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VGMP: Videogame Movie Podcast

They can't all be bad...can they?

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,

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  • 26. Resident Evil: Afterlife

    01:12:11||Season 6, Ep. 26
    Once again the boys come head to head with Jamie's arch-nemesis Paul W.S. Anderson as he continues to produce movies titled "Resident Evil" that have no connection to the game series at all. Anderson returns to the director's chair as well as performing scriptwriting duties on this 4th instalment in the action franchise. After finding the third entry particularly bad, will Afterlife prove to be a fitting title for this new entry?

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  • 25. Retro: Halo: Legends

    01:09:12||Season 6, Ep. 25
    The boys once again return to the world of Halo in this episode of VGMP, this time reviewing Halo: Legends, an anthology of short animated films set around the Halo universe.

  • 24. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

    01:02:57||Season 6, Ep. 24
    Following the disastrous release of The Spirits Within, the developers decided to make the second CGI movie in the Final Fantasy series stick more closely to the videogames. Advent Children is a sequel to Final Fantasy VII and picks up with our hero Cloud following the events of that blockbuster game. A strange sickness called Geostigma is spreading throughout Midgar, the cause uncertain. As Cloud and his friends try to find a solution they come into conflict with a trio of villains who seek to resurrect Cloud's ultimate foe.

  • 23. Retro: Tetris

    01:52:43||Season 6, Ep. 23
    An unusual videogame movie this week; rather than being an adaptation of a game's content "Tetris" is a dramatization of how the classic puzzle game was invented and how it made its way from the Soviet Union to the USA during the final years of the Cold War.

  • 22. Retro: The Last Of Us (Season 1)

    02:03:42||Season 6, Ep. 22
    The adaptation of the PlayStation's iconic "The Last Of Us" was heralded as being "much more" than just another horror show, promising pathos, complex characters and an exploration of difficult subject matter. When it finally released the show was well received by audience and season two is well on the way. The boys sat down to watch the entire first season and discuss it right here on VGMP!

  • 21. Retro: Need For Speed

    01:22:57||Season 6, Ep. 21
    One of the most divisive movies the VGMP team have ever covered, Need For Speed starts Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later) and Michael Keaton (Batman). One of Rory's favourite movies, the boys are giving this one a second chance to see if Rory can convince Jamie of the movie's merits.

  • 20. Retro: Resident Evil: Apocalypse

    02:05:26||Season 6, Ep. 20
    The sequel to Paul W.S. Anderson's 2002 Resident Evil movie is based loosely on the 3rd videogame in the franchise and sees Alice (Milla Jovovich) team up with Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) to try and save a young girl from the clutches of the Umbrella Corporation as Raccoon City falls to the zombie outbreak. Things are further complicated however by a relentless pursuer out to stop them at any cost; the Nemesis.