Play Comics<p><strong>Fantastic Four with Anthony Sytko (Capes on the Couch)</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://playcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Fantastic-Four-2005.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Flame on, podcast listeners! This week we’re stretching our way back to 2005 to tackle the Fantastic Four game that somehow managed to land on more consoles than Reed Richards has had scientific breakthroughs. Based on the first Fox movie that made us all question whether Hollywood truly understood what “fantastic” meant, this multi-platform adventure promised to let us clobber our way through levels faster than Ben Grimm goes through doorframes.</p><p>Joining us for this cosmic-powered gaming expedition is Anthony Sytko from <a href="http://capesonthecouch.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Capes on the Couch</a>, who’s here to help us determine whether this game was the ultimate power or just another case of “it’s clobberin’ time” gone wrong. We’ll be exploring how this tie-in game managed to squeeze onto everything from GameCube to Game Boy Advance, and whether any version actually captured the magic of Marvel’s first family – or if they all just left us feeling more invisible than Sue Storm on a bad day.</p><p>So grab your unstable molecules costume and prepare for a gaming experience that’s sure to be more unpredictable than Johnny Storm’s dating life. It’s time to see if this Fantastic Four adaptation was truly marvelous or just another victim of the superhero movie game curse!</p><p>Learn such things as:</p><ul><li>Does yelling “FLAME ON!” improve your loading times?</li><li>Is this the worst timeline for Dr. Doom?</li><li>How long can we go without saying something about America’s Ass?</li><li>And so much more!</li></ul><p>You can find Anthony @CapesOnTheCouch on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/capesonthecouch.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BlueSky</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/capesonthecouch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capesonthecouch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@capesonthecouch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, and of course the <a href="http://capesonthecouch.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Capes on the Couch</a> website.</p><p>If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the <a href="https://playcomics.com/be-a-guest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Be a A Guest on the Show page</a> and let me know what you’re interested in.</p><p>If you want to help support the show check out <a href="https://www.patreon.com/playcomics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Play Comics Patreon page</a> or head over to the <a href="https://playcomics.com/support" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Support page</a> if you want to go another route. 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