MGS: The Movie and Game Show

This week, we play and review Suckerpunch's iconic-ish mascot platformer, Sly Cooper. Lots to love here, and lots to improve on. We'll definitely play some more to see how things evolve. 

This week, we jump ahead to the newest game-to-film adaptation and examine how Uncharted completely misses the mark (Wahlberg). 

It's back-to-back Japanese films in the VGCU review series, and back-to-back list-toppers as well. 2007's Yakuza film is a wonderfully campy and entertaining movie, and simply one of the best video game adaptations, period. 

This week we're chatting about Grand Theft Auto 3. Although not as strong an entry as its other PS2 counterparts, it still holds up in its own right and helped to shape the entire PS2 landscape. 

This week we watch and review the Animal Crossing movie, which was only released in Japan in 2006. And it is a treat. A real palate cleanser following dish after dish of shit. 

This week we review DOA: Dead or Alive, a 2006 film that I had no idea existed, and that grossed a whopping $7 million at the box office, prompting an extremely limited North American theatrical run before DVDs went straight to your local Blockbuster's bargain bin where they'd be picked up by horny little pervos to take home and pleasure themselves to.  If you want to jump over the opening ch...

We begin our PlayStation 2 review series on a high note with a classic nostalgic trip back to the hot nights and neon lights of Vice CIty.

Up next in the Video Game Cinematic Universe review series is Silent Hill, a film that gets worse the more you try to explain it. 

Well, we were all set to record an episode about the Silent Hill film and then Troy Baker decided to try to gaslight everyone into supporting theft, practices that are destructive to both the environment and the games industry, and all other kinds of Nasty Fucking Things. 

We kick off the new year by taking a look at the one we've just left behind, and some of the great games we played along the way. 

We wrap up this shitshow of a year by revisiting our predictions for the gaming landscape, and making new ones for 2022. We also begin a new Video Game Fantasy draft. Feel free to play along and let us know your picks over on Twitter at @mgs_podcast. 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! It's a SPOOKY Christmas as this week we continue our review series of video game film adaptations with our first foreign film, Forbidden Siren (or just Siren), based on the Siren series of survival horror games.

This is it! The final episode of PS Once Upon a Time, and we wrap things up with the game that defined a generation and launched skateboarding firmly into the spotlight of public consciousness, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. Below are the final rankings of all the PS1 games that we've played, including the result of this episode: Metal Gear Solid/Final Fantasy IX Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes...

This week, we watch a film based on a popular zombie franchise. You know the one. Everyone's favourite survival horror zombie game. Doom. 

Hot off the heels of like a 6/10 with Resident Evil, we've got... another 6/10 with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life. We rank it among the other video game film adaptations we've watched so far, which includes: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Mortal Kombat (2021) Mortal Kombat (1995) Resident Evil Super Mario Bros.  Double Dragon Street Fighter Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Wing Commander

We are down to the final two PS1 games, and we're wrapping up with a couple of bangers. First up is Parasite Eve, a game that absolutely deserves a remake. And then, next week, join us for the final PS Once Upon a Time episode when we will chat about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. 

This week, we're talking about the first Resident Evil film, one of the more well-known game-to-film adaptations, and one that created a long-lasting film franchise, for better or for worse. There's a lot to take in here.

It's hard to resist the allure of a time that's as excited about its own title as Tomba! So here we are ranking this pink-haired boy and a bunch of swine against the other PS1 games we've played this year. Here's the current list: Metal Gear Solid/Final Fantasy IX Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped Silent Hill Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Crash Bandicoot Legacy...

This week, as a spooky November surprise, we talk about the newest entry in the Disney Parks Cinematic Universe - Muppets Haunted Mansion and rank it among the other Disney Parks films, which include: Pirates of the Caribbean Mission To Mars Jungle Cruise Tomorrowland The Haunted Mansion Dinosaur Country Bears Tower of Terror

This week, as we draw near to the end of the PS Once Upon a Time podcast, we play and review Syphon Filter. How something this decent came off the heels of Bubsy 3D is beyond me. 

This week on the Video Game adaptation review series is Tomb Raider. We watched it, and now we review it and rank it. 

This is one of the best Mega Man games, and it's definitely a Mega Man game. We review and rank it in the following list: Metal Gear Solid/Final Fantasy IX Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped Silent Hill Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Crash Bandicoot Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Alundra Klonoa: Door to Phantomile Pac-Man World Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Spider-Man...

Up next in the VGCU is the worst film so far, perhaps the worst film ever made? Wing Commander, a movie so bad it killed its game series. 

Up this week on the ever-expanding ultimate ranking of PS1 Games is Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, and it's pretty good. Where will it sit on the master list? Metal Gear Solid/Final Fantasy IX Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped Silent Hill Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Crash Bandicoot Alundra Klonoa: Door to Phantomile Pac-Man World Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Spi...

The VGCU Review series continues while we jump ahead to a brand new shiny release, Mortal Kombat, and it's pretty fun. It actually has Scorpion and Sub-Zero, so that's good.