Episodes

  • Retro: Free Guy

    Retro: Free Guy
    Feb 8 2025
    We continue to dig into the VGMP vaults and bring you re-edited and polished up versions of previous episodes. This week we're talking about the Ryan Reynolds vehicle Free Guy! Originally made by Fox but eventually obtained by Disney when they brought out 20th Century Fox, Free Guy has an intriguing premise; what if an NPC character in a videogame gained sentience? Does the film explore this concept to its full potential? Will Ryan Reynolds finally step out of his snark-filled Deadpool-esque comfort zone? There's only one way to find out...

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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • Retro: Silent Hill - Revelation

    Retro: Silent Hill - Revelation
    Feb 4 2025
    Listeners will know that Jamie and Rory both enjoyed the 2006 Silent Hill movie quite a bit. Unfortunately this follow up isn't so fondly remembered. Featuring a confused plot and an ill-advised pre-ponderance with 3D, Silent Hill: Revelation might be one of the biggest sequel downgrades of all time.

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Retro: Mortal Kombat - Annihilation

    Retro: Mortal Kombat - Annihilation
    Feb 1 2025
    Whilst the original Mortal Kombat movie might be bad, it does have a certain degree of cheesy, nostalgic charm baked into it. Can the same be said, however, for the 1997 sequel; "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation"?

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Retro: Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever

    Retro: Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever
    Jan 28 2025
    We continue to plunder the VGMP vault and polish up our old episodes. Today we're bringing you Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever, a unique film in that the movie and videogame version were both in development at the same time, but the movie ended up being radically different from the eventual Gameboy Advance release...

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Retro: Joysticks

    Retro: Joysticks
    Jan 25 2025
    An odd entry in the VGMP canon this week; from 1983, Joysticks asks the question "what if Porky's but in an arcade?" This 80s sex comedy features a group of Pac-Man addicts, some hapless nerds who just want to play their games in peace and, of course, parents gripped by a "think about the children" panic. The question however, is does any of it coalesce into a watchable movie? Listen to find out!

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Retro: Black Heaven

    Retro: Black Heaven
    Jan 21 2025
    We're proud to present, freshly edited and polished, one of the best episodes in the VGMP back catalogue. Black Heaven is a little known French movie that we went into with little expectations. We were surprised to find we actually really enjoyed the movie and now you can listen to us talk about it in this remastered episode!

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Retro: eXistenZ

    Retro: eXistenZ
    Jan 19 2025
    As we continue through 2025 we're releasing more of our back catalogue from before VGMP came onto the Impala network. Today we're talking about this 1990s film from the master of body-horror David Cronenberg. Starring Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh along with appearances from Christopher Ecclestone, Willem Dafoe and Callum Keith-Rennie, this film revolves around a "biological" videogame console that is played by being plugged directly into the spine of the user. As you can probably imagine, things don't go smoothly.

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • Retro: Videogame Earth Force

    Retro: Videogame Earth Force
    Jan 14 2025
    It's here, the nadir of videogame movies. The infamous "Videogame Earth Force" episode of VGMP is here, re-released in newly edited and trimmed down glory. Listen to Jamie have a mental breakdown in real time as the boys discuss this movie from 2008 (also known as Electronic Gladiators and The Controller).

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    1 hr and 12 mins