Traveller's Tales

Yeah, this is the game where you, like, Lego pieces stuck, stuck together.

One of my big things about, like, Lego games, es- especially, especially, especially Traveler's, Traveler's Tales games, is that they never made the, the, the thing.

It was just, like, using Lego characters.

It might as well just been a, a game about, like...

NetherRealm Studios, which does only fighting games.

T, uh, Travelers Tales Games, which does all the LEGO games.

And Rocksteady Studios, which is, I'm surprised still exists.

Um, another thing that Skydance did that only kinda sorta relates to games is they added your boy, Bobby Kotick, to the board of directors.

So does this game have, the PC game, does it have the same sort of quirky sense of humor that most Lego games are known for?

Yeah, it's not quite like the Traveler's Tales, like Lego Star Wars, Lego Indiana Jones, the DC Comics ones, all that.

But yeah, it's definitely silly and has a sense of humor.

I won't say it.

So Probe Software built the NES, Game Boy, Master System, and Game Gear versions as straightforward action platformers.

But Traveler's Tales and Psygnosis built the SNES and Genesis versions, also platformers, but closer in feel to Castlevania, a franchise we've already covered in length in multiple episodes, 78, 20- 213.

I don't know why I said 213, not 213.

Uh, so we're not really gonna retread, as I said, Castlevania today.

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Uh, and finally, October 26th, 2005, Traveller's Tales releases Lego Star Wars: The Video Game for the GameCube.

Yes, that's a good game.

Now, if, now, if you're looking for just a, a fun, mindless game where you can just shut your brain off and have pure fun, Lego Star Wars is a game that fits that description to a T.

Telltale, I'm sorry, I was confused with you.

Traveler's Tales released a new Lego Batman game earlier this year, and it's Legacy of the Dark Knight.

And this released on pretty much all platforms back in May.

And this is, I would say, the ultimate love letter to the Batman mythos.

I loved going through open world Gotham and just seeing all of the references and the and the homages to characters I love and little hints of the of the broader DC universe as well.

It was just a delight.

And if I were to say any negative thing about this, it's the same thing that I would say about all Traveler's Tales games that I've played, is that it's still pretty rough around the edges.

It does have that Arkham-style combat, but...

And I remember liking this game.

I enjoyed all the Traveler's Tales games at the time.

And this is also the first one that's not based on a movie or any of that nature.

It's just its own story, which I remember I was excited for this game.