Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Contains spoilers for The Quiet Man, but come on. It's The Quiet Man.
I strongly believe that studying where things go wrong in media is incredibly important for avoiding those mistakes in the future, so with that in mind I'll just say this: The Quiet Man is maybe the worst game I've played since Ride to Hell. On almost every conceivable level, from the inefficiency of its storytelling to its woeful handling of visual information in gameplay, it is an absolute trainwreck. Let's talk about it.
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Interview footage - youtube.com/watch?v=bSF-mFJQHqc
Footage of one shot of Dane and PoliceDad in the car was picked up from a video by CJSeedge (youtube.com/watch?v=KgVAHqDm9a8 - watch this if you don't want to play the game!) and the brief footage from Fight Club was from a video by Derek Turner (youtube.com/watch?v=YpRZEObdj3s - high quality Fight Club PS2 content right here). Thank you both! ---
Intro text animation by Draz: twitter.com/DrazGames
youtube.com/channel/UCd3x2o76QHYNy4Vh6rkRtfg
Production work by Nico Bleackley
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames
Podcast (iTunes) - itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/writing-on-gamescast/id1124674245?mt=2
Second Channel - youtube.com/channel/UC1xxfS_HILi09yaELQdmV1A
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Contains spoilers for The Quiet Man, but come on. It's The Quiet Man.
I strongly believe that studying where things go wrong in media is incredibly important for avoiding those mistakes in the future, so with that in mind I'll just say this: The Quiet Man is maybe the worst game I've played since Ride to Hell. On almost every conceivable level, from the inefficiency of its storytelling to its woeful handling of visual information in gameplay, it is an absolute trainwreck. Let's talk about it.
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Interview footage - youtube.com/watch?v=bSF-mFJQHqc
Footage of one shot of Dane and PoliceDad in the car was picked up from a video by CJSeedge (youtube.com/watch?v=KgVAHqDm9a8 - watch this if you don't want to play the game!) and the brief footage from Fight Club was from a video by Derek Turner (youtube.com/watch?v=YpRZEObdj3s - high quality Fight Club PS2 content right here). Thank you both! ---
Intro text animation by Draz: twitter.com/DrazGames
youtube.com/channel/UCd3x2o76QHYNy4Vh6rkRtfg
Production work by Nico Bleackley
