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

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