What the Dub?

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What the Dub?
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Developer(s) Wide Right Interactive
Publisher(s) Wide Right Interactive
Director(s) Mark Zorn
Producer(s) Jim Dirschberger
Designer(s) Kurt Wojda
Programmer(s) Mark Zorn
Writer(s)
  • Jim Dirschberger
  • Mark Zorn
Composer(s) Jonathan Hylander
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: April 8, 2021
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Multiplayer

What the Dub? is a 2021 multiplayer party game developed and published by Wide Right Interactive. [1] It was released on April 8, 2021, to positive reviews. [2] [3]

Contents

A follow-up, RiffTrax: The Game , based on and featuring cast members from RiffTrax, was released in May 2022. [4]

Gameplay

Gameplay consists of players writing their own lines of dialogue for clips from public domain [5] B movies, PSAs and industrial films. [6] [7] After the line is played back using text-to-speech, the players then choose which line is the best. Between two and six players can play in a game, and up to twelve audience members can watch and vote on the best lines per game. [8] [9]

Films and shows

See also

References

  1. Erskine, Donovan (2021-05-11). "What the Dub?! developers on designing a MST3K-like video game". Shacknews. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  2. PlayStation 4 reviews on Metacritic
  3. Minotti, Mike (2021-03-11). "What the Dub is a MST3K-style party game". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  4. "RiffTrax: The Game - Launch Trailer", IGN, 5 May 2022, retrieved May 15, 2022
  5. Erskine, Donovan (2021-04-12). "What The Dub?! developers on fair use and copyright in games". Shacknews. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  6. Baird, Scott (2021-04-08). "What The Dub?! Review". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  7. "What The Dub?!". IGN . Archived from the original on 2022-05-10.
  8. Game of the week – Star Trek: Legends, What The Dub?!, Black Legend and Wonderbox – Inverness Courier
  9. Jarrard, Chris (2021-04-19). "What the Dub?! interview: Reimagining the party game". Shacknews. Retrieved 2023-09-04.