Lapsed Gamer Radio

In this severely delayed episode, Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss everything we saw at Gamescom 2024, laugh at how bad the Borderlands movie has gone down, tell Pete Parsons to go f**k himself, and of course run down all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks, including an extended discussion on Thank Goodness You're Here. You can find additional content by us over on...

It's taken us a long time, but the boys finally sit down to talk about the movie that started it all, the first video game adaptation to hit the big screen - 1993's Super Mario Bros. So join Mark, Nick, and Andy as they delve into a film so bad the lead actors spent the whole shoot drunk, a film so bad it nearly tanked an entire genre before it could start, a film so bad Nintendo kept their IP und...

In the latest episode Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about backpacks, water bottles, Scottish roads, the video game voice actors strike, Blizzard devs unionising, and all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.com/lapsedg...

Mark is back from holiday and is joined by Chazzee and returning guest Doug to discuss ice hockey, football, elections, Game Pass, and much much more, as well as all the games we've been enjoying over the last few weeks. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You can also...

In the latest episode Nick is joined by Chazzee and Andy to get unreasonably excited about the upcoming new Assetto Corsa, to talk about the latest in a long line of Dr Disrespect controversies, complain about yet more pointless remasters, and of course to run down all the games they've been playing recently. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and...

Mark, Nick, and Chazzee are here to run down all the games they saw at the various not-E3 press conferences, and the great and good of upcoming indie titles showcased in the Steam Next Fest, plus Nick lets us know what mystery game he's been playing and Mark reveals if the final Destiny expansion is any good. One thing we can reveal here - Geoff Keighley is still a soulless husk of a man. You can...

Mark and Nick are joined by our good friend Doug to talk about season 1 of the Amazon Prime Video adaptation of the Fallout games, dig into the franchise in general, and talk about other potential prestige adaptations, and rag on Todd Howard a bit. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.c...

Mark is joined by Nick and Andy to talk about TV presenter meltdowns, shitty British summers, rooms only posh people have in their houses, and of course the latest depressing round of video game layoffs. As always the boys run down all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks, plus there's some uplifting news about a new video game studio being opened. You can find additional content...

Mark and Chazzee are joined by past and future guest Doug to discuss yet more layoffs in the video game world, the Helldivers 2/PSN debacle, the hilariously bad Fallout 4 next gen patch, and much more, plus of course all the games they have been playing over the last few weeks. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via...

Baseball! Poker! Hailstorms! D&D! All this and more as Mark and Chazzee run down all the news in the video gaming world over the past few weeks before chatting about all the games they've been playing. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You can also see our videos...

It's our 250th episode and we wanted to do something special, so join Chazzee as he resurrects the Honourable Mentions podcast for a one-off show where he talks to Mark, Andy, and Nick about their favourite games that don't quite make their top ten. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter....

Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to discuss another round of layoffs in the video game industry (this time with bonus cancelled games), and Marty O'Donnell's bizarre shift into the world of right-wing politics, before running down all the games we've been playing over the last few weeks. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get i...

In the latest episode Mark is joined by Chazzee and Nick to discuss the news that Microsoft exclusives will be ported to other consoles, bask in the wonder that is the Steam Deck, and run down all the games they've played over the past few weeks, before digging into the cultural phenomenon that is Helldivers 2. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com an...

Mark, Andy and Nick are here again, which means it's time to talk about another video game movie. This time it's the The Super Mario Bros. Movie and we'll be honest with you, there's not a lot to talk about. The movie is fine, its not terrible, it's not great, but it's also not memorable. We'll do the Bob Hoskins one next. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsed...

Mark, Chazzee, and Nick are here to talk about ongoing Palworld controversy, the latest round of depressing layoffs in the video game world, shooting Nazis in the testicles, and all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.com/lapsedga...

The boys are here for our traditional late start to the year, so settle in and let the January blues wash away as the team run down all the games they played over the festive period before breaking down all the games we are looking forward to in 2024. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitte...

It's time to conclude the annual LGR "best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can't keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2023". In this episode Adam, Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down their honourable and dishonourable mentions, before revealing their top two games of the year. You can find add...

The boys are here for their annual "best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can't keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2023 part 1". In this episode Adam, Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down the 5th, 4th, and 3rd best games they played this year. Stay tuned for part two in a few days. You can fin...

Not gonna lies boys, this one is tenuous at best. It's the last episode before the annual GOTY bonanza so Andy, Mark, and Nick decided to watch a video game Christmas movie, but there aren't any video game movie adaptations set at Christmas. So they watched 8-Bit Christmas, a movie about a kid trying to get an NES at Christmas. It was pretty good. You can find additional content by us over on the...

Mark, Nick, and Andy have a good chat about entitled content creators, Steam bloat, virtual reality, and a plethora of games. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You can also see our videos over on YouTube at  http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg Our...

Mark, Nick, and Chazzee chat about the layoffs at Bungie, the latest in a series of job losses that have rocked the industry this year (there's been two more since we recorded this episode), before running down all the games they've been playing recently. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://tw...

As a mysterious illness sweeps through LGR towers, join Nick, Andy, and Mark as they celebrate Halloween with a look at another video game movie adaptation, this time it's 2021's soft reboot of the Resident Evil franchise - Welcome to Raccoon City. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.c...

In this episode Mark is joined by Chazzee and special guest Doug to discuss camper vans, festivals, getting old, and retro gaming, before breaking down the long, drawn out acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft and what IP might be resurrected, and of course running down all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR websi...

It's time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Nick, Andy, Chazzee, and Mark as they grab their backpacks and head to the Rocky Mountains to yell at teenagers, uncover mysteries, and try real hard not to burn the forest down. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at  https://twitter.com...

Join Mark, Chazzee, and Nick as they complain about how hangovers take much longer to go away than they used to when they were young, before running down the disastrous couple of weeks Unity have had. They also chat about some video games before settling into an extended rant about Starfield. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in to...