King of Meat (Xbox Series X) Review

My religion in the early 2000s could be described as Fusion Frenzy and Spike TV. When everyone was hitting the sticks for a game of Mario Party, I was downing Mountain Dew at 12:30 a.m., watching Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC), and laughing (quietly to not wake Grandma) at the hilarity of full-sized human adults being put through the obstacle courses of Takeshi’s Castle.

The obvious over-the-top voice-overs helped immerse my younger self in the lore of the show, which was intensely funny and juvenile. This is exactly what King of Meat can be described as. King of Meat brings back the guilty pleasure of staying up far too late for antics, but instead of cheering for a team of self-proclaimed Outdoorsmen or Educators like other game shows, you’re thrown into the obstacle course yourself as another fresh rookie looking to become the King of Meat.

Very much like how Fuzion Frenzy and Spike TV were for me, King of Meat is the religion of Loregok. King of Meat is an... Read more