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On our spooktacular episode we do a Game book play through this time its Psycho Killer by David Lowrie. Can we survive the horrors? Join us and find out.
It all started 20 years ago in a normal suburban house. But what Officers Shaw and Walker found in that house on 17th December was far from normal…..Now, 20 years later, the perpetrator of these heinous crimes has escaped from a maximum security mental facility, thirsting after blood. Your blood. And will stop at nothing to sate that thirst. Meanwhile, oblivious to recent events, you are a postgraduate student, hard at work on your dissertation on the last day of term, on the 17th floor of University Tower. You are keeping busy, so you don’t have time to think about what happened on this day two decades ago. You have spent 20 years trying to run away from those events. Then all of a sudden, the lights go out, the phone lines go dead, and your blood runs cold.You know, with absolute certainty, that your life in in mortal danger. Not just yours, but anyone else in the building.Can you escape from a dark tower block and escape from a remorseless, relentless killer?Can you save your friends and colleagues from a bloody fate?Can you outwit and evade your pursuer?Or will you become the next victim of this Psycho Killer?Armed with nothing but a pencil, and two dice, can you manager to survive?This new gamebook from Black Dog Gamebooks is a dark and disturbing journey. Blood and brutal death are around every turn, as this implacable killer hunts you and your friends.This book is the latest gamebook from the twisted mind of David Lowrie, who also brought you eternal pain and suffering in Hellscape Book 1: Straight to Hell. This is not for the faint of heart. Enjoy, or endure, 400 sections of violence, misery and mayhem with full A4 original art from the author.“I promise you won’t encounter any other gamebook that is to unrelentingly unpleasant and sickening. I felt rather nauseous playing it, but I’m glad I did” My Gamebook Adventures

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This weeks show of Video Game adaption's we are back to review the next adaptation which is Wing Commander.
Wing Commander is the first game in Chris Roberts' space flight simulation Wing Commander franchise by Origin Systems. The game was first released for MS-DOS on September 26, 1990 and was later ported to the Amiga, CD32 (256-color), Sega CD and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and re-released for the PC as Wing Commander I in 1994. An enhanced remake Super Wing Commander was made for the 3DO in 1994, and later ported to the Macintosh.

The game was considered a major step forward for space dogfight games, featuring graphics, audio, and a story campaign that invited comparison to the Star Wars films. Set in the year 2654 and characterized by Chris Roberts as "World War II in space", it features a multinational cast of pilots from the "Terran Confederation" flying missions against the predatory, aggressive Kilrathi, a feline warrior race (heavily inspired by the Kzinti of Larry Niven's Known Space universe).

Wing Commander is a 1999 science fiction film loosely based on the video game series of the same name. It was directed by Chris Roberts, the creator of the game series, and stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Tchéky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow, David Suchet, and David Warner.

Principal photography took place in Luxembourg in 1998 and post-production was done in Austin, Texas. The film was released on March 12, 1999 to critical and commercial failure, grossing a little over $11 million. The film was the second on-screen collaboration with Lillard and Prinze Jr. after She's All That, who both later worked in the first two Scooby-Doo films and Summer Catch.

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This weeks bumper Video Game Adaption Podcast is filled with the forth coming adaptations. We discuss the new Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City trailer reaction, Uncharted movie with Tom Holland, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 casting news for Kunkle's, Borderlands preview, Last of Us casting and set photos & Mario casting review

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This weeks show we review all the Mortal Kombat video games and the Video Game adaption of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat Video Game Series:
Mortal Kombat II is a fighting game originally produced by Midway for the arcades in 1993. It was later ported to multiple home systems, including the MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, 32X, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and PlayStation only in Japan, mostly in licensed versions developed by Probe Entertainment and Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim Entertainment (currently distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment).

It is the second entry in the Mortal Kombat series and is the sequel to Mortal Kombat, improving the gameplay and expanding the mythos of the original Mortal Kombat, notably introducing more varied finishing moves (including several Fatalities per character and new finishers, such as Babality and Friendship) and several iconic characters, such as Kitana, Mileena, Kung Lao, Noob Saibot, and the series' recurring villain, Shao Kahn. The game's plot continues from the first game, featuring the next Mortal Kombat tournament set in the other dimensional realm of Outworld, with the Outworld and Earthrealm representatives fighting each other on their way to challenge the evil emperor Shao Kahn.

The game was an unprecedented commercial success and was acclaimed by most critics, receiving many annual awards and having been featured in various top lists in the years and decades to come, and also caused a major video game controversy due to the series' continuous depiction of graphic violence. Its legacy includes spawning a spin-off game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and having the greatest influence on the 2011 soft reboot game Mortal Kombat, as well as inspiring numerous video game clones. Non-canonical additions to the series, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and Injustice: Gods Among Us also took place during Mortal Kombat II.

Mortal Kombat 1992Mortal Kombat II 1993Mortal Kombat 3 1995Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1995Mortal Kombat Trilogy 1996Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero 1997Mortal Kombat 4 1997Mortal Kombat Gold 1999Mortal Kombat: Special Forces 2000Mortal Kombat Advance 2001Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance 2002Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition 2003Mortal Kombat: Deception 2004Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks 2005Mortal Kombat: Armageddon 2006Mortal Kombat: Unchained 2006Ultimate Mortal Kombat 2007Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2008Mortal Kombat 2011Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection 2011Mortal Kombat X 2015Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts fantasy film directed by John R. Leonetti in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Brent V. Friedman and Bryce Zabel. Based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, it is the second installment in the Mortal Kombat film series and a sequel to the original 1995 film, which Leonetti served as the cinematographer of. Largely an adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), Annihilation follows Liu Kang and his allies as they attempt to stop the malevolent Shao Kahn from conquering Earthrealm. It stars Robin Shou as Liu, Talisa Soto as Kitana, James Remar as Rayden, Sandra Hess as Sonya Blade, Lynn Red Williams as Jax, and Brian Thompson as Kahn. Only Shou and Soto reprise their roles, with the rest of the characters recast from the previous film.

Released to theaters on November 11, 1997, Annihilation received largely negative reviews for its story, characters, and special effects. It was a commercial failure, grossing $51 million against a $30 million budget. Due to the film's poor critical and commercial response, a direct sequel was cancelled. A third Mortal Kombat film languished in development hell for nearly two decades until the series was rebooted by a 2021 installment.

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On this week show we review Mortal Kombat (1995) Video Game Adaptation.

Mortal Kombat Video Game
Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992. It is the first entry in the Mortal Kombat series and subsequently was released by Acclaim Entertainment for nearly every home platform of the time. The game focuses on several characters of various intentions who enter a martial arts tournament with worldly consequences. It introduced many key aspects of the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves called Fatalities.

Mortal Kombat is considered one of the greatest video games of all time by critics and audiences in 21st century and became a best-selling game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the genre's history, spawning numerous sequels and spin-offs over the following years and decades, beginning with Mortal Kombat II in 1993, and together with the first sequel was the subject of a successful film adaptation in 1995. However, it also sparked much controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics, and, along with the home release of Night Trap, prompted the formation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), a U.S. government-backed organization that set descriptor ratings for video games.

Mortal Kombat Movie (1995)
Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American fantasy martial arts action film[2] directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Kevin Droney. Based on the video game franchise of the same name, it is the first installment in the Mortal Kombat film series. Starring Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, Talisa Soto, and Christopher Lambert, the film follows a group of heroes who participate in the eponymous Mortal Kombat tournament to protect Earth from being conquered by malevolent forces. Its story primarily adapts the original 1992 game, while also using elements from the game Mortal Kombat II (1993).

Mortal Kombat premiered in the United States on August 18, 1995. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the martial art sequences, atmosphere, and production values, but criticized the performances, script, and toned-down violence from the games. Despite the mixed critical response, it was well-received by fans of the series. It was also a commercial success, grossing $122 million on an $18 million budget.

Mortal Kombat was followed by a 1997 sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, along with two television series: the animated sequel Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996) and the live-action prequel Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998–1999). The follow-ups were unable to match the original film's success, however, and the series was rebooted with a 2021 film.




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This week's Video Game Adapation is Street Fighter the movie.
Street Fighter (Japanese: ストリートファイター, Hepburn: Sutorīto Faitā), commonly abbreviated as SF or スト (Suto), is a Japanese competitive fighting video game franchise developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by five other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre.
Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one of Capcom's flagship series with total sales of 46 million units worldwide as of March 2021.It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at $12.2 billion.

Street Fighter is a 1994 action film written and directed by Steven E. de Souza, based on the video game series of the same name produced by Capcom. Distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States and Columbia Pictures internationally, the film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia, along with supporting performances by Byron Mann, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Wes Studi. Loosely following the plot of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, the film focuses on the efforts of Colonel Guile (Van Damme) to bring down General M. Bison (Juliá), the military dictator and drug kingpin of Shadaloo City who aspires to conquer the world with an army of genetic supersoldiers, while enlisting the aid of street fighters Ryu (Mann) and Ken (Chapa) to infiltrate Bison's empire and help destroy it from within.
While the film was commercially successful, with a worldwide box office gross approximately three times its production costs, and its home video releases and television broadcasts were also profitable, with the film earning Capcom a return of ¥15.5 billion ($165 million) from the box office and home media, it was not well-received by critics for its campy tone, unfaithfulness to the source material and overblown effects. Raúl Juliá's performance as M. Bison, however, was singled out for widespread critical acclaim and garnered him a posthumous nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Saturn Awards, while the film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. The film was Julia's final theatrical performance, as he died of a stroke two months before the film's release; the film is dedicated to his memory.
An intended reboot, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, was released in 2009 to critical and commercial failure, while a much more positively-received British television series focusing on Ryu and Ken, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, was released in 2014.

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