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James Briefel

Co-host of Pulp Kitchen: A Film Podcast with George Pundek, a London-based presenter, video producer, and podcast producer.

Sep 17, 2026

1:30
You're going to be talking about Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.
1:35
Yeah, so I just sort of jumped into it this weekend.
1:38
And I think I saw the announcement of it and I got really excited by it.
1:41
I think my history with Assassin's Creed, like I think a lot of people has been a series of ups and downs.
1:47
Like I obviously fell in love with the first few and Assassin's Creed 2, I still think is the best.
1:52
Love the Ezio trilogy, even though it got a bit tired.
1:55
And into Black Flag, I thought it was great.

9 MINS LATER

10:49
Definitely.
52:46
Is that the kind of vibe?
52:46
vibe?So I always feel like it's between eras where, like, things had to be- A bit pouty, isn't it? Yeah, a bit pouty, a bit posey.
52:51
It's almost between eras where, like, things had to be a lot more grounded and more serious, but it wanted to sort of recapture, like, the epic swords and sandals films- Mm ... from, like, decades earlier.
52:59
Yeah.
52:59
And it's sort of in this, in this mid point.
53:01
It's probably a bit...
53:03
I, I actually will say the sets and the costumes- Mm ... and the, the scale of it is really impressive, and it was, like, the most expensive movie at the time that was made.

14 MINS LATER

67:37
the thing?
6:02
But when I think the game doubles down on being like, "This is how we're gonna do our chase scenes, our fight scenes-
6:07
scenes-Or basically everything.
6:09
Um, for me, it just really worked, and it was really riveting.
6:12
And every time I had a chase or someone was trying to kill me or I had to go and catch someone, I found all the quick time events really riveting.
6:17
And I'm like, "I think this action scene works.
6:20
I think this chase scene works." I forgot so many elements of the story, and it took me back to when I played it.
6:25
I think it came out in 2010.

20 MINS LATER

26:51
Mm.

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