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HAUNTED: The Audio Drama tells the story of reclusive alcoholic writer James Hunter, bubbly enthusiastic podcaster Abigail Corbin and police officer Dan Cowell as they investigate strange and seemingly unexplainable phenomenon. Told in a classic serial format with episodes raging from suspenseful thrillers, to spine tingling horrors to laugh-out-loud comedies, HAUNTED: The Audio Drama is a horror adventure series that feels like Doctor Who crossed with The X Files. Season 3 Coming 2025 Get b ...
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Movie adaptations of videogames have a fairly infamous reputation for being...well, let's be honest, terrible. But surely an entire genre can't be written off? Of the hundreds made so far, there must be a few good ones, right? Join hosts Jamie and Rory as they suffer through the seemingly endless sea of bad videogame movies in search of the few diamonds in the rough. There will be laughs, tears (mostly from Jamie) and nerdy details nobody could possibly care about! Let us suffer through thes ...
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Realising the true horror of Mother's "cleansing ritual" the gang are forced to escape alongside James and Karl's long lost friend Cassandra. Will it be a warm reunion or will the sins of the past prove too large to overcome? *ANNOUNCEMENT* Following a few fan requests we've partnered with the talented TrashDecoArts on Instagram to release a brand …
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Revisit this classic episode of VGMP where Jamie and Rory review one of the best videogame adaptations ever made. Christoph Gans' 2006 movie remains one of the only movies to ever creep out Jamie! So does it hold up in 2024? Let's find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Produced by Capcom for release in Japan, Dead Rising: The Movie presents a new chapter in the developers second biggest zombie horror series. This low budget film may be lacking in budget but it makes up for it with plenty of whacky characters and inventive zombie action. Does it make for as enjoyable a movie as it does a videogame though? Hosted o…
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Produced as a CGI Arcade experience in Japan in the late 1990s, Resident Evil 4-D Executer is a lost piece of Resident Evil Media that Jamie has wanted to see for a very long time. Finally, as part of VGMP, Jamie has has a chance to see it. Was it worth the wait? Tune in to find out... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The Autumn special of Haunted: The Audio Drama is here! At the end of season two our heroes split into two groups, our summer special "Carnevil" followed Abigail & Dan as they tried to adjust back to a normal life in Greenvale when a sinister carnival comes to town. Now, in "The Last Indigo" we pick up with James and Karl as they try to track down …
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You have once again entered the world of terrible videogame adaptations. We're stepping back into the so-called Andersonverse in this episode of VGMP as we look at the third entry in Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil series, it's Max Max with a RE skin; it's time to review Resident Evil: Extinction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …
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Once again we're back with the Resident Evil franchise, this time reviewing a short proof-of-concept film that was made as a teaser for a proposed police procedural set in the Resident Evil universe. The show wasn't picked up in the end and now Jamie and Rory will review the short to determine whether that was a good decision or not! Hosted on Acas…
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September 30th 2024 is International Podcast Day and to celebrate we decided to re-upload a fan favourite VGMP episode with a fresh new introduction from Rory and Jamie. Fans responded particularly well to our episode on Angelina Jolie's second Tomb Raider outing and so we've chosen it to represent us on International Podcast Day. If you enjoy list…
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In the last of our supplemental "James Hunter Notes" series, James records his thoughts on the mysterious Project Indigo and the damage it has done to his life. Now that we have released all of our supplemental episodes it won't be long until we begin releasing out Autumn Special "The Last Indigo" so make sure to keep a look out for that! Get bonus…
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The iconic PlayStation treasure-hunting franchise comes to cinema screens in "Unchartered." Starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, the film was controversial on release as fans felt the two male leads had been terribly miscast. With little experience of the game franchise however, what will Jamie and Rory think? This episode also includes the now …
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James Hunter records his thoughts on the ancient artefact known as The Gemini Flask. The item was used in the season two episode "Darkness Falls" by Theo Harper to place a blood curse on himself and Abigail, forcing James to decide to kill one of them. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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TRIGGER WARNING: This movie and subsequently our conversation about it, touches upon themes that some people may find extremely disturbing. This is a difficult episode that, truth be told, we might have been better scrapping all together. Kung-Fu Master! is the only videogame movie so far to be deemed worthy of special release by The Criterion Coll…
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We continue our countdown to the release of The Last Indigo with more of James Hunter's private recordings. This week he records notes on a supposedly haunted object; The Fire Of Catalan. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How exactly do you turn a fighting game franchise most known for it's implementation of....and we're not kidding here..."jiggle physics" (TM) into a blockbuster action movie? Well, somebody tried it, and since they did, Jamie & Rory had to watch it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Released as a promotional feature alongside Far Cry 3, this web series features Christopher Mintz-Plasse playing a fictionalised version of himself who finds his lovely tropical cruise interrupted by the arrival of Vas (Michael Mando) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Count down to the release of our next special "The Last Indigo" over the next four weeks with these special mini-episodes in which James Hunter records his notes on various supernatural objects encountered in the Haunted universe. This episode also features a brief preview of upcoming Viking musical Blodlina! You can find out more about this epic V…
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The late 1980s saw videogame media making its first steps into the realm of film and television and usually the results were, at best, ill conceived. Like this show featuring former wrestler Lou Albano as Mario in live action segments interspersed between an animated cartoon. Various celebrities of the time guest star but the show is perhaps best r…
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Loosely based on a true story; Gran Turismo tells the story of an outside-the-box marketing expert, a washed up race car driver and a teenager from the UK with big dreams who come together to try and pull off the ultimate brand cross over. To turn an adept player of Sony's Gran Turismo game (sorry, I mean "driving simulator") in a real life race ca…
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We're continuing to release our classic episodes and this one was certainly an odd one. Poor Rory fell ill one week and couldn't record and so Jamie decided to grab a mic and record thoughts on this strange piece of Resident Evil content that Capcom released alongside limited editions of Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X. Shining some light on the act…
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Jamie & Rory return to the Pokémon franchise as they review this Hollywood offering. Starring Deadpool (I mean, Ryan Reynolds) as Pikachu, Detective Pikachu was positively received on release but doesn't seem to have made an impact long term. Does it hold up a few years later? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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It's being decried as one of the worst movies of all time, reviving the long established "videogame movie curse" and some have even said it feels like an Uwe Boll film. So the question becomes; is Borderlands really as bad as everybody says it is? Joined by special guests, Jamie and Rory take a look at this hot new release to decide if the negative…
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This one is a blast from the past! From the early days of VGMP when we were still recording sharing one very cheap microphone in Jamie's noisy front room. Chill out with this freshly polished re-release as Jamie and Rory discuss 90s technothriller Hackers. A dive into hacking subculture that appears to have been made by somebody as far removed from…
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Based on the popular 1990s series of PC games, this science-fiction thriller stars 90s favourites Freddie Prinze Jr and Matthew Lillard in a story that feels like a mash-up of Top Gun and Starship Troopers. However, the film seems to be focusing its attention in the wrong areas. Tune in to this episode as Jamie and Rory discuss where the film goes …
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The first of our summer specials comes to a close! Abigail has a theory on what is linking all of the deaths around Greenvale but requires the help of a lost friend to nudge her in the right direction. Will she be able to pull Dan from the grasp of the evil carnival or is he already lost? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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In this week's DLC edition of VGMP, the boys look at this odd little promotional film that was released alongside Grand Theft Auto 2. Essentially a music video packed full of that late 90s quick cutting, headache inducing visual style. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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DIC return to the podcast this week with another of their Saturday morning cartoons based on a videogame. This time around it's Captain N: The Game Master, a giant Nintendo commercial featuring appearances from all of the iconic Nintendo characters such as Mega Man, Kid Icarus, Simon Belmont and Super Ma-...oh, wait, what's that? Mario isn't in thi…
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We love uncovering forgotten gems here on VGMP and this certainly ranks amongst them. Whilst he never stood with the likes of Sonic and Mario in the hall of platformer greats, Bubsy Bobcat had a few games in the early 1990s that were successful enough to warrant trying a cartoon based on the property. The result was this TV pilot that was not picke…
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The time has once again come for the boys to delve into the back catalogue of the most infamous video game movie director of all time, Raging Boll himself, Uwe Boll. No, your eyes don't deceive you, this movie does indeed star Sir Ben Kingsley in one of the biggest cases of "how the F*!K did that happen?" in the history of film. Clearly Ben was ask…
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The boys dip into one of Jamie's favourite franchises this week as they review the short tie-in web series "Bright Falls" released in 2010 alongside the original Alan Wake release. This low budget web series revolves around a man who visits Bright Falls and soon begins questioning his own sanity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info…
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