DOWNLOAD Sorry X-Men, there’s a new longest episode in town. It’s time to talk about George Lucas’s totally-not-inspired-by-Lord-of-the-Rings fantasy epic (and Capcom arcade game) Willow, which coincidentally (or not) has a new TV series coming out… today! Why are all… Read more
Nov. 25-Dec. 1: We will always love Whitney Houston, animated space pirates, MST3K talks turkey, The Christmas Shoes are seven cents short, a Muppet Christmas you haven’t heard of, George Clooney mopes in space, Colin Firth is no Michael Caine,… Read more
Some games based on movies try to faithfully adapt the events of the film; others invent new scenes to pad out their runtime. And a select few throw the script in the garbage and invent their own version of events,… Read more
The Seinfeld Gang masters their domain, Life of Pi deserves to be remembered, Denzel Washington dominates, Sonic solidifies his star status, the Pierce Brosnan era of Bond ends with an eye roll, Harvey Keitel ACTS HARDEST, and Kevin McCallister basically… Read more
With this week marking the 10-year anniversary of the Wii U’s release, TL Foster joins us for a look at five of the coolest games that still haven’t made the jump to Switch. Then we’ll dig into Pentiment, Tactics Ogre:… Read more
DOWNLOAD Hold on to your butts as we explore a Steven Spielberg directed film that was a #1 top grossing box office movie and spawned a video game. No, not Jaws. No, not E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Welcome to Jurassic Park… Read more
DOWNLOAD Dead or alive, you’re coming with me to hear the Podouken gang explore RoboCop the movie… and the arcade game! How did a home video game company play the Uno Reverse card on an arcade maker? Why are there… Read more
This week, we take a look at five of the most sophisticated, fantastically expensive gaming devices ever released – you know, the ones the really rich kid at your school had – with font of knowledge Dan Amrich, who also… Read more
Nov. 11-17: Michael Moore gets a gun, Russell Crowe stomps, the British Big Chill, Edwina and Patsy get loaded, Steven Seagal is nearly dead, the saddest Futurama, Helen Hunt does sex work, The Simpsons rock, and Twilight ends with a… Read more
Nov. 4-10: Batman meets his hero, Rebecca Romijn is a femme fatale, Christopher Walken hosts a quartet, Greg Kinnear is a sex addict, Ralphie finally gets his on The Sopranos, an erotic thriller with James Belushi, French movies get très… Read more
The arrival of Resident Evil Village’s Winters’ Expansion DLC – which adds a new story starring Ethan’s daughter Rose – inspired us to dig into five sequels where the hero’s kid steps into the spotlight as the new protagonist. Then… Read more
Oct. 28-Nov. 3: X-Men get animated, Denzel’s drunk in the cockpit, Star Wars Kid is the hero we need, Tim Allen’s still Santa, Tobey Maguire fights trash pandas, Treehouses of Horror, clones go to high school, George Lucas sells out,… Read more
It’s our last show of spooky season, so TL Foster joins us for a look at five games that gave players the chance to be slasher villains, stalking and slaying hapless campers, partygoers, and other movie-inspired machete-fodder. Then we’ll get… Read more
THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MOVIES EVER. 40 years ago, the greatest year in movie releases went down. Gods were toppled, genres were forged, franchise filmmaking became a thing. For better or for worse, 1982 changed your cinematic world…
Oct. 21-27: Madonna does it on a coffee table, Miami-based videogames rule, Robert De Niro is a bad lawyer, George Strait is pure country, Mark Wahlberg is no Cary Grant, Jackass hits the big screen, Silent Hill reveals something, and… Read more
Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed is out this week and it’s great, so we’re leaning fully into it (and technically staying on-theme for Spooptober) by inviting Dan Amrich for a chat about the best and most memorable Ghostbusters games of the past… Read more
DOWNLOAD After 80 episodes we’re not going home. We’re going to get on our boat, and we’re going up river, and we’re going to kick that son-of-a-bitch Bison’s ass so hard that the next Bison wannabe is gonna feel it…. Read more
Oct. 14-20: The Sega-CD disappoints everyone, Diane Lane’s got a gun, Joe Pesci’s got a camera, Samuel L. Jackson goes to England, the Russo Bros. debut, Mary Elizabeth Winstead has a problem, Tyler Perry hunts a killer, Chris has non-COVID,… Read more
