Collateral Gaming vs. Collateral Cinema Collaboration Special: David Slade’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Title: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch [Wikipedia] [IMDb]

Director: David Slade

Producer: Russell McLean

Writer: Charlie Brooker

Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Asim Chaudhry, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe

Release date: December 28, 2018

Previously released on Collateral Gaming Video Game Podcast, this was a little extra we worked on together not too long ago for you cinephiles and gamers out there! In an effort to kick off the New Year, our offshoot gaming podcast wanted to produce a collaboration with us on something that had been trending, which we agreed presents itself as both a movie and a game in many ways—Black Mirror: Bandersnatch! For any of our listeners that recall it, this is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-style Netflix original movie, in which the viewer (or player) guides the protagonist through a dark and twisted plot to develop a five-star game. Without spoiling the multiple endings and meta narrative twists in full, we discuss the value (or lack thereof) of this new interactive media adventure, with Collateral Cinema and Collateral Gaming taking different sides! We decided to go ahead and release this on both of our platforms so y'all can give our spoiler-free review a listen, and of course, you can still check out this movie/game for yourself on Netflix if you so desire. Stay tuned for content from both of our podcasts, including next week's brand new episode on Bullitt (starring Steve McQueen) from yours truly!

Collateral Cinema and Collateral Gaming are both on Apple Podcasts, Chill Lover Radio, Podcoin, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Also, find us on Patreon; we will have exclusive commentaries on our favorite movies and games soon!

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