Games on Film

Harry and Rory start their engines and find out if a gamer can become a racer in Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story ! The PlayStation driving simulator series inspired the creation of a training programme selecting the top players worldwide to see whether they had what it takes to hit the circuit for real. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, the Gran Turismo movie brings to the big screen Jann Mardenboro...

Harry and Rory boot up an early 2000s B-movie inspired by (the title of) a 1950s B-movie and learn How to Make a Monster ! Part of SFX legend Stan Winston's DTV horror movie series/toy line Creature Features, HTMAM is a techno-Frankenstein tale for the Y2K generation from Swimming with Sharks writer/director George Huang. A development team have just four weeks to finish creating the scariest...

To mark the release of the big-screen live-action Barbie movie, Harry and Rory venture into Barbieland themselves for Barbie: Video Game Hero ! They discuss Barbie's illustrious video game career, before turning to Barbie's 35th animated adventure. Video game developer Barbie is transported to a digital world by in-game tutorial Cutie, where she must win three levels across different genre...

To mark the upcoming release in Japanese cinemas of the much-awaited new Hayao Miyazaki film ' How Do You Live? ', Harry and Rory are joined by their brother and DeadEndia creator Hamish Steele to discuss NiNoKuni , an anime sequel to the Level-5 RPG series co-created with Studio Ghibli alumni. Hamish shares his love for the two main game titles, and we pick out our won Ghibli favourites,...

Harry and Rory are joined by streamer and presenter Bex Trista aka Trista Bytes, as they take to the dancefloor to duel with cult indie film The FP ! Set in the near future, rival gangs engage in turf war battles through the medium of Beat Beat Revelation, a competitive rhythm arcade game inspired by Dance Dance Revolution. Can JTRO avenge the death of his brother, defeat his nemesis, and get the...

Podcast wizards Harry and Rory are joined by musician David Lightfoot of rock band The Fades, as they discuss the Ken Russell movie version of The Who's rock opera Tommy ! With an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margaret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton, Elton John, and Tina Turner, Tommy follows the titular "deaf, dumb and blind kid" through his traumatic childhood before he d...

To mark the release of Street Fighter 6 , Harry and Rory hit the streets to discover the Legend of Chun-Li! The fan favourite character gets an origin story, as she seeks to take down dadnapping crime-lord Bison and his associates Balrog and Vega, with the help of mentor Gen, and Chris "Call me Nash" Klein in hot pursuit. But the road to revenge is filled with rocket propelled grenades,...

Harry and Rory get that sinking feeling as they set coordinates for their second board game movie on the podcast, boaty blockbuster Battleship ! Based on the classic game of naval strategy, psychological warfare, and little plastic pegs, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Jesse Plemons, Tadanobu Asano, Liam Neeson, and Rihanna face an army of space invaders at sea. But is Battleship a film you ne...

With the recent release of Evil Dead Rise and the Game of the Year edition of Evil Dead: The Game , Harry and Rory head on down into the cellar and carve themselves a new episode of the podcast, looking at the cult horror series and its video game spin-offs! Sam Raimi's original film trilogy, with Bruce Campbell doing battle with demonic forces resurrected through the Book of the Dead, has bee...

Harry and Rory are joined by brother and DeadEndia creator Hamish Steele as they discuss the Super Mario Bros. Movie , recorded live from Ealing Project in London! The long-awaited animated adventure from Nintendo and Illumination arrives with the promise of a more faithful adaptation than Mario and Luigi's last big-screen appearance thirty years ago. But as life-long Nintendo fans, does this...

Harry and Rory line up the new Apple TV+ original film which has just dropped: Tetris - based on the true story behind the creation, discovery and race to secure the rights of the classic puzzle game! We discuss growing up with the iconic Game Boy version and our favourite iterations since, before sorting fact from fiction in the film itself. Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers who travels to Mosco...

Harry and Rory are joined by Lisa Theresa Downey-Dent for an epic conversation about season one of The Last of Us . Based on the Naughty Dog game and adapted by co-creator Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl 's Craig Mazin, the hit HBO show has won plaudits from critics, fans, and newcomers, as Joel (Pedro Pascal) escorts Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic America in the hope she may hold...

To mark the release of Company of Heroes 3 , the Games on Film podcast's very own band of brothers, Harry and Rory, set their sights on the Company of Heroes movie. Inspired by true events in WWII and the real-time-strategy games from which it takes its name, the late Tom Sizemore joins a mission into enemy territory in pursuit of a scientist working on a super weapon that may change the course of...

After a well-earned break, the Games on Film podcast returns with a packed preview of 2023, as Harry and Rory run down forthcoming video game adaptations and games based on films this year and beyond. And with the hugely-anticipated Super Mario Bros. Movie coming soon, we look at Mario's earliest animated adventure, Japan-only oddity The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach ! Plus, other rare Ja...

Yippee-Ki-Yay, Merry Christmas! Harry and Rory welcome to the party Chris Carton, author of the forthcoming A Guide to Movie Based Video Games, to discuss Die Hard ...With A Video Game! They look back at the original action movie classic, its status as a festive favourite and its sequels, as well as star Bruce Willis, his career and recent retirement. They then look at highlights from John McClane...

'Tis the season to be jolly, so it's time for a nostalgic Christmas comedy, as Harry and Rory are visited by the ghost of gaming past! Neil Patrick Harris narrates his childhood quest to get a Nintendo Entertainment System, but it seems the world - and his parents - are against him. For two Nintendo kids of the 80's, they discuss how much the film chimes with their own experiences, and whether it...

Harry and Rory flee their dying world - possibly Twitter - and head with the Horde to Azeroth for the big-budget Duncan Jones-helmed Warcraft movie! Inspired by the original 1994 RTS, at the beginning of a conflict that continues to rage across sequels, expansions and the World of Warcraft MMORPG, Orcs and Humans do battle as their worlds collide. But in an age of chaos, can a peace be brokered or...

There's something strange in our neighbourhood, so Harry and Rory call special guest Paul Gannon from the CheapShow podcast to discuss the Ghostbusters and their video game adventures! First up, they discuss growing up with Ghostbusters and Paul's forthcoming book Ain't Afraid of No Ghost , followed by a freewheeling chit-chat about the four films of the franchise thus far, plus various cartoon, c...

With the release of a new Hellraiser on Hulu, Harry and Rory open up the puzzle box and unleash the eighth film in the franchise, Hellworld ! But first, they discuss the original ten movies, the story's source material, attempts to turn Pinhead and pals into pixels and polygons, and Clive Barker's forays into first-person-shooters with Undying and Jericho . Then onto the main feature, in which vid...

Long live the King...of Fighters ? Harry and Rory jab a wireless earbud into their lugholes and enter the Tournament Dimension for the live-action adaptation of the SNK fighting game franchise. Maggie Q, Sean Faris and Bullet Train director David Leitch portray Mai, Kyo and Terry who must do battle across the multiverse, or at least the semiverse, with Ray Park's Rugal. As clans collide and flamin...

To mark the UK release of Crimes of the Future , the latest offering from Canadian auteur David Cronenberg, Harry and Rory lube up their bio ports and grab their game pods to journey into his none-more-Nineties earlier work eXistenZ . Body horror and virtual reality combine as terrorists target a game developer who must save her latest immersive title from destruction by seeking answers and refuge...

Harry and Rory grab the biggest can of bug spray they can find to discuss comedy-horror It Came from the Desert , inspired by the classic Cinemaware game. In the vein of sci-fi b-movies of the 1950s and more recent creature features, giant ants escape a secret test facility and attack a motorcycle biker party in search of booze. But can a couple of geeks who've watched too many movies - no, not yo...

Harry and Rory are joined by Chris Carton, author of A Guide To Video Game Movies, to discuss sci-fi comedy blockbuster Pixels . Based on the viral short film of the same name, larger-than-life recreations of 80s classics pixellate everything in their path, and it's up to former video game prodigies to stop the space invaders, save the world, and most importantly prove they are better than everyon...

Once again, Harry and Rory return to Raccoon City for another Resident Evil adaptation - but wait! This time, it's for a live-action Netflix series, set in NEW Raccoon City, and Albert Wesker has twin teenage daughters, who soon uncover secrets about their father and Umbrella that will change their lives forever. With action taking place in 2022 and a post-apocalyptic 2036, in a world overrun by z...

With the recent release of Shredder's Revenge and the forthcoming Cowabunga Collection , Harry and Rory head down into the sewers to hang with the heroes in a half-shell, looking at their video game adventures. They discuss their history with the Turtles , the ninja panic of the 1980's, the anthropomorphic crime-fighting animal cartoon boom, and the various TMNT beat-em-ups and side-scrollers from...