Movies

Radio Splode 79: Video Game Movies We Actually Want

August 27, 2013

Download Directly This week, we’re fantasizing about how we would translate certain games/game franchises into movies and vice versa. You know, the right way. Not the Mario Bros. way.

Radio Splode 36: Zelda’s Future and Reggie’s Rage

June 25, 2012

Download Directly Weskimo, Newbs, and Sulci have reconvened for another exciting episode of Radio Splode! In this week’s episode, the team chats about Zelda‘s future, the 3DS XL, Reggie’s strange comments, and lots of upcoming video game related movies. Special shout-out goes to the NintendoGal podcast, for their take on franchises need to die and/or […]

noobz Movie Trailer Reaction – Radio Splode Highlight

March 19, 2012

Don’t have time to listen to the entire Radio Splode podcast? Not a “podcast person”? Splodinator has you covered. Video highlights of the weekly Radio Splode podcast are now available on YouTube. Team Splode reacts to the trailer for upcoming gamer movie noobz. Fun fact: in this clip, our hosts confuse Uncle Rico from Napoleon […]

Radio Splode 22: Double 360 and Triple PS

March 19, 2012

Download Directly It’s just Newbs and sulci this week with a stack of reader/viewer/listener feedback and a news round-up. Have a listen if you want to learn about the intricate world of hand gesturing on video or what the all-digital future might look like. Relevant Articles: Rumour: Wii U can handle 360ish graphics on TV […]

Movie Review: DOA: Dead or Alive

October 18, 2011

DOA: Dead or Alive is schlocky cheese in its purest form. This is a movie that goes beyond plot holes to a place of raw dream logic, as it hops from one impossible situation to another,all for the sake of providing its audience with a continuous stream of drool-inducing, brain-melting absurdity. DOA opens with the […]

Movie Review: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

June 16, 2011

Simply put, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is an abomination of film. Let me ask you something: have you ever played a Street Fighter game? It was cheesy, right? Full of crazy characters and locations, right? The franchise was never especially realistic or gritty. It had a slightly stylized, cartoon-ish feel to it. The […]

Movie Review: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

May 20, 2011

I’ll never forget seeing Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within for the first time. I attended an opening weekend showing, but when I entered the theatre, there were only a few people already seated, and not many more showed up. “Oh no,” I thought, “this movie is going to bomb.” I muddled through the nonsensical plot […]

Movie Review: The Wizard

May 12, 2011

Welcome back to OMGVGM Reviews (that is to say OMG, Video Game Movie Reviews). This is the article series where we look back and review the rich catalogue of video game inspired movies. Today’s title isn’t based on a video game, but I can’t resist covering it as it is all about video games, and […]

Movie Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

May 8, 2011

About a year ago, Rotten Tomatoes published a list of the “best” video-game-to-film adaptations. The shocking result: of the 20 films listed, none achieved a “fresh” rating. Indeed, the highest rated movie scored a shaky 44% review average. Since reading that article, I’ve been interested in exploring the dark and seedy world of video game […]