The Batman with Robert Pattinson Full Review

03/11/22 • 31 min

Have you heard about this new movie, starring a Caped Crusader who used to be a vampire? I mean this new movie about a Dark Knight who's also secretly traveling backwards in time to prevent revenge against present day people for climate change?
Alright, I'll say it, Robert Pattinson has been in a LOT of movies recently! But that doesn't mean YOU should SLEEP on The Batman, out now in a theater near you, probably.
The Parentacons had a chance to see The Batman early, before its wider release, and we decided to put together a few thoughts of our own. But if you're dads like us, then maybe you haven't gotten a chance to see it yet? Never fear! Our resident Batman expert, Jay, actually couldn't attend the screening, but is still here to break it all down for you, without ever having seen it! Don't worry, Ian and Derrick actually saw the movie, and they do most of the talking.
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Previous Episode

Beyond Big Daddy – Gaming, Creating, and Parenting with the Pros

You've seen him on the screen, and at Comic-Con, and soon in a new Netflix series...but still you wonder, who is the face of Jack in BioShock?
Jay and Ian recently sat down with Amanda and Bill Gardner, who write and code original video games as The Deep End Games. Together, they're the team behind Perception, and the recently released Romancelvania, which pushes the boundaries of conventional RPGs while paying tribute to a classic genre.
Bill also happens to be an industry veteran, and was the lead level designer behind BioShock, which is one of Ian's all time favorite games, and which Jay never finished. Ian took full advantage, asking all the level design questions he, and you, always wanted to know. Of course, with three kids in the house, Bill and Amanda's lives are about more than just great writing and level design. They share insight into what it takes to balance their lives, how they navigate what content to share with their kids and when, and what their eldest son really thinks about the award winning, genre defining, once in a generation video game his dad helped make.
If you're a regular listener, then you already know, The Parentacons take video games seriously. We recently released the first two installments of a trilogy on "Why Video Games Matter," including a conversation about the retro arcade gaming of our youths, and one about the console wars that have transformed the gaming landscape. And because we're dads, and we don't get it right all the time, we had to go back and add a little bit of extra content for all the parents out there with our bonus release, Console Wars – The Parenting Angle.

Next Episode

Video Games Part 3 – Mobile Games

From Tetris on a green screen to a few stolen moments of Candy Crush in the stall...mobile gaming has exploded since the GameBoy first arrived on the scene in 1989. From bite-sized (some say watered-down) versions of your favorite console games all the way to FTP casino style games like Candy Crush, we're covering all things mobile gaming. Can you get too much dopamine from Angry Birds? How much screen time is too much screen time for kids? Derrick, Ian, and Jay are here to break it all down for you in this episode of The Parentacons, the final installment of our three part series on Video Games in Geek Media. Check out Part 1 – The Arcade and Part 2 – The Console Wars if you haven't listened yet, either now or later!
Have your own opinion about mobile gaming? We want to hear it!!!! Send us an email at [email protected]
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A Note About GameBoys:
While it wasn't the first handheld device, and not even the most tech heavy, it did run for a thousand years on four AA batteries. Just don't try to play it in the dark. We see you GameGear fans, ruining your eyes with those beautiful color screens...and your 100 lb battery packs. We're jealous...but not that jealous.