{"id":48067,"date":"2019-02-27T17:38:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=48067"},"modified":"2019-02-27T17:38:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:38:57","slug":"kevin-mccallister-loves-toejam-earl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2019\/02\/27\/kevin-mccallister-loves-toejam-earl\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCallister loves ToeJam &#038; Earl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macauly Culkin is a retro gamer. The actor, probably best known for playing Michael Alig in Party Monster, is such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/02\/27\/macaulay-culkin-toejam-earl-launch-interview\/\">a fan of retro gaming<\/a> that he is helping to finance and hawk ToeJam &amp; Earl: Back in the Groove. Culkin is an executive producer on the new game from series creator Greg Johnson. (If you doubt his bona fides, here is Culkin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IncredibleCulk\/status\/970519276145823745\">tweeting<\/a> about replaying the original game back in 2018.) The actor&#8217;s recent social media <a href=\"https:\/\/bunnyears.com\/\">resurgence<\/a> helped put him in contact with Johnson and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1578116861\/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove\">Kickstarter<\/a> for the game, leading to the odd partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Me and my friend used to always &#8211; you&#8217;re supposed to cooperate with each other, you&#8217;re supposed to help each other find these ship pieces, but instead, we actually tried to really just screw each other over all the time. We&#8217;ve actually turned it into a competitive game. And as we&#8217;ve gotten older, now we have a drinking game attached to it, like we can totally screw each other over.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ToeJam &amp; Earl: Back in the Groove will launch on Friday for the PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macauly Culkin is a retro gamer. The actor, probably best known for playing Michael Alig in Party Monster, is such a fan of retro gaming that he is helping to finance and hawk ToeJam &amp; Earl: Back in the Groove. Culkin is an executive producer on the new game from series creator Greg Johnson. 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