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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Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY RE-RELEASE
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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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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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A short film from director Neil Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie, Gran Turismo) promoting the Halo franchise. There was talk of this potentially leading to Blomkamp helming a Halo feature but it never materialised. 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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Here's a forgotten relic; this anime adaptation is based on the 1987 beat 'em up videogame of the same name published by Namco. 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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VGMP returns to take a look at this Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vehicle from 2018 which sees the eyebrow-raising, elbow dropping superstar thrust into a battle between three heavily mutated kaiju-like monsters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jamie and Rory take a brief look at an internet comedy short that tells the story of two men engaged in a battle to top one another's high scores on a Pac-Man arcade cabinet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Retro: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
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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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A throwback to the classic early 90s animation style of the Sonic cartoon, Sonic Mania Adventures was a piece of tie-in media released alongside the popular retro-style game Sonic Mania. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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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DLC: Resident Evil: Wesker's Report
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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 week the boys look at this adaptation by legendary Japanese director Takashi Miike of Sega's popular action RPG franchise. This is one of Rory's favourite franchises but will the movie stack up? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A short proof-of-concept movie based on Valve's popular puzzler videogame. A woman wakes inside a facility and desperately seeks escape with the help of a portal gun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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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Jamie and Rory sit down to review an unusual piece of gaming media; a small feature in which WWE Superstar Xavier Woods travels to arcade cafe's and tries out various videogames. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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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DLC: Grand Theft Auto 2 - The Movie
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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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VGMP Retro: Captain N: The Game Master
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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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VGMP Retro: Mortal Kombat (1995)
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Jamie once again does battle with his arch-nemesis Paul W.S. Anderson as the boys review the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The boys take a brief look at this forgotten artefact that was released exclusively in Japan as a pitch for a full length animated series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP Retro: 2021 Retrospective Episode
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In this special re-release from our back catalogue Jamie and Rory look back at all of the films they covered in 2021 and look ahead to what releases were coming in 2022. Looking back, how many predictions did we get right and what did we get wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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A low budget indie comedy sees a young man whose life suddenly becomes inextricably linked with videogames, forcing him on a quest through various gaming genres in an effort to defeat an evil dark wizard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP DLC: Battle Of The Videogames
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The guys take a look at this unusual TV special from a bygone era in which celebrity teams compete against one another in a series of arcade gaming challenges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP Retro: Sonic The Hedgehog (OVA)
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In this episode of VGMP the boys take a look at the Japanese Sonic The Hedgehog OVA from 1996 which was released in western territories as Sonic The Hedgehog The Movie. It's an animated movie that definitely makes some interesting choices when it comes to voice cast and some of the more "anime" elements found in the film (yes, Robotnik kidnaps a ca…
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VGMP DLC: Persona 5: The Day Breakers
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The boys take their first foray into this long-running Japanese RPG series with this animated short; Persona 5: The Day Breakers. Will they be able to understand anything without knowing the deep lore of the franchise? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The boys go back to the Pokemon franchise this week to tackle the second movie in this franchise. Revolving around the legendary bird Pokemon from the original 150, how will this movie compare to the previous entry, Mewtwo vs Mew? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The boys check out this unique Sonic The Hedgehog inspired short which brings to life the famous Chao In Space movie posters from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Relive this classic VGMP episode where Rory showed Jamie one of his all time favourite movies and Jamie...mocked it relentlessly. This is 1989's The Wizard starring Beau Bridges, Christian Slater and Fred Savage and features the first ever footage western audiences saw of Super Mario Bros. 3! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…
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VGMP DLC: Street Fighter II: Return To Fujiwara Capital
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In this short episode of VGMP, the boys take a look at this strange and little-known animated Street Fighter movie that was originally released as part of a historic celebration of Japanese culture! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gerard Butler plays a condemned man forced to participate in a real life arcade shooter for the entertainment of a dystopian future. His estranged wife, desperate for money, takes part in a real world recreation of The Sims. Dexter's Michael C. Hall rounds out the cast as the signature tech mogul villain in this sci-fi actioner. Hosted on Acast. Se…
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VGMP DLC: Knuckles Episodes 5 & 6
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Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog spin off comes to a close with it's final two episodes but does the show manage to stick the landing? Is it a smart idea to have a show about the last Echidna warrior end in bowling tournament? Let's find out... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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VGMP Retro: The Legend Of Zelda
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Relive the time Rory subjected Jamie to one of the worst and most gratingly annoying shows ever made. It's the infamous 1989 animated Legend Of Zelda series! Well excuse me indeed! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP DLC: Fallout Episodes 7 & 8
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Answers are finally revealed in the concluding chapters of Amazon's Fallout adaptation. Will they stick the landing or will the finale fizzle like a dud? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this week's episode of VGMP the boys take a look at the live action adaptation of the popular PlayStation fighter. Fitting firmly in the "weird" category of videogame adaptations, Tekken takes the mythology of the games, jettisons all the demon stuff and replaces it with a futuristic cyberpunk aesthetic. There's sexy girls, buff dudes and over t…
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VGMP DLC: Knuckles Episode 3 & 4
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Continue to journey through Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog spin-off as the powerful echidna journeys across country to...have a family dinner? Wait, what? This show is heading in a weird direction! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP Retro: Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City
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Go back to one of our earlier episodes and the first new release we ever covered on VGMP. Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City was a divisive movie amongst Resident Evil fans and was no less divisive amongst our podcast hosts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP DLC: Fallout Episodes 5 & 6
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Jamie and Rory continue their journey through Amazon's popular Fallout Adaptation with episodes 5 & 6. As the mysteries deepen and some questions begin to be answered, will the show build towards a satisfying finale or will it blow it at the last second? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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In this episode of VGMP, the boys take a look at this animated movie based on the popular sci-fi RPG franchise. Revolving around a human colony who find themselves besieged by an insectoid alien race, there are some serious Starship Troopers vibes to be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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VGMP DLC: Knuckles Episodes 1 & 2
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The spin off mini-series nobody asked for, will Knuckles prove to be capable of leading a property just as well as his speedy blue rival? Check in with Jamie and Rory as they take a look at the first two episodes of Knuckles! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jamie faces his greatest arch-nemesis as the boys look back at the first instalment of Paul W.S. Anderson's awful yet somehow lucrative Resident Evil franchise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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VGMP DLC: Fallout Episodes 3 & 4
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Jamie and Rory tackle the next two episodes of Amazon's Fallout series and, despite not liking the first two episodes, find these two offerings to be very good, even downright enjoyable! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
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On this weeks edition of VGMP the boys dig into this animated feature film from Japan; Street Fighter II featuring all of your favourite Street Fighter characters, some cool fight scenes and a voice acting role from Heisenberg himself, Bryan Cranston! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Welcome to VGMP DLC - our shorter releases where we cover short films and TV series, basically anything that isn't a feature length movie! First up we're reviewing the first two episodes of Amazon's new Fallout TV series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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