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 remembered for its pseudo-rap opening theme set to the original theme of the game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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 car driver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 actions of the series signature villain Albert Wesker, is there's anything in Wesker's Report that is still worth seeing in 2024? Hosted on Acast....

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.

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 reaction is undeserved or if Borderlands really deserves to be consigned to the trash heap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

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.

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.

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 said subculture as possible. Rory has a soft spot for this one but will Jamie see its charms? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

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.

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 wrong and how it could be fixed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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 this? They didn't even get Luigi? Oh. What are we doing here then? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 picked up for a full series. When you watch it, you'll understand why. This show is like an acid trip on the Vegas Strip. Hosted on Acast. See...

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 asking himself that question too because his performance here in unlike any performance you've ever seen him do. We promise. Hosted on Acast. See...

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 information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 cat-girl then fantasises about having an entire brood of children with her, it's weird, we move past it.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

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.

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.

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.