• SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I like the part where they figured out the previously undiscovered secret in the race was to drive backwards. I tried that shit in Mario Kart when I was 8, you’re telling me NOBODY had tried it in that game before?

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      I still remember exactly how the announcer enunced “You’re Going The Wrong Way!”

      I haven’t read the book, but yeah that really broke immersion for me in the movie.

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        The book’s first puzzle is solved by Wade playing the arcade game Joust against a bot. Then when he wins, he’s dropped into the movie WarGames, replacing Matthew Broderick’s character, and he has to act out every scene to progress.

        Seriously, that’s it.