RiffTrax: The Game makes everyone funny

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RiffTrax: The Game is already one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. Sure, that is because I got to play with the RiffTrax crew, who are deeply responsible (liable) for my sense of humor thanks to many of their efforts contributing to Mystery Science Theater 3000, but it’s also because the game makes everyone feel capable of landing a joke.

Developer Wide Right Interactive announced this spinoff off of its What The Dub game in March along with the team at RiffTrax. It debuts May 5 for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and Steam. And that will get you 250 movie clips from the RiffTrax vault, which includes some true stinkers like Rollergator and the infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space.

On its face, the concept is one that should immediately resonate with fans of RiffTrax or MST3k: players watch a bad movie clip and then get a chance to fill in a blank with their own joke. Everyone then watches the results in a random order before players vote for their favorites. Whoever ends up with the most points after five-or-so rounds is the winner.

I played with the RiffTrax crew, and the concept works even better in practice. It helps that this game isn’t pulling only from public-domain content. But it’s even more important that Wide Right added aids — and even entire modes — to facilitate the humor.

If you cannot think of a joke for a Riff, no worries — the RiffTrax writers contributed 2,000 of their own. And since this is a party game and you are likely playing for the laughs, it’s great when players sprinkle in those professional jokes. They are truly hilarious.

But RiffTrax: The Game also separates itself from What The