![]() ![]() Its seven-minute episodes are densely packed with layers of comedy, sentiment, visual invention, and even philosophy. To reiterate, Bluey is an Australian animated show about a playful family of dogs who explore the mysteries, truths, and foibles of life through play. ![]() It brings me no joy to report that the latest example (and one of the most egregious) of this slash-and-burn game licensing is Bluey: The Videogame - news that will be galling to preschoolers and parents, as well as to the many adult fans (and, presumably, the creators) of one of the best things on TV. There’s one community that still has to put up with this kind of thing on the regular, and it’s kids. Eventually, licensors like Disney got wise to the reputation damage, and gave talented studios the time and freedom to make spinoff games their own way - even Spider-Man and Star Wars games are good now.īut if you thought disrespecting fans and the video game medium itself with trashy tie-ins was a thing of the past, I’m afraid I have to disabuse you. ![]() Remember when licensed games were uniformly terrible? Buying a video game based on a beloved movie or character would, more often than not, be rewarded by the crushing disappointment of a poorly engineered, hastily slapped-together cash-in. ![]()
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