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Adaptation Decay

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Are video game movies always bad? Is there nothing to love about old Nintendo cartoons? Are any video game comics worth reading? In this monthly premium show, Gary Butterfield and Kaye Ross look at all kinds of media derived from video games and take it apart, answering whether it's a good adaptation, and whether it's a good piece of art.Public RSS Feed: https://www.patreon.com/rss/80117?show=1335432This is a premium show, as part of the Duckfeed Patreon campaign. Back us at http://patreon.com/duckfeedtv to get full access to all of the episodes!

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  1. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 115: Resident Evil (2026)

    It’s a classic Duckfeed knock-down drag-out cage match as we disagree about whether or not the Resident Evil movie is good! It’s not in dispute that Zach Cregger has made a very strong adaptation of Resident Evil, capturing a spirit of the games that has eluded previous directors who took a shot....

  2. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 114: The Resident Evil Interactive Experience (Audio Version)

    It's time for a very special Adaptation Decay! This August, Gary, Liv, and Kaye packed up and headed to Las Vegas to visit the Resident Evil Interactive Experience, a limited time takeover of Universal Horror Unleashed. Listen to us talk about the scares, the set design, the puzzles, and the food...

  3. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 106: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

    Let's remember a time when YouTube didn't have a ton of people talking about shitty video games. Simpler times, times when a creator like AVGN was rare. This project was his lifetime dream, and it became a nightmare. James Rolfe is clearly not having any fun, and all we left is this artifact of...

  4. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 104: Fallout Season 1

    If any video game had enough room for a television adaptation, then it's definitely Fallout. Not directly adapting any of the stories from the game, the Fallout TV series takes many of the iconic ideas and character archetypes and creates it's own vision of the Wasteland. What we get is a love...

  5. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 103: Hellraiser Hellworld

    Hellraiser Hellworld is a bad Hellraiser movie, but is it really a BAD movie? Well, yes, but it's still very funny. It's not the worst thing in the world. As an adaptation of the video game medium, it's real stupid. Next Month on Adaptation Decay: Fallout (Season 1)

  6. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 102: A*Mazing

    This one's a treat for all the Aussies out there! A*Mazing was Australia's most beloved kids' game show in the 90s, featuring a tiny bit of competitive video game play between very easy trivia and searches for hidden objects in an obstacle course. And the entire thing was presided over by one of...

  7. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 100: The Running Man

    A perfect encapsulation of 80's movie jank. It's dumb, it's sexist, but boy are the boss fights cool. And it inspired SmashTV! What more could you ask for? Join Ahnold as he battles the gauntlet and attempts escape from a sadistic TV show with life-or-death stakes.

  8. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 98: Angry Birds Movie

    Join your favorite Angry Birds characters: Red! Bomb! Poopy flame bird! As they rescue their eggs from immigrants. It's bad!

  9. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 95: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (EXPERT LEVEL PODCAST)

    Can you feel life moving through your mind? Looks like it came back for more. Can you feel time slipping down your spine? You try and try to ignore. Gary's note: We need to know you can hang before you listen to this. Can you hang? Are you going to be cool?

  10. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 94: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    The film that nobody asked for, and yet all we have left are questions. One thing the film certainly doesn't leave misunderstood: that sand?

  11. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 92: GamesMaster

    Behold, a UK Television Magazine featuring contest, commentary, and a man with a large head.

  12. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 91: Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures

    If you've never wondered what Pac-Man got up to in high school, then all I can say is what is wrong with you? There's romance, ghosts, and a confusing set of rules for what the power pellets do. And a theme song that barely sounds like real music! PRODUCER'S NOTE: This is a reupload, as there was...

  13. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 90: Video Games in Cartoons

    After the harrowing experience that was covering Wing Commander last month, we needed a palate cleanser. So enter a new kind of episode: a survey of video game-related episodes of popular cartoons! We assure you this isn’t just an excuse to talk about things we already like. First we discuss…

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  14. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 89: Wing Commander

    This whole thing SMACKS of gender.

  15. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 88: Battletoads and Bubsy

    They're not funny, they're not pretty, they're names sound like things that grows on your grandmother. Oh and Battletoads are there too.

  16. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 87: Arcade

    This Tron fast follow... looks horrible. Also, the Amazon Prime version is only .8x speed? Why?

  17. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 86: Five Nights at Freddy's

    Cinema sin: How in the world did this place ever stay in business?

  18. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 85: The Dungeonmaster

    Beautiful, in the ugliest way possible.

  19. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 84: Rock Band 2 The Stars / You Don't Know Jack

    Weirdly, I actually remember watching the You Don't Know Jack Show on TV when it was on air.

  20. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 83: Choose or Die

    Download the MP3? You must choose.

  21. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 82: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

    Sandiego is one word. This is important.

  22. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 81: Cloak and Dagger

    What if games... were real? A cute, but "child endangerment" style kid's movie.

  23. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 80: Biohazard: The Stage

    You wouldn't believe it, but they worked the map in.

  24. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 79: Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy

    Ah, the reserve Belmonts. So nice to see you for the first and last time.

  25. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 78: Rubik, The Amazing Cube

    I don't understand how a flesh and blood creature can be scrambled like that. Best not to think about it.

  26. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 77: Double Dragon (1994)

    I dunno man, it sounds like we didn't really appreciate what we had in the 90s.

  27. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 76: Video Game High School

    There is no Jazz Band at Video Game High School. You play video games. Not jazz.

  28. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 75: Super Mario Bros. (2023)

    To whom it may concern, 'Tis I. Mario.

  29. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 74: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    There are two types of people in this world. Dungeons. And dragons. Which one are you?

  30. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 72: The Cuphead Show

    Well, Cuphead and his (adopted brother) Mugman, They like to roll the skee balls By chance they came 'pon the Devil's Game, And gosh, they paid the.... what rhymes with skee balls?

  31. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 69: Elf Bowling: The Movie

    Welcome to hell. This month we're talking about Elf Bowling: The Movie, sometimes subtitled "The Great North Pole Elf Strike", which is sens

  32. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 67: The Sims Spark'd

    The Sims is obviously an amazing game series and we wish we could play more of it. From the outside, the Sims community seems like an inclusive and welcoming space where people can be creative and have fun. And then we have the Sims Spark'd, the product of an ill-advised partnership between EA,...

  33. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 64: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Comic

    Did you know that DC published a comic to promote the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution? Of course you didn't! The six issue arc follows Adam Jensen on a little side mission that takes place in between chapters of the game. A new augmented terrorist is on the scene, and the series of attacks…

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  34. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 63: Frogger: The Game Show

    You've never heard of this game show, and because it's on Peacock you'll probably never see it. But it's worth talking about because, wow, i

  35. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 62: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

    This newest Resident Evil movie is simultaneously a better adaptation and a better movie than the Paul W.S. Anderson movies, while also not being good enough. It crams the broad story of the first two Resident Evil games into a breathless mess that's goofy and entertaining, while wasting tons of...

  36. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 60: Muppet Babies: It's Only Pretendo

    The Muppet Babies was a smash hit cartoon that started the "baby versions of popular characters" craze, but video game fans remember one episode in particular. Gonzo loves his Pretendo, and the entire nursery goes NUTS when they start playing it along with him. This episode is an excuse for us to...

  37. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 59: Double Dragon (Animated Series)

    Billy and Jimmy are brothers. One's a Dragon Master, one's a Shadow Master, until they're both Dragon Masters because a Shadow Master comes to town. It's dumb. The whole show, honestly, is garbage. It's hard to look at, hard to listen to, and it's a really bad adaptation. Avoid at all costs.

  38. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 57: A Pac and Poke Christmas

    This month we take a look at two Christmas specials: one from the Pac-Man cartoon, and one from the Pokemon anime. The Pac-Man cartoon remains as baffling and boring as always, relying on the same non-joke about "chomping" for its entire duration. Meanwhile, the Pokemon Christmas special,...

  39. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 56: GamePro TV

    What if the 90s were made into a pure, uncut video drug? You'd get GamePro TV. Hosted by J.D. Roth and the contemptible B-Man, this half-hour commercial claimed to be the television version of GamePro Magazine. Listen as we talk about this fever dream of green-screen effects and poorly stretched...

  40. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 55: Silent Hill: Revelation

    There are some nice things to be said about the original Silent Hill movie. It has pacing and script problems, but its production design is both high quality AND faithful to the games. When it came time to make a followup, they whiffed every single aspect of it. Sharon from the first movie is all...

  41. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 54: Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

    We're as surprised as you are that this turned out to be okay. But it's kinda fun! We know that Kirby's cute, but he'd also be a nightmare to live around. This 2003 cartoon presents the reality of having a Town Kirby... a pre-verbal infant cosmic monstrosity who can destroy homes on a whim.…

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  42. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 53: Resident Evil Comics

    This month we talk about five issues of really bad comic adaptations of Resident Evil, which should actually be really easy to adapt! It's nonsense, really, how WildStorm managed to biff this one so hard. What starts as half-assed, rushed retellings of the first two games expands into some…

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  43. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 52: Saturday Supercade

    We head back to the earliest days of video game cartoons to talk about a confusing and boring variety show that's not really based on your arcade favorites! The good news is, YouTube also featured the vintage commercials. Saturday Supercade was an hour long show, and each episode featured four...

  44. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 51: Mortal Kombat (2021)

    The staying power of the Mortal Kombat brand is a mystery, but we're here for it... even if this movie is dumb as rocks. Cole is a down and out MMA fall guy who happens to be the heir to a great line of ninja warriors. There's also an interdimensional martial arts tournament that Sonya Blade and...

  45. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 50: Willy's Wonderland

    The creators of Willy's Wonderland might claim they weren't inspired by Five Nights at Freddy's, but we'll trust our eyes over them. Nicolas Cage plays a mute, mechanical janitor stranded in a small town, and trapped in a haunted fun center overnight. There are also horny teens in play. This is a...

  46. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 49: Beta Test

    You have never heard of this movie, and we're going to fix that. Beta Test supposes a world where a gamer can control a living person, who sends back convincing enough footage to make that gamer unaware that they're doing more than playing a game. So the most famous beta tester who ever lives is...

  47. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 48: Legends of the Hidden Temple

    Did you know they made a TV movie out of Legends of the Hidden Temple? And that it's actually kind of okay? This month's Adaptation Decay is a slight deviation from our usual formula, as we talk about the Nickelodeon game show classic, and then examine its faithful film adaptation.

  48. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 47: Sonic Cartoons

    This month we bring you a discussion of two cartoons based on Sonic the Hedgehog, both released in 1993. First, we talk about "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog", which aired in syndication on weekdays. Specifically, we talk about the episode "Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad", which...

  49. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 46: Rampage

    You can't help but smile at big dumb fun. The Rock is one of those muscle scientists, raising the last of the albino gorillas. Unfortunately, a wayward canister of corrupt corporate super contagion makes its way into his zoo, and all of a sudden Chicago is at risk. We really like this movie,...

  50. [PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 45: Dragon Age: Redemption

    This month, to coincide with the WOFF! coverage of Dragon Age 2, we're turning our attention to the web series created by Felicia Day to promote the "Mark of the Assassin" DLC. The short version is that we're unimpressed. The long version is that this is a really fun episode if you like to hear…

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Are video game movies always bad? Is there nothing to love about old Nintendo cartoons? Are any video game comics worth reading? In this monthly premium show, Gary Butterfield and Kaye Ross look at all kinds of media derived from video games and take it apart, answering whether it's a good adaptation, and whether it's a good piece of art.Public RSS Feed: https://www.patreon.com/rss/80117?show=1335432This is a premium show, as part of the Duckfeed Patreon campaign. Back us at http://patreon.com/duckfeedtv to get full access to all of the episodes!

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