Sonic the Hedgehog has us racing to its defense, before moving on to discuss how quickly Scott Pilgrim can put on a hat, how many egregious name-checks Ready Player One has per second, and how to literally and figuratively turn on the gaming system in eXistenZ.

Does Scott Pilgrim vs. the World get too clever for its own good? Does Ready Player One even achieve “clever” at all? And can we keep it together long enough to analyze eXistenZ in a meaningful way after a drunken derailing? All this and more on Sonic the Hedgehog, Video Games Remastered, and Halliday’s 17th Favorite Watersports Movie…