Polygon.com / 27.02.25

The Executive's spoonerisms bring silly joy to a fun movie-studio sim

Theres a long history of games using lets say creative solutions to get around licensing problems. This is especially true in sports games: Baseball video games long had to figure out alternatives to superstar Barry Bonds, who famously refused to license his name and likeness for games. (Its the same for football games and coach Bill Belichick.) College sports games stopped entirely because they were sued after using players likenesses while substituting in fake names. (The situation is different now.) The Pro Cycling Manager franchise slightly alters the names of cyclists it doesnt have the rights to Remco Evenepoel becomes Remi Edendoel, Julian Alaphilippe becomes Jules Alaphilipi, etc. But theres a new game out there with a delightfully silly approach to this problem: spoonerisms.  The Executive Movie Industry Tycoon is a new movie-studio simulator from developer Aniki Games and publisher Goblinz. It was released this February, and in a better state than many of its competitors in ...
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