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The Banshees Of Inisherin gets devastatingly good Pac-Man treatmentGive this free browser game a big hand
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THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN | Official Trailer | Searchlight PicturesWatch on YouTube
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures
Banshees: The Game distils the film’s plot. You play as a pixelated version of Brendan Gleeson’s character with a singular motive: get to the pub and grab a couple of pints. Annoyingly, Colin Farrell and his beautiful eyebrows are on a mission to repair your friendship, so you’ll need to avoid him, grab five fingers, and sneak to the pub on aPac-Mangrid. As you progress, other characters from the film join Farrell and take on the role of Pac-Man’s ghosts. Alas, you can’t eat the ghost stand-ins here, sadly, however much you want to.
There’s a plucky retro soundtrack, which is always a treat, and Inisherin’s comedy isn’t lost in translation. Every time Farrell - or anyone - catches you, Gleeson’s distorted voice yells, “I don’t like you no more!” Transition screens also treat you to plot synopses such as: “The local gobshite is coming to talk your ears off!” I’ll be spending the rest of today trying to beat the game and see its last few jokes.
I can hear you guys wondering already, why aren’t there more video game homages to Oscar-nominated films? Turns out, 2023’s Oscars actually have plenty. Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once has inspired a rock-sim that’s appropriately named Be A Rock, coming toSteamat the end of March. Top Gun Maverickalready has a crossoverwithMicrosoft FlightSim, while Ubisoft are adapting James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster intoAvatar: Frontiers Of Pandora. And anyone who’s also watched Tar - the cerebral rumination of orchestra-based power dynamics featuring Cate Blanchett - will know thatMonster Hunteris the perfect tie-in. I won’t say why, though. You’ll have to watch the film.
