Back to the Future, now in episodic game form

Finally!

December 27, 2010 at 6:55PM

There's a new Back to the Future game out. You may not know this. Or care. But for some people the opening notes in this trailer bring it allll back: the wonderful time we had seeing the movie the first time, the fun we had watching it on VHS, the incredible anticipation of seeing the sequel, the frozen smiles that eventually faded, the diminished expectations we felt when seeing the third one, the delight of seeing the first one on DVD, then the tingly anticipation of seeing the deleted scenes in the special edition DVD, then the oh-sure-why-not emotions we felt when we ordered the Blu-Ray from Netflix, before we decided to cancel Blu-Ray on the account because it's five bucks and you really can't tell the difference on your 720 plasma. Yes, it's all there:

Michael J. Fox wasn't able to do the voice, so they used A.J. LoCascio. Here's the actor's demo voice reel; in an interview with Asylum he said he tried to infuse his voice with "artificial nervousness." He really nails it:

The official site's right here.

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