Black Myth: Wukong puts the book in video game book club
Plus, Justin teaches the crew about Journey to the West
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Black Myth Wukong is a sequel to the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It’s also a AAA action game with a spectacular opening that echoes the grand scale of Asura’s Wrath. You remember Asura’s Wrath, right? In this episode, the crew discusses the game, the book, and the many adaptations.
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Games discussed:
Black Myth Wukong, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Towerfall, Kan Jam, Castlevania: Dominus Collection, Fields of Mistria, Knock on the Coffin Lid
Podcast series discussed:
With Gourley And Rust Podcast Series
Books discussed:
Journey to the West, an abridged version of Journey to the West
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Bonus links:
The controversies around Black Myth Wukong’s developers
A YouTube channel dedicated in part to Journey to the West/Black Myth story explainers
“The best piece of tech I’ve bought in years is this funky little e-reader”
Every animated Wukong
Russ, the Gallagher joke might be the best joke anyone have ever made on the podcast. That was incredible
I can't believe such little time was given to Monkey Magic. Maybe it wasn't as big in America, but I feel it was a pretty iconic kids show down here in Australia. Everything Justin described about angering heaven, eating all their fruit and pissing on Buddha's hand was the first episode or two.
And then when they released the DVDs, they got the English cast back to dub some of the decidely non-kid friendly episodes that they didn't originally westernise. Like when the gang arrives at a town where everyone is pretending to be bad at maths, because a nearby demon is killing smart kids to feed to her demon son to make him better at maths. Although I guess it works out in the end because she repents and prays all the kids back to life.