It’s Eurovision time again, James Bond joins Indiana Jones, Julia Roberts dares to challenge Darth Maul, Home Improvement, Jay Leno and Mad About You conclude (for now), Pixar aims older and Sam Raimi returns to horror! All that and more this… Read more
As one of the longest-running television institutions, Saturday Night Live has developed an peculiar way of bidding adieu to cast members around this time of year. Sometimes, however, the only thing more interesting than how SNL says farewell is how… Read more
Games tend to live in their own conveniently isolated universes, where the rules are different and only one hero’s journey can unfold at a time – but sometimes hidden webs of connective tissue link seemingly separate franchises. With help from… Read more
There’s a new Star Wars movie for the first time in over a decade! Surely it will be good… meanwhile Roadhouse is the superior bad movie, the dawn of Toonces, Small Wonder dies, Punch-Out has some new moves, Owen Hart… Read more
When wrestlers become actors, the results tend to be either wonderful or laughable – and wrestlers who act in video games are no exception. This week, Larry Niece of Pody Slam! joins us for a look at five standout performances… Read more
A whole bunch of television shows say goodbye, the world’s first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, the most notable 90s movie is literally Shakespearean, Ricky Martin introduces us to the loca life, TV movie cheese galore, Will Ferrell headlines the… Read more
Even for a medium riddled with high profile scapegoats, Mortal Kombat is still probably the most infamous video game of all-time. Join us as we look back on the beloved fighting series and go-to political punching bag: FIGHT!
Underwater levels have a long history of being terrible, but underwater games? Those are something special. This week, we welcome special guest Cicero Holmes of Spawn On Me and Discovery Debrief as we dive into five of our favorite undersea… Read more
Last weekend, nerd culture was rocked by two huge battles on the big screen and the small one (we’re talking about Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones, naturally), so with help from PNB Podcast’s TL Foster, let’s dive into five… Read more
Newsradio calls it quits, The Mummy returns again but for the first time, Dad’s everywhere shed a tear for a baseball game in a cornfield, we’ve found blackmail material on Kirk Cameron, wrestling invades Must-See TV, Scrubs sorta says goodbye,… Read more
Disney World’s third park is open for business, Janet Jackson unites with Busta Rhymes, Saul Goodman makes his Breaking Bad debut, Home Movies cheats on adult swim, McDreamy is a 1980’s pizza gigolo, Jim Belushi is upstaged by a dog… Read more
We all have emotional moments. Regrettable outbursts, etc. But hopefully, when an outburst occurs, you’re not too close to a live microphone or a celebrity recognized the world over. This is not the case with the events we’ll be showcasing… Read more
Avengers: Endgame is in theaters this week! What does that have to do with videogames? Plenty, because even if there’s no official tie-in game, Marvel’s Thanos/Infinity Stone arcs have been fueling games since the ’90s. With help from two very… Read more
Plenty of dull movies, television is the pits, but we have some great music releases. Oh, and the world suffer numerous tragedies across the decades. It’s a very macabre Thirty Twenty Ten! All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty… Read more
With another Wrestlemania in the can, we’re looking back at the weird and wonderful celebrities brought on board to entice anti-wrestling normies into the festivities. Speaking of people who don’t like wrestling, this episode is perfectly safe for you!
We don’t usually let real-world tragedy make it into VGA, but the destruction at Notre Dame hit hard for us – and with medieval scholar (and Macworld editor) Leif Johnson joining us this week, we took the opportunity to honor… Read more
Wayne Gretzky retires, Matthew Perry dies and is then reborn as Zac Effron, Grey Gardens gets a prequel, Gooby is weird, a much different Titanic movie, and Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy teaming up should’ve been much more remarkable. All that… Read more
Game of Thrones is back this weekend, and if you don’t watch it, too bad! This week starts off with the Top 5 Game of Thrones games, with help from Thirty Twenty Ten’s Diana Goodman, so expect a healthy amount… Read more
