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Embracer group has acquired the rights to Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit! Video games, movies, merchandise and more will all be receiving an original interpretation based off of the iconic J.R.R. Tolkien masterpieces. We explore the possibilities of this mega deal and how it stacks up to Peter Jackson’s previous efforts. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your...

Obi-wan Kenobi Disney Plus Season 1 Review! Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi has to save young Leia after she is kidnapped, all the while being pursued by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan, now known as Darth Vader. We analyze the positives and negatives of what the show had to offer. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experience...

Bullet Train movie review! Brad Pitt stars as one of five assassins aboard a fast moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback on what you thought of the show. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Intro 00:11 – Greeting...

SDCC 2022 reactions! San Diego Comic Con finally makes its return after a 2 year hiatus. Both Marvel and DC had a number of announcements and we even got a John Wick 4 trailer! After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback on what you thought of the show. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Int...

Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels! Game developer Playground Games brings back the popular Hot Wheels DLC from Forza Horizon 3, only this time, it gets the next gen, raytracing, HDR, treatment. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback on what you thought of the show. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 &...

Tokyo Vice Season 1 review!  Based on a true story, a Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses in Yakuza.  We dissect what makes this show so memorable and unique!   After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback...

Cuphead The Delicious Last Course DLC is available now and what a snappy return to form it is!  We forgot just how fun and unique this world is that Studio MDHR cooked up for us. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback on what you thought of the show. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – I...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder’s Revenge is finally here! Dotemu and Tribute Games bring us the latest incarnation of the TMNT side scroller beat ’em up game that is a love letter not only to the original Konami 1980s arcade game, but also the 1987 cartoon series and the films of the early 90s. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below...

So, the “Not E3, But E3” showcases came and went, leaving the gaming community with some solid announcements, but ultimately a feeling of being underwhelmed has settled in, with the burning question: “WHERE ARE THE GAMES?!” is at the forefront of gamers minds. Regardless, we still have fun chatting about our favorite games of the show. After listening to the episode, we’d l...

Star Wars Celebration 2022 had a number of exciting announcements and sneak peeks that we dive into, including Ian McDiarmid, Andor, Lego BD-1, Respawn Entertainment’s Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Skeleton Crew, Mandalorian Season 3, Willow 2, Indiana Jones 5, and more. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic...

Top Gun Maverick review! Finally, after waiting for 36 years, the sequel to the best dogfighting movie in the world is here and we feel the need, THE NEED FOR SPEED! So take off your shirts, put Kenny Loggins into your boom box, and play some volleyball while occasionally flexing as we deep dive into one of the best films of the year. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Pos...

Obi-wan Kenobi Disney Plus impressions! Ewan McGregor once again steps into his Jedi cloak as the fan favorite Jedi Master in the latest Disney Plus show. We share our thoughts, both positive and negative about how Disney is presenting what many have geeked out about regarding how Obi-wan lived during the timeline between Episode 3 and Episode 4. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear f...

Halo Infinite Season 2 Lone Wolves impressions! We chat about the new maps, Last Spartan Standing, and new game modes in our Topic Of The Day segment. Also, we share our Elden Ring progress, before digressing into a mashup of Tokyo Vice, Inception, and The Beatles. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed...

Movie trailer bonanza! We take a look at Obiwan Disney Plus, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Outer Range, and Tokyo Vice.  PLUS – Joygasm – a video game & movie podcast turns 5 YEARS OLD!  We reflect on our podcasting origins, how far we’ve come, and what we look forward to in the next 5 years. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below d...

Moon Knight impressions! Disney Plus launched the latest Marvel Studios show on its streaming platform starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke. Steven Grant discovers he’s been granted the powers of an Egyptian moon god. But he soon finds out that these newfound powers can be both a blessing and a curse to his troubled life. With only two episodes left in season 1, we share our thoughts on this...

Elden Ring impressions! The dynamic duo share their war stories in From Software’s latest epic open world adventure, Elden Ring. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback on what you thought of the show.   TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Intro 00:11 – Greetings! 02:30 &...

Sonic 2 movie review! When the manic Dr. Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails are all that stand in their way. The first film was a success, accumulating over $319 million at the global box office and Russ is a BIG Sonic fan, so how was it?! Tune in and find out. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comment...

Morbius movie review! Jared Leto stars in Sony’s launch of Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease. Sounds tantalizing, but there are several issues that prevent this mo...

Halo TV Show episode 1 reactions! Paramount Plus released the very first episode of Halo, which you can watch for free if you have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. We spend an hour analyzing the show and sharing the good, the bad, and the déjà vu. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback...

Tunic game impressions! Tunic is an action-adventure game developed by Canadian indie developer Andrew Shouldice and published by Finji. We share our initial thoughts on the game after playing thru the first 3-4 hours. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experiences with the topic listed above or leave us feedback on what you thought...

The Batman movie is upon us! When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement. We share our spoiler filled thoughts on this new take of the caped crusader. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below det...

Horizon Forbidden West is HERE! We could not be more excited to check out all of the hard work Guerilla Games has put into this sequel featuring Aloy as her journey continues. In Joygasm episode 263, we share our initial reactions after playing for a few hours, offering commentary on where the narrative is going, the level of detail in the graphics fidelity, the soundtrack, improvements over the o...

The 2022 Super Bowl LVI commercials contained some great movie trailers as well as fun product spots that we always hope will entertain us because after all – it’s the ONE DAY out of the year where we are just as interested in the commercial breaks as the show we are watching. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailing your experience...

The Book Of Boba Fett Season 1 Review! Bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt’s old turf. We deep dive into spoiler territory, analyzing the highlights, flaws, surprises, and missed opportunities in this season. After listening to the episode, we’d love to hear from you! Post your comments below detailin...

Sony buys Bungie! The video game acquisition frenzy continues as Bungie agrees to join Sony for $3.5 billion dollars. This news comes on the heels of the blistering $68.7 billion dollar deal Xbox made to acquire Activision Blizzard AND Take 2 Interactive acquiring Zynga for $12.7 billion dollars – all in the same month! We dive into this trend of behemoth corporations gobbling up developers...