Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
The idea for Owlchemy Labs to work on a virtual reality video game for "Rick and Morty" came after series co-creator Justin Roiland invited the development team to his residence to play games. The first drafts of dialog were written by Owlchemy Labs and rough voice recordings by CEO Alex Schwartz were sent to Roiland as a template for the final performance.
Pickle Rick
Zach Blumenfeld of "Paste" calls the episode "arguably the most eagerly anticipated "Rick and Morty episode ever"" due to the large amount of episode content released by Adult Swim before it premiered. Green calls the Pickle Rick concept "season 3's most anticipated wrinkle." In June 2017, "Polygon" published an article entitled "Pickle Rick is already everyone's favorite character from Rick and Morty's third season", citing actions of fans such as creating Twitter and Tumblr accounts for the character. Julia Alexander, the writer of the article, comments that the show has "found a dedicated fan base because of the absurdity it bases its comedy in."