089 - Ready Player Dracula: Castlevania

Grab your garlic and whip and join Chris and Mackenzie as they venture into the realm of Dracula in Netflix’s Castlevania. How does the gameplay and storytelling of a video game translate to a piece of narrative fiction? How is Castlevania like Metroid? How much does Netflix love cliffhangers? Do boss fights translate to a show? What is most interesting about Dracula? Previously on Writers Get Animated Well, Excuuuse Us (Legend of Zelda, Sonic) http://bit.ly/2w9vZU6 Resolutions? What Resolutions? http://bit.ly/2w9tkK4 Links Watch Castlevania on Netflix http://nflx.it/2w99dMk About Castlevania http://bit.ly/2w9voSx About Dracula http://bit.ly/2vtHofF About Metroidvania http://bit.ly/2vutMAy Netflix's Castlevania Series Forgets What Makes the Games Work https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/netflixs-castlevania-series-forgets-what-makes-the.html Castlevania Breaks a Rotten Tomatoes Record http://bit.ly/2vbsnDM Dido and Aeneas from Mark Morris http://bit.ly/2vbx14O Braindead the film http://bit.ly/2vutObE About the film Breathless http://bit.ly/2vbuFCM