MGS: The Movie and Game Show

PS2 Fast PS2 Furious returns this week with one of the all-time greats, Silent Hill 2. We talk about its gameplay, graphics, and atmosphere while taking a deep dive into its complex story.  Currently, our PS2 rankings are as follows: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hitman: Blood Money Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III Max Payne Sly Cooper A...

This week's episode of The Last of Us gave us a bit more insight into Kathleen's character as we followed Joel, Ellie, Sam, and Henry through the tunnels of Kansas City.  Much like Episode 4, while this was still a great episode, its delivery felt a bit rushed, sloppy, and shallow. But it had great character moments and interactions, and the series' biggest action scene so far. 

This week, we return to the Short Circuit universe with Short Circuit 2. Scott's been saying for weeks that the second entry is dramatically better than the first, and shockingly, he's absolutely correct. 

In this week's episode, we follow Joel and Ellie as they make their way to Kansas City, where they are set upon by a local militia, and must fight for their survival. A great episode, although certainly the series' least exciting so far. 

We are taking a much-needed break this week from terrible video game adaptations, and instead watching the terrible '80s sci-fi comedy, Short Circuit. It's got brownface, racism, sexism, and fun for the whole family!

The reviews and tweets and reactions you've seen surrounding this episode are no exaggeration; it truly is one of the all-time great episodes of any series. 

This week, we continue our slow and sloppy swim through the lake of filth that is the Video Game Cinematic Universe. We review The Angry Birds Movie 2, which is a truly miserable title pulled from a corporate SEO hellscape, and the film isn't much better. 

This week we review Episode 2 of The Last of Us, titled "Infected." In this episode, Joel, Ellie, and Tess make their way out of the Boston QZ and towards the dangers that await them in the city.  We would love to hear what you though of the episode, too! You can find us on Twitter at @mgs_podcast , email at moviegameshowpodcast@gmail.com, or send us a voice message through Anchor. 

We begin our year the way that we always do: by making predictions about the things that will happen, and completing the Video Game Fantasy Draft. If you want to play along with us, send us your fantasy draft through Twitter @mgs_podcast or send us a message through Anchor or Spotify. 

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE LAST OF US HBO SERIES AND BOTH GAMES AHEAD We're going to be here every week to share our thoughts on each episode of The Last of Us as it comes out. This first episode was wonderful, and we speculate on the future of this season and beyond.  

Welcome to a new year full of new games, which is the perfect opportunity to ignore all of those, and talk about the games that we loved the most during 2022. We'll talk about Elden Ring and God of War, of course, as well as a few indies and hidden gems that captured our attention last year. Make sure to come back next week when we make predictions for 2023 as well as our annual Fantasy Draft.&nbs...

If there's one thing that the entire world can agree on, it's that there's nothing better than an extreme sports game during the holidays. Some might say that's the entire reason for the season, especially if it's a winter sports game. So we're here to play and review ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding and rank it in the following list:  Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Grand Theft Auto:...

Welcome to the first episode of 2023! This week we watch and review Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, a movie that shouldn't exist and shouldn't work, but it does, and we are so glad for it. 

This week we play and review that game what's in the title, and rank it in the following list: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hitman: Blood Money Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III Max Payne Sly Cooper Ape Escape 2 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Spider-Man 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers James Bond 007: From Russia With Love Oni

This week we take a trip down memory lane and watch and review the remake of the very first Pokémon movie.

This week we watch and review Rampage, a movie that nobody saw based on a game that nobody played. 

This week, we talk about Dallin's family trip to Disneyland and San Clemente.

This week we play and review Spider-Man 2, and guess what, it's not as good as you remember. We also rank it in the following list:  Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hitman: Blood Money Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III Max Payne Sly Cooper Ape Escape 2 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers James Bond 007...

This week we review the Tomb Raider reboot, a film so bland and uninspired it makes Scott ill. 

This week we review one of the all-time greats, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and rank it in the following list: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Hitman: Blood Money Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III Max Payne Sly Cooper Ape Escape 2 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers James Bond 007: From Russia With Love Oni

This week we watch and review Assassin's Creed, which we've reviewed before and were pretty positive about it. We were wrong. It is bad. 

This week we begin with a brief chat about all the new Silent Hill news, and then rank and review Warcraft (2016). 

We're back with another episode of We're Going Places! This week, Dallin talks about a trip to Portland, Oregon to attend the Portland Retro Gaming Expo and to meet some dear friends. And he'll be on the road again in just a couple of weeks to Disneyland and Southern California, so make sure to come back at the end of November for that. 

This week we watch and review The Angry Birds Movie, the first film in this series based on a mobile game, and rank it in the following list: Actually good movies 1. Ace Attorney 2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon 3. Dōbutsu no Mori/Animal Crossing 4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2   Okay-to-decent movies 5. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 6. Sonic the Hedgehog 7. Ratchet and Clank   8. Mortal Kombat (2021) 9. Mort...

This week we play and review The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on PS2 - one of the "good" licensed games - and rank it among our other PS2 titles:  Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Hitman: Blood Money Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III Max Payne Sly Cooper Ape Escape 2 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb James Bond 007: From Russia With Love Oni