SIDE QUEST: Indieventure Goes to the Movies (Tomb Raider 2001 vs Return to Silent Hill)

About this episode

Welcome back to our intermittent spin-off concept Side Quest, where we focus on something other than indie games but like, on purpose. This episode is the second in-person recording from August's Indieventure IRL hang, and it's a double feature as we make the incredibly sensible decision to watch some bad video game movies, and then chat about them while drinking Buzzballz just because none of us had ever tried one before (and no, this episode isn't sponsored). After a brisk round of negotiations, our chosen movies were 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – the first movie which loosely adapted the games, of which there were only five at the time, if you can believe it – and Return to Silent Hill, the continuation of that movie series after more than a decade-long hiatus that finally saw the light of day this year, allegedly adapting beloved series highlight Silent Hill 2. (If you're wondering why we picked these specific two films instead of, I don't know, watching some movies based on indie games… well, there aren't actually all that many indie game movies, but mainly these choices seemed much much funnier and more likely to generate lively Buzzball-fuelled discussion.) Now, nei