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Double Fine plays through The Lion King with commentary from the original developers

Let's Play videos have become all the rage on the internet, but Double Fine is going a step further. They're playing the games alongside the original creators for a whole new perspective.

Ozzie Mejia

December 23, 2014 12:30 PM

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Double Fine has been busy with its collective slate of titles coming up in 2015, however, they wouldn't be who they are if they didn't pay respects to the previous generation of games. Today, the studio launched a special series of videos (in conjunction with 2 Player Productions) called "Devs Play" that not only examines a select game from the past, but also goes the extra mile by offering developer commentary from one of the creators of that game.

Today, Double Fine's Greg Rice looks at 1994's game adaptation of The Lion King. He's joined by co-founder of Westwood Studios, Louis Castle, for a unique perspective into the making of The Lion King, as well as an informed playthrough of the full game.

Double Fine has also laid out their full season schedule for Devs Play, including The Legend of Zelda on January 13 and a playthrough of the original Doom with John Romero on January 20.

Check out the first Devs Play featuring the 16-bit classic, The Lion King, below.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?