Dorm room movie posters + games: a match made in hell
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- Some films have just the right combination of crime, drama, and perceived gravitas. They crystallize into a form of concentrated catnip for the adolescent brain. We honor them by making them a permanent part of our lives, by buying the posters, and sometimes, playing the terrible, terrible games.
Also, we know that The Sopranos isn't a movie. Gimme a break.
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5:45 "people yell at you, you hit the punch button, you talk to your ghost dad, rinse, repeat" this is the plot of Hamlet I think, actually,
Oxford University wants to know your location
op ur MIND
In Hamlet there's a "soliloquize" button instead
HAMLET: THE VIDEO GAME, coming to PS5 and Series X in 2021!
@@GilCAnjos You joke, but there is an indie game on steam called "Elsinore"
pat videos always feel like being cornered by a random guy at a bar who is just dying to tell you about his very niche interest, except that it’s actually really interesting and now you wanna find out where he’s going, it’s like the opposite of getting mansplained
Friendsplained? Or is that too parasocial?
brotherbear92 kinda parasocial, but sort of fits, maybe we can call it patsplaining
@@lalaspeaks ex-pat-sition
Petition to make "Manswers" mean when Pat corners you and tells you something cool
Sm-Art Smears Manswers is one of the funniest words I’ve ever seen thank you
The fake hesitation in Pat's voice when saying "Griffin McElroy" is my entire sense of humor
Wish he'd pronounced it "Mick-Eel-roy"
what's the significance with Griffin McElroy
@@FloppyRodrigo Griffin and his brother Justin co-founded Polygon. They used to be Pat's bosses and might have even been the ones who hired him.
@@scratched_record I did not even know that, i just knew Griffin from the podcasts lmao.
It's kinda weird that people know Polygon, but don't know the McElroy's
Me, getting a Polygon notification: Unraveled?
Polygon: No, this is Patrick
Me: Yay
I came here to make a good comment but you, you have truly captured the essence of this video.
@pineapplesocklad Indeed. I'm just subbed to Polygon for BDG, Pat and Simone. Dont get me wrong the others are cool too, but I just love these 3 so much
You did it. You win.
I personally think that a game where you play as Darth Vader and you're everyone's father would be amazing.
Only if you get to raise your children
"IM your dad now. you live with ME now"
Ok, but that would mean ol' Anakin was...donating a lot of material. You understand my meaning, I trust.
The alternative of Vadar doing so it...very burnt.
Zeus, the game.
@@mypronounissenpai3700 oh, dang, I didn't think about that. That would be amazing
i normally don’t trust men who form their identities around tarantino films but for patrick i will make an exception
generally a wise decision
if a man has seen a tarantino movie you have to run immediately
@@funkdungus839 I mean they are good movies...
funk dungus if a man has SEEN Tarantino film, it’s not all lost... but if I man starts talking to you about Tarantino unprompted? Call the chopper
Idk i feel like he knows that it makes him trash. Pat is nothing if not self aware
only Pat can describe a bunch of straight college dude movies in a way that makes me want to watch them
Don't watch them - Pat
be the straight college dude you wish to see in the world
It legitimately blows my mind that there are people in the world who think that "Fight Club" was saying that violence is a good thing, rather than saying "wow straight men really are so fucked-over by their own toxic masculinity that they legitimately cannot allow themselves to feel anything beyond destructive negativity, as personified by this *literal personification of toxic masculinity and poor mental health leading to a person's total collapse and many deaths*". Like, good grief.
I mean, the Godfather is an actual work of cinema art though
Abigail V yeah it’s sad how that shit seems to go right over a lot of people’s heads. I feel like a lot of people watch it because “ooh shirtless Brad Pitt beats the shit outta some guys and looks hot doing it!” But they’ll say it’s because of the fun violence because the very toxic masculinity the movie warns them against is the same thing keeping them from admitting “I just wanna see the pretty guy get half naked and fuck some shit up.”
They should have banked on Reservoir Dogs' true strength and made it a romantic visual novel.
If you play through the true ending with Mr. White, you unlock the sequel where Mr. Orange wakes up in an alternate dimension where aliens have obliterated most of humankind and you pilot a mech, but otherwise it's the same plot.
Reservoir Otome
Reservoir Doki Doki Kennel Club
if you make the worng cohhice rhe ear cutter guy curds your eTer off
Was awesome of that Griffin McElroy guy to get the Boondock Saints footage like that. Seems pretty talented, he should start up his own video game journalism thing or something.
I feel like he could make a pretty good podcast, too.
I feel like he'd be a pretty solid dungeon master, but I'm not too sure. Just a hunch
I hear Polygon is looking for a new video producer, maybe he should apply. I'm not sure he has the qualifications though.
Maybe he should dabble in some voice acting, that new Trolls movie sounds interesting
Yeah he should have some brothers too
So they turned Fight Club...into a fighting game...that's what they took away from the movie...the fights
it's really Palahniuk's fault for not calling it "Toxic Masculinity Club" or "Ennui Club" or something.
But the film already glorifies the violence through framing and the text itself. The movie's message boils down to: "Don't buy things, be a manly man-man who behaves like a cave man." The first part of the message is good, the second part is an incel's wet dream.
@@DrZaius3141 No, the glorification of violence comes from an unreliable narrator. The theme is that you shouldn't use toxic masculinity to combat the alienation of capitalist society. It portrays violence in the same way one might portray heroin: seductive but ultimately REALLY bad. Some people use the book/movie to justify their own toxic masculinity, but I think that's their fault for being unable to recognize themes.
the fights and also maybe the club
CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT IT, THERE WAS
*ONE RULE*
I like how Pat lovingly discusses these mediocre games and attempts to spin something positive out of all of them and then for Fight Club he doesn't even try to pretend it's not garbage and just dunks on it for a couple minutes.
Weetus Cren is straight up a Monster Factory name
the ear cutting thing is sending me
i know most of this video is a goof, but it’s still genuinely fascinating how many games revolve around self destructive behavior minus the actual self destruction. this was really neat, pat
1:17 "Italian crime hogwarts" ....well, that's it, I'm not going to hear anything funnier than that for the rest of today so I might as well just call it a night and be done
No one has been talking about it but it's the funniest thing ever
"Boondock Saints is like the film adaptation of the video game adaptation of a Quentin Tarantino movie" is the sentence of the month already
is it true?
This feels like a conversation id have cornered by an art nerd at a party and honestly im here for it
it’s pat’s brand
3:53 "Weetus Cren" sounds like something that I would have considered renaming myself back when I first figured out I was nonbinary in like, 2015
A true mistake, Weetus Cren
It's not too late. You can still be Weetus Cren
ravioli ravioli bud I’m on my 3rd name so far, go ahead and live your weetus dreams
As a non-binary, non-binary names are so fucking weird sometimes
@@lucydoherty494 Be the Weetus you want to see in the world.
"This is a phenomenon we see over and over again in games and entertainment. It's the antihero we're supposed to pity who we end up idolizing. Maybe it's because we've been given a culture that valorizes violence and acquisition. Maybe the problem is that cautionary tales about dangerous men just don't work. Why would stories about the dangers of wealth and power resonate with normal people who will never have the luxury of experiencing the dangers of wealth and power? Just about every one of these stories failed to convince us that our hero was broken, sad, and cruel, but every one of these games succeeded in giving us what we want: a playable version of the poster."
Spot on. The statement can also be expanded to how the movies became popular dorm room posters.
man that's too true
Alternative tittle: pat roasts men with fragile egos who idolizes the wrong people and has 0 reading comprehension for 13 mins straight
Hey Pat, loved the vid. Noticed you had a banjo in the background and I'm gonna 100% need that to be integrated into your next vid, thanks
third
And it better include the rainbow connection
they heard your prayer
@Max Crow who put all these banjos in my sci fi game
Ah yes, shed a tear for The Boondock Saints: The Movie: The Game: The Movie.
The Boondock Saints: The Movie: The Review of: The Game: The Movie.
And Knuckles
Street fight: The movie: The game. we have the game adaptation of a movie adaptation of street fighter.
This is unironically one of the best analysis videos I've seen in a while. You hit the nail on the head with how those movies try to show the dangers of toxic masculinity and capitalism, but their popularity is due to men who deeply missed that nuance, and seek to erase it through commodification of the film in merch and video game form.
But Pat, I love Reservoir Dogs because I'm gay and love young Tim Roth's smooth, smooth face and tragic fall.
he gets to do that some more in Mr Right
SAME he looks kind of like a rat but I trust him.....
being a fan of polygon is being able to tell exactly when it's pat just from the title, and never being disappointed by the content
What I got from the Soprano game: "So, you're like, my ghost dad?"
Ghost Dad, lisping: "Yeah. I'm like you're ghost dad"
...
Where's the ghost stepmom
👀👀👀
That implies that your ghost mom and your ghost dad had a ghost divorce
why
That Grif....in? McElroy had a bright future, but that game never came out, and he remains in obscurity to this day. Pat, on the other hand: this is a star
I have that exact same Garfield mug in my hands as I’m watching this seeing that was WILD
Tick.
Tock.
Tick.
Tock.
are you still alive
Pat is irony posting his way through quarantine and I relate
am i losing it or is that the spider man 2 pizza song playing quietly in the background of the godfather stuff
You’re not loosing it, it’s definitely that song. You know, I’m somewhat of a Pizza Time man myself.
Hi this is the best interaction on the whole internet
Me, drinking an Aperol Spritz out of a Burger King Star Wars cup at 3pm on a Thursday: Sniped. 360 no scoped.
Weetus Cren is my favorite Star Wars expanded universe character
huge fan of the intense eye contact and hot takes thanks pat
I was onboard with the whole video idea, but when i saw griffin's name, and i actually gasped,
pat never ceases to surprise in the best ways
"Griffin... mcelroy?"
WEETUS CREN
*GRIFFIN MCELROY?!*
psycho mantis?
Beyoncé?????
Revolver Ocelot
they're definitely fake names. griffin mcelroy? no way would a real person be called that.
You're that Ninja.
someone please make "Toxic Masculinity ASMR"
"And when you have maximum balls, you can go super saiyan" -Pat, 2020
This video reallllly makes me want a breaking bad game just so pat can talk about it
Cooking Mama, but instead you cook meth.
There isn't one? Sounds like a perfect skin for a shitty mobile management sim.
In a world where every other game is John Wick, The Godfather: The Game is the The Godfather of games.
"A playable version of the poster" was the most consise and accurate review of all these games
Getting yelled at by Italian men at a deli was just my job at my uncle's restaurant. I don't give it a 10, and always tip servers.
I think the point you make at the end is so true. Another example that comes to mind is Death Note. I'm baffled to this day by how many people in the fandom idolize Light Yagami.
Yeah It's an interesting point. Most of us live reasonably cushy lives where we don't have to worry about like mass murderers and stuff, our main understanding of an 'evil person' comes from media, and if that person is doing cool stuff while also killing ppl which is too abstract to care about and almost normalized, well how are we supposed to not think they're cool?
At first I thought Pat had a guitar+banjo hung on his wall as well as a picture of guitar+banjo hung on his wall.
Then I remembered that mirrors exist.
"Italian crime Hogwarts" is the best phrase I've ever heard
I remember that one stage of the Reservoir Dogs game where you played as Mr. Brown driving a car and you had to complete the level before the screen turned red because of that one line about having blood in his eyes.
Patrick Gill is one of the best comedic writers of our generation. Fight me.
I'd have to make a fighting game based on a movie of a You Tube review first.
This is the most passive aggressive read i've ever seen and i'm here for it
“Film adaptation of a video game adaptation of a Quentin Tarantino movie” is exactly the energy the Boondock Saints has and I’ve never been able to place.
love this!! your at-home lighting setup looks great and the mic drop of your video thesis at the end was fucking killer. maximum balls, my dude
God bless Pat doing this with the same straight face telling you the legacy of the Souls games.
"But the POSTER...is much more black and white."
You owe me reparations for my ruined, coffee stained shirt from how hard I snorted, Mr. Gill.
"black and white"*
Alex Piklor Ahhhhh another victim of autocorrect! Thanks!!
[faces get stretched into the aspect ratio of the video]
let me guess was this at least partially edited by Br-
yeah :/
I love most of the films mentioned here. I didn't know these games existed yesterday, and I was happy. Now I don't know how to feel. I feel like I've just been taken on a tour of an art gallery comprised entirely of 20-foot high cursed images. You just can't buy an experience like that.
Pat please continue to tell me about things I’ve never experienced I need it
pat stumbling over "Griffin McElroy" was entirely too funny to me.
"Every one of these games gives us exactly what we want: a playable version of the poster."
Except Fight Club. That gave us the book's version of a video game based on a movie about the shallow emptiness of violence and consumerism. In effect, a painful experience we should be ashamed of.
ok actually can someone make a terrible Great Gatsby video game I would love that
I want to play as Wilson
the way he says "youtube user ...griffin mmmcelroy..."
Damn! That conclusion is just **chef's kiss** 10 misunderstood movies out of 10
A recalled lead-painted Garfield mug?
That is a fantastic detail 😁
The boondock saints is like the film adaptation of the video game adaptation of a Quentin Tarantino movie?
Holy crap man, that's genius too. Excellent comedic writing in this video!!
Ive drank from that mug recently, im very afraid
Okay I know this channel is notorious for putting out stuff that starts off really hilarious, and ends up being really meaningful and deep. I never really bought into it too hard, cuz what I saw was good, but not like Earth's shattering I guess? This is the first one that really made me think... And it's funny because I was watching RalphtheMovieMaker reviews Gotti earlier (because I have a sick obsession with how bad that movie is, and although I've not seen it, I've seen enough), and he kind of broke down why people enjoy Mafia / mobster cinema. "It's interesting to watch dark and complex characters", I believe is how he put it. But this video just made me realize, it really is true: probably from as far back as this country existed, we HAVE "valorized violence acquisition". Why WOULD these stories resonate with us "normal people", especially since most of us will never come close to experiencing what these characters do, within the context of our own lives. And most importantly, as Patrick said, the depictions of said characters rarely drive home the fact that these characters are broken, fucked up, psych-jobs of people (with the exception of Rick and Tony Soprano I'd say, hell even Tony Stark for that matter, but that's an entirely different video) that shouldn't be idolized as "Tough guys who TOOK what they want, because it's DOG EAT DOG out there, and if you wanna survive and prosper you basically have to be Kratos (pre-PS4), have no remorse, kill everyone, become so powerful that even Gods can't hurt you, and have orgies whenever the mood strikes. Sympathy, compassion and generosity are seen as week in this country, which is why impressionable poster-buyin young adults gravitate towards what they think they should model their identities after. Masculinity personified, "giving no fucks" about consequences, and being as desirable as possible on a surface level as is physically and monetarily attainable. More cars, boats and homes (and hoes, lol referencez) equal more "respect, power and achievement." The one good thing I took away from this video (in my own mind, I dont think it was implied at all), is that games nowadays (as opposed to the dreaded Licensed Tie-In Game 2000s) seem to try and push more genuine and wholesome messages of morality, even in the AAA space. With the exception of The Last Of Us Part 2 😂🤣 I'm joking please don't send me death threats, it was low hanging fruit.
😂😂😂😂 “You’re helping!”😂😂😂 As a 90’s baby who had to sit through EVERY boyfriend I had “show” me “Scarface”, The “Godfather” trilogy and “Resevoir Dogs” I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Ah, the mid '00s or the age before proper crease shaders and collar simulation.
Pat you're the king of hot takes and I respect the hell out of you. These videos are phenomenal and I am so glad that you make them!
I'll pre order battefront 3 if they reveal a dedicated "reveal parentage" button
Am I only one wishing they still made games like these? And we ended up with a Cooking Mama-style Breaking Bad adaptation?
No? Just me? Alright then...
Mustache pat has so much dad energy.
So in high school I ABSOLUTELY owned Scarface for the Wii, and opening premise aside, it kinda owned. The Wii never got a Grand Theft Auto game of it's own, and this game was a really fun Vice City clone (and my only option, as I only had a Wii). The 80s music and Miami backdrop were really fun, and it has an interesting mechanic where Tony actually will refuse to shoot any civilian. You're only allowed to target police and gang members.
Sure, it completely missed the point of it's source material, but as a game, it was a genuinely good time. My friend bought the Godfather game instead, and that game was terrible.
The Godfather is good too, the sequel is horrible for some reason, this second game was not developed by the same people from the first game. To sum up, it is a good game but a terrible adaptation, unlike Matrix games, which are good adaptations turned into terrible and broken games.
The way these Pat videos just find that one exact angle on video games that is so specifically silly and borderline inane but also so god damn insightful is mind boggling and I THIRST for that ability with all the intensity and focus of an unstoppable monster chasing Pat in a video game.
“You get to do that! ... You’re helping! :)” made me smile so much
Not gonna lie, I fully expected this to talk about Kingdom Hearts at some point. I love the franchise, but there's a huge degree to which the Disney worlds just ask the question "what if these three doofuses stumbled into every important moment of these eight movies, no matter how much that would undercut the emotional core of the original film?"
Were those Garfield mugs actually lead painted and recalled? I had one as a child and drank from it alot. I guess that could explain some things.
"italian crime hogwarts" *funky funiculi funicula remix begins to play in the distance*
pat your videos especially have been really cool lately!! this was so funny!!!
Favorite Pat video essay so far. Feels like he’s really saying smth, like he’s really gettin in there
I feel like I’ve just been given a small glimpse of evidence of the ghost of Griffin McElroy, like seeing a figure with short hair and round glasses at the end of a dark hallway.
Pat is as succinct as Brian is chaotic, perfect balance in the polygon universe
me, seeing this title and IMMEDIATELY going "ah yes a pat video"
Never have i seen a TH-cam video so accurately tackle such a niche topic this was awesome. I give this video maximum balls
That darth vader analogy was pure gold.
I'm living for the look Pat gets when he says, "Adult things.."
"You build up a cocaine empire" this is way too funny
The Garfield mug unlocked a very specific memory of my Nana from my childhood. Thanks for that, I guess.
pats social commentary in the form of vidya game journalism is just. so very good. thanks pat!
Pat: there comes a time when we must put away childish things * Shows Battle for Bikini Bottom clip *
I'm 26 and literally playing this right now...is that bad? 😅
I turn 30 this year and regularly quote SpongeBob. There are many of us and there's no shame in having fun!
LOVE that I can always spot a Pat video by the TitleTM before I even click on it :)
That consistent branding.... you love to see it!
Looking forward to some hot Patrick takes
This is great. I hope you'll make a volume 2 at some point because this concept is really fun.
my dad has been playing The Godfather for the PS2 NONSTOP during quarantine so this video could not have come at a better time
thank you pat for putting the research into these bad, bad games to make this video
my grandmother had that exact garfield mug rest her soul
I love that Pat has a 5 string banjo.
My favorite part of your character "Forrest Gumping" his way through the Godfather game was when Michael gets hasseled by the police officer the first time. Not content to simply have the same officer harass both Michael and your PC, they have a second, new police officer added to the scene who focuses on your character exclusively while the movie-original one harasses Michael.
It reminded me of those, like, old disney cartoons starring dogs... and how if the human faced a bully, that bully would have a big dog that would bully the dog at the same time. I'm... I'm not expressing myself well, here... but it was weirdly adorable to me.
Aw man. I may have liked The Godfather video games when I was in college, but I was a senior at a women’s college who had never seen the movie, so I like to think I buck the stereotype.
I only played the first one, but while the story was meh, the game was actually pretty fuckin advanced for the time. The territory takeover aspect of it was done in a really interesting way, and it's one of the only games with thumb stick melee that isn't totally unplayable lol
Damn, thanks for that jab at the lead Garfield mug. I have two of them in my cabinet that I got from my Grandma. Used to dip oreos in them as a kid. Haven't used them in ages, but they're definitely going on a display shelf somewhere now instead of my kitchen cabinet.
By TH-cam user.............. Griffin McElroy.
How crazy is that, that he's the only one?
WAIT PAT ARE THOSE MUGS ACTUALLY LEAD PAINTED MY NANA HAS THAT EXACT ONE IVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF IT FOR YEARS
i can always trust pat to deliver a delicious mix of humor and class consciousness. i give this video... maximum balls
I appreciated your reference! I enjoyed this analysis a lot even though I don't really play games like this. That's what I love about Polygon: I like you all enough that I want to hear your thoughts and research on everything! Another great video, Pat!
I read the title of this video and instantly thought "this sounds like a Patrick video". You never dissapoint, Pat Gill