CGI Jr: Why Hasn't Anyone Made a Video Game About the TV Show "Monk" Yet?

## CGI Jr 002

*For week 2 of CGI Jr Month, we explore games for olds: a MUCH easier Dark Souls, a game about Wonder Trading phone apps with your dad, and an-depth industry expose about the glaring lack of Monk video games.*

## Introduction

Griffin and Nick jump straight into their second CGI Jr category, "Games you can play with your grandparents".

## This Episode's Game

*why hasn’t anyone made a video game about the TV show Monk yet?* *(submitted by @kennardsmith)*
***Why Hasn't Anyone Made a Video Game About the TV Show "Monk" Yet?*** is a game about an investigative reporter at a video game website who is conducting an exposé into why *Monk* has never been adapted into a video game. By following a tip-off and pulling the right strings, the player uncovers a conspiracy in which nearly everyone in the video games industry has tried and failed to make a *Monk* video game; Pandemic Studios was working on a *Monk* game when they were shut down, TellTale Games' attempt was feature-complete before it was canned, and Warren Spector was fired by Disney before he could begin working on his dream project of *Epic Monk.* The dark secret which becomes revealed is that Tony Shalhoub has a strong aversion to being depicted digitally and that if a *Monk* game without his likeness was ever released, modders would insert a naked Tony Shalhoub to the game in retaliation.

## Other Game Ideas Discussed

### Wario, Beating Up Dinosaurs Outside Of Hell

An image submission of Wario standing atop a pile of vanquished dinosaurs, choking a pterodactyl by the throat, with the above caption. This is a sequel to *Mario Is Missing* in which Mario goes on a rescue mission to bring back Wario from the depths of Hell. Halfway-through, it becomes apparent that Wario actually doesn't want to be rescued because he's having a good time autoerotically asphyxiating dinosaurs in Hell.

### Wario's Repentance

While discussing the previous suggestion, Griffin suggests a game where Wario has to rebrand himself to avoid eternal damnation in Hell. *(submitted by Griffin McElroy)*

### Wonder Trade But For Phone Apps

The player picks one of the apps installed on their phone and randomly swaps it with someone else's. Griffin receives Nick's Chick-fil-A One in return for his WWE 2K16 Creation Studio. Useful for getting dangerous apps away from your parents, but would eventually result in their phone losing all functionality.

### Give me Dark Souls, but muuuch easier

A version of *Wii Sports Resort* in which the player bowls a spell down a hallway of skeletons. In Swordplay, the player automatically walks forward and uses 1:1 motion controls to knock down dragons and zombies (played by your friends) with a single touch of their sword. If the player dies, the words "That's OK" appears on the screen. *(submitted by @megaspel)*

### John Krasinski knows how I'm going to die but God won't let him tell me directly

Griffin is certain that this suggestion was discussed in a previous episode. John Krasinski looks directly into the camera whenever anyone mentions food or choking during *The Office*. *(submitted by @inzergue)*

## Trivia

* The MTV blogpost by "Archive-Stephen-Totilo" about how Tom Cruise's likeness has never appeared in a video game can be read here.
* Nick and Griffin give a shout-out to @Smelliott8, who had recently got a tattoo of the acronym "TMG'sWI?T:F" on his leg.