They’re making an animated special about the Backyard Sports games, and McLovin is just one familiar face involved

Did you know they were making a cartoon based around the Backyard Sports games? Me neither! But now I do, and after seeing the cast, I’m pretty excited.

Backyard Sports: The Animated Special is coming to YouTube and features some notable celebrity voices, including Christopher Mintz-Plasse AKA McLovin from Superbad as Dmitri Petrovich, Tiffany Haddish as Kiesha Phillips, and Utkarsh Ambudkar as Achmed Khan.

The 2000s-era PC sports game series featuring a fun cast of kids (and kid version of professional athletes once some licensing got involved) was brought back to life in the past few years. Several classic titles are found on Steam in their original form (like my personal favorite Backyard Baseball ’01), and this animated special is a part of its revival.

Other cast members include Adam Pally (Wade Whipple from the Sonic the Hedgehog movies) as Pete Wheeler, Donald Faison (of Scrubs fame) as Dante Wheeler, Deborah Baker Jr. as Kimmy Eckman, Ego Nwodim as Stephanie Morgan, and Arturo Castro as the GOAT Pablo Sanchez. The cast is pretty impressive for what seems to be a rather small operation, and I hope it does well and continues to provide hype for the franchise.

I’m very down to check this out, especially since it’ll be available on YouTube for free. I hope that this is a jumping-off point for some new Backyard Sports games as part of the franchise’s renaissance, and I also hope that the pro leagues like the MLB, NFL, NHL, and NBA get their players involved again so today’s kids can enjoy the games as I did.

The simplicity of the Backyard Sports games made it special and accessible to kids, with the games featuring a basic point-and-click gameplay style. I do wonder what a new game in the franchise would look like, and I’m hoping we get some more news soon.

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Research Points, or RP in short, are a crucial currency in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check when it comes to accessing different upgrades, and you’ll need plenty.

Thankfully, there are a couple of great ways to get RP in the game. While the exact methods aren’t explained in the open, this guide will help you get as many Research Points as you might require.

How to get Research Points (RP) in Quarantine Zone

The easiest way of obtaining Research Points is by completing daily investigations. You’ll find new survivors visiting your base daily. Some of them will be clean, while others will be infected. It’s your task to go through the symptoms to differentiate between those who should live and those who should be eliminated.

While you can make a mistake, you won’t want to. Making the correct diagnosis will help you get excellent inspections. An excellent inspection rewards you with nine RP per survivor. Do this multiple times, and you’ll fetch a handy amount of RP.

However, a botched inspection (graded as poor) won’t reward you with any RP at all. That’s why you should always observe a survivor carefully before making a decision.

Another way of earning RP is from extractions. There will be an extraction every six days when you have to send your survivors to a safe zone. If you choose to send them to the lab for further research, you’ll be rewarded with RP. If you choose not to do so, you’ll be rewarded with money. Hence, the decision is on you.

How to complete upgrades in Quarantine Zone

Once you have enough RP, you can start upgrading your tools. But first, you’ll have to upgrade your base (essential if you play the campaign). How you choose to get the remaining upgrades, then, depends on you.

While the upgrades in the beginning are easy to get, the more advanced ones will require more RPs. Unless you’re in dire need of cash, you should send more survivors to the lab for additional Research Points.

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