Have Movies, Will Game! is an irreverent and whimsical podcast that takes movies new and old off the big screen to a round-table discussion, bringing them to your gaming table. Join Matthew, Dusty, and Nathanael every two weeks (or thereabout) as they break down different movies, share their own takes of what made those movies great (or awful!), and then give you advice on how you can find gaming inspiration from them for use at your tabletop role-playing group. Each episode features a different movie and a new multitude of gaming options! It's a good half-and-half mix of movie trivia, trope breakdowns, and the tabletop gaming advice born from that critique - with a healthy helping of friendly comedy!
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A thousand years ago, this land was green and good, until the Crystal cracked! This week we're doing the great puppetry masterwork, Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal. Does it hold up to the ravages of time? Listen and find out!
This was a really fun episode to record for all of us. Listen in for a deep dive into the background of this film, and stick around for a breakdown of gaming themes and ideas on how you can find inspiration for your home games!
Starting with our next episode, we're going to be trying a new tweak to our format and release schedule. If you've been listening to us since the beginning, then you might have an idea what we're going to try doing. We hope it works out and keeps the coming content fresh and awesome, so stick around and find out alongside us!
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Welcome to another listener-voted episode, this time bringing you the winner of our "monster animals" bracket: Snakes on a Plane! (insert that inevitable quote here).
This episode, like the movie, is shorter, but still really fun. Despite being an internet meme over-hyped sensation, Snakes lands solidly on the "enjoyable" side of the scale, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording. After our thoughts on the movie in the first half, stick around for a breakdown of RPG themes in the second half!
Releasing shortly after this episode, we recorded another special bonus "alternate first half" for this one, doing our take on the movie Sharknado. We'll be putting that out as patron-exclusive content on our Patreon Page, so if you want to hear that head on over and check it out. And thanks!
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Intro Music: Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids – “Rock And Gravel”
Episode 0043 - Apocalypse Now (1979)
Monday, July 1, 2019 • Duration 01:20:41
You hear that? Do you hear that? Podcast, son. Nothing else in the world sounds like that. I love the sounds of geekdom in my podcatcher. You know, one time we recorded an episode, for 2 hours. When it was all over, I released it, and that's what you're about to hear: APOCALYPSE NOW!
We once again welcome you back to our show, with our forty-third episode. Matthew got a bit tired of the "fluff" movies we've been doing, and demanded something gritty, and boy does this movie deliver that. Prepare for a ride into the background of this trauma-heavy film, and stick with us as we ride further down the river on a journey into how you can find gaming inspiration here. Bring some water and bug repellent.
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Selected by our awesome listeners, this time we're doing your favorite of the Pixar greats: The Incredibles!
This was a really fun episode to record, and we have some really interesting tangent talks buried within. We hope you enjoy the discussion as much as we did. And please join us on Discord, share your thoughts, and let us know your ideas on some of the questions we pose.
And also, big thanks to That One Guy for giving us an amazing new iTunes review!
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Back from our vacation with the winner of our recent Tarantino Poll: nazi-scalping with the Inglourious Basterds!
This was our first episode born from our new multi-vote system for our fans and patrons, and we're super happy with the way that poll turned out. As it happens, people like having multiple votes for quality films, who knew? Anyway we'll definitely be doing more of that from now on!
This is also our first episode recorded in the new studio. Hopefully all the new sound tweaks turned out fine, but please let us know if you encounter any odd audio issues, thanks!
As often happens in these discussions, we're not all aligned on our opinions of the movie, but often that also makes things great. Due to the odd dual-nature story of this somewhat disjointed film, we look at a variety of highly-contracting options in the game talk, giving you a number of very different approaches to play.
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Join us for a deep dive into mid-90s spy thriller True Lies, and stick around for tips on how it can inspire your RPGs!
We're super excited this episode, as we just received an epic care package from Palladium Books! Ever-determined to convert Dusty to the "true fan" status shared by Matthew and Nathanael, Rex sent us an awesome collection of books and art, which we unboxed right before recording this session. Keep your eyes on our YouTube channel for that video once it's ready for uploading. Thanks, Rex! And thanks again, Palladium, for the great memories.
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You listen to this podcast. Listen, do you hear? You're geeky, you like movies, and you game. You keep listening, no matter how hard you laugh! We will Game you. No matter how many games, no matter how complicated, we will Game you!
We're back with a new episode, scratching off another movie from our original starting list of "Movies We Made This Podcast to Talk About."
Last of the Mohicans is a favorite film for several of us, and it felt really amazing to jam this one out for you. We also welcome Poppy Beaujolais from our sister podcast "Bikers, Dice, and Bars" to the mics, to round out the crew for the night.
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Intro Music: Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids – “Rock And Gravel”
Announcer: Isaac Sher
Produced and Edited By: Nathanael Cole
Not Actually In This Film: The Nooge
Episode 0037 - Deadpool (2016)
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 • Duration 01:17:11
Catching up on some of the more highly-requested movies from our backlog, we're finally doing everyone's loudmouthed anti-hero, Deadpool!
Matthew had to miss the session due to change-ups at the workplace, so we've brought longtime listener Jerome as a guest to round out the cast. This episode can also probably be known forward as "The Fate Episode" because we finally, after 37-odd episodes, bring in a guest who can tell us all about the intricacies of the Fate RPG. Thanks for joining us, Jerome, and for educating us (and our listeners) on how Fate works!
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Take us out to the black, dear Serenity, and flash that shiny golden booty at our first foray off the silver screen and onto the tube, with the late great space western Firefly!
This time around we're trying something new as a temporary departure from our usual focus, and doing our first-ever jam on a TV show. Firefly is a show that all three of us have a strong fondness for, and we've been talking about taking a look at it for some time now. This experiment gives us a bit more freedom to break from the norm, and we hope you enjoy the results!
Oh, and we also recorded some extra special bonus content this session, just for our Patrons. Head on over to our Patreon page and sign up to hear the extended talk on more episodes of this fantastic show!
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I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare: crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor and surviving.
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