Podcast: The Movie: The Game

Ryan Cowler and Shane Patterson
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  • Video Games
  • Updated Weekly

Each week hosts Ryan & Shane play and discuss their way through the immense catalogue of movie-based video games, one movie at a time, in a possibly futile quest to see whether they can actually be any good, or maybe even better than the movies they are based on-- so you don't have to!

  1. 06/12/2025

    Season 4: 90%ers Club Post Mortem

    Season 4: 90%ers Club Postmortem episode! In which Shane & Ryan unearth the freshly buried remains of all the season 4 games and plop them on the examining table so they can pay their final respects(?)! Also: Ryan doesn't do well with surprises, Shane has another bull**it quiz that Ryan totally won, Ryan demonstrates his psychic powers of Shutter Island-based opposite foresight, and more!(?)

    1h 47m
  2. Ghostbusters

    06/05/2025

    Ghostbusters

    Episode 40, season 4 Finale!! - In which Shane & Ryan do their best not to cross their streams in order to watch and play the games of Ivan Reitman's 1984 ghost cop spooktacular: Ghostbusters! Also: Ryan just can't let the spectral fellatio slide, Shane's birthday presents suck, can inanimate objects be ghosts?, and more!

    2h 18m
  3. Turbo Kid

    05/29/2025

    Turbo Kid

    Episode 39! - In which Shane & Ryan bust out the Huffy and their post-apocalyptic bicycle helmets in order to watch and play the games of Fancois Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell's 2015 retro wave Mad Max on bikes: Turbo Kid! Also: Ryan has a bone to pick with nets, Shane has no appreciable opinion on nets, the Sandra Bullock movie The Net is mentioned, and more!

    1h 38m
  4. Back to the Future

    05/22/2025

    Back to the Future

    Episode 38! - In which Shane & Ryan don bulletproof vests & swindle some plutonium from some nice Libyan lads in order to watch and play the games of Robert Zemeckis's 1985 timeless Oedipal paradox: Back to the Future! Also: Ryan FINALLY brings up Tattoo Assassins, Shane reveals the Black Knight Curse, time to talk Time Travel types, and more!

    2h 17m
  5. Aladdin

    05/15/2025

    Aladdin

    Episode 37! - In which Shane & Ryan acquire phenomenal cosmic power in an itty-bitty living space in order to watch and play the games of Ron Clement & John Musker's 1992 Disney Renaissance box office & cultural juggernaut that is in no way problematic with modern sensibilities: Aladdin! Also: Ryan tells a 20-minute story about a 10-minute conversation, Shane has PTSD flashbacks triggered by Disney Infinity, move over Bechdel Test 'cause the Tayd Test has arrived, and more!

    1h 56m
  6. Rocky

    05/08/2025

    Rocky

    Episode 36! - In which Shane & Ryan become dumb as rocks (not a huge stretch, TBH) and punch on some meat in order to watch and play the games of John G. Avildsen's (but really- Sylvester Stallone's, who we kidding?) timeless masterpiece from 1976 that explores what if the dumbest person on Earth tries to impose their will on one of the most deeply autistic people on the planet-- and also what if the dumb person is also really good at getting punched? : Rocky! Also: Ryan is ruthlessly bullied into inserting too many additional audio sidebars, Shane's a bully, Jim Cornette actually has a point, and more!

    2h 6m
  7. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

    05/01/2025

    Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

    Episode 35! - In which Shane & Ryan kiss their sisters and find out who their daddies are in order to watch and play the games of Irvin Kershner's attempt to answer the question "what if Star Wars went through a Goth phase?": Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back! Also: Ryan has a quick, non-hot take on toxic fandom, Shane walks Ryan right into a masterful wordplay trap (SUCKER!), we desperately wanted to photoshop Kurtwood's face onto Yoda for the cover art but we chickened out, and more!

    1h 58m
  8. Iron Man

    04/24/2025

    Iron Man

    Episode 34! - In which Shane & Ryan fire up the ol' Black Sabbath records in order to watch and play the games of John Favreau's zero expectation comic book action movie that ruined Hollywood forever(?): Iron Man! Also: Ryan demands his internet bucks for his powers of foresight then commences to almost completely forget a segment, Shane sucks at picking superpowers, INFINITE FLAMETHROWER HAS ENTERED THE CHAT, and more!

    1h 52m
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Each week hosts Ryan & Shane play and discuss their way through the immense catalogue of movie-based video games, one movie at a time, in a possibly futile quest to see whether they can actually be any good, or maybe even better than the movies they are based on-- so you don't have to!

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  • Creator
    Ryan Cowler and Shane Patterson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023
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