It’s 1980. You’re a student at William McKinley high school in Chippewa, Michigan. You’re wearing your favourite Army jacket, and it’s time to hang out with the Freaks outside, where they’re smoking cigarettes. What do you do next?
At first, I thought this video from The Fine Bros was just going to be another retro video-game remake of a cool non-game thing — in this case, Paul Feig and Judd Apatow’s short-lived classic TV series Freaks and Geeks. I wasn’t expecting a choose-your-own adventure YouTube game that lets you deviate from the script of the show and see what might’ve happened if Lindsay had made different choices in the pilot.
They say they’re making the “Geeks” version of this game next. I can’t wait to hang out with Bill again.
Speaking of Bill… here, let’s revisit one of my favourite scenes from the show:
Aw, Bill. You were always my favourite.
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