They also visited other non-Ubisoft game studios so the show creators could see all of the types of jobs, said Kreinik in an interview. They lobbied Rob McElhenney, the star of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and he turned them down at first. Yet the slippery slope of the clash between creativity and commercial success eats at them. His character is so obnoxious in the way that only an old, award-winning fantasy novelist who somehow wheedled his way into a games industry job could be. It's kind of weird though because they show those sequences which we are to assume is Mythic Quest.

“You’re not following if the specific business is a success or failure. The way that a successful game only happens because of a high attention to detail to things that the average player will never notice, encounter, or understand. "We worked with a real game dev … Ganz said that the show also had broader appeal as a “workplace comedy.” And it puts its finger on a common dispute in game studios and other workplaces: the conflict between the creators and the suits, or the business executives. Those shots are primarily used for transitions between scenes, while the team at Red Storm crafted the actual Mythic Quest seen in Mythic Quest. The thing that I and about 150 other badge-holding attendees of the screening probably didn’t expect was how much Mythic Quest gets correct right out of the gate. Mythic Quest could be just populated with stereotypes, like the egotistical boss, the uptight programmer, or the horny old goat. An animated shovel plays a big role in the game, and Ubisoft had to create that.

“Mythic Quest is a testament to the madness that is a video game development company,” says McElhenney. That said, there were also some moments along those lines that just didn’t work for me at all. It would have been very easy to make these characters two-dimensional. The Guild, that Felicia Day web series that aired from 2007-2013.
Apparently Apple has one of those. “It’s a real mix of technical and creative people who work together for years on the project. I’m not actually sure if I would recommend this show or not. Ethan Gach: Maddy, can you guess what song I’m listening to on Spotify right now? Apple has a rep for wanting its content to be family friendly, and I almost wonder how much of the darker impulses of the show were curbed by one of the many proper names helping to fund and produce it. There are some basic workplace comedy moments in this show that I found darkly funny, many of which make light of how white and male the games industry is. Brad, the money guy, is stunned to learn that, within minutes of its launch, some guy spends his retirement money on a $250,000 rare item in the game. Yes, I wish to receive exclusive discounts, special offers and competitions from our partners. At PAX South, an annual games convention that draws many tens of thousands to downtown San Antonio, Texas, Apple decided to screen its new series from Rob McElhenney, one of the brains and stars behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, weeks before the February 7 premiere. “But without pandering. That said, gamers will love this show. Ethan: Wow, you didn’t like episode five? The show tries to conclude that storyline by letting Dana deliver a corny monologue to the girls about how, actually, working in games is the coolest job in the world. What's the point of clipping for Honor in? For example, the first episode involves the lead programmer adding a shovel to the game that introduces a whole new gameplay mechanic (digging holes), and she’s somehow kept this a secret from the rest of the executive creative team up until that point. From the moments of having to call and receiving calls from Montreal. But people don’t know a lot about the people who make them. “I just look back through popular culture and I haven’t really seen a show or any movies that really took the gaming industry seriously,” McElhenney said. The community itself felt very derided. So you always have to make those compromises.”. [Mythic Quest plays this song in its fifth episode.]. I was also stunned in the episode, “The Casino,” to hear a discussion about monetization and its limits in a free-to-play game that wasn’t totally dumbed down. Lots of Ubisoft elements are in the show :). There’s a bit where Rachel tells Dana she looks better with her glasses on, which goes to some weird places. The latest comedy from Apple TV Plus comes from a group of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia alums. His engineering chief is an Australian woman named Poppy Li (played by Charlotte Nicdao). The show was also revealed at Ubisofts E3 press conference last year. I’ve never actually worked in games, but I’ve totally met guys with this energy in my life, so I just assume this one’s accurate. But it wasn’t bad, and it was kind of cool to see a show attempting to tell a story about a topic that I spend all of my workdays marinating in. Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet is an American comedy streaming television series starring Rob McElhenney for Apple TV+.The series premiered on February 7, 2020. Amazingly, the game’s lead programmer is a woman; the interactions between her character Poppy and the egotist creative director Ian (played by Rob McElhenney) were some of my favourite moments in the show. Is it worth viewers getting an Apple TV+ subscription (whatever the heck that even is) in order to watch this Apple Original? Just for that one joke. And even on shows that are supposed to understand the intersection of people and technology, such as HBO’s Silicon Valley, the gamer character is often a human cancer, a lowbrow purveyor of easily monetizable virtual crap. Which, most of the time, they do!