riffers. One player was (and remains) completely baffled by this format in which a man and two robots are forced to watch a bad movie (slash play a bad game) for the entertainment of two mad scientists, against a backdrop of scenery bought for peanuts.
Then they take on Delta 4's treatment of Terry Pratchett's Discword in The Colour of Magic, a waiting simulator disguised as a four-part comedy adventure. Watch out for the end of the world!
The Colour of Magic (IFDB)
MST3K: Detective (IFDB)
Detective, author's original version (IFDB)
Discworld on Page and Screen, Part 2 (The Digital Antiquarian)
Review of Detective (SPAG #5)
MST3K Satellite News
Discworld Emporium
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