Honestly, if we were to subject our special guest Lauren to the cursed, goopy soup that is our Cult Meetings, we would with My Hero Academia and Texas Chainsaw Massacre cross-over fanfiction. So join us as we talk movies, tentacles, and TV! The Video Cult is a shadowy organization dedicated to watching only the strangest cinema from all genres; hor…

Lick our plates you dog dicks! Honestly if Josh and Gabby were to throw a guest into a goopy mix as an initiation, it would be Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). We are joined by a special guest: Lauren! We dive deep into the viscera of award-winning chilli (just don't ask how it was made) and navigate the tunnels of love as we chainsaw thrust into …

Epic Games Store's long running free games program seems to be paying off for their user acquisition strategy, despite their low sales of exclusives. They still can't hold a candle to Steam though. The Marshmallow test is supposed to determine a child's future. The latest studies actually debunk it, and prove that you really aren't limited. At leas…

With Nathan truly out in the wild navigating the world of fluids that is fatherhood Josh and Gabby take us back to the inner podcast that is Boob Tube for this weeks cult meeting. They watched several confounding episodes of Baddies Caribbean and come to find that maybe the Baddies were the friends we made along the way.…

Roblox is now banned in another country for child exploitation. These are serious allegations, so we're lucky serious journalists have investigated and uncovered the reasons why Roblox isn't great for kids. We discuss the issues and whether Australia should follow suit. Mathematicians have worked out the optimum swimming stroke, and are training sw…

All gas, no breaks. The episode no one asked for. The episode reality tried to cancel. The episode that spat in god's face and said "I wanna be where the people aren't". It's Dagon (2001), the outside world rejects you but The Video Cult isn't.By Nathan Stone, Josh Carmody

The CEO of Warframe developer Digital Extremes has explained why he thinks there hasn't been another Live Service hit like Warframe. Jim Shooter, a former Marvel head, has some thoughts on modern comics - There isn't enough dialogue apparently. Sharks in Brazil have gotten their fins on large amounts of cocaine from drug smugglers. Everything human…

On a very special cult meeting the crew let's Gabby take the reins for the full hour and lead them down into the dark pits of Bio-Dome fan fiction. Pulled forth form the damp crevasse that is Pauly Shore's taint The Video Cult crew are here to put their lives and talent on the line. This is your brain on Bio-Dome Fan-fiction Erotica. Enjoy?…

Viggo Mortensen hasn't been seen in any big franchises since Lord of the Rings. He's got a very good reason for that, and he isn't likely to go back. At least he's willing to tell us why. We've seen a lot of great indie games in the last few years, but it's starting to look like the bubble might be popping. Sooner or later it'll be back, but at wha…

A species of carpenter ants will perform surgery on their wounded comrades. These gory scenes take place after vicious battles with other ant colonies. This is the first time that surgery has been observed in non-human animals. Much has been made of video game addiction, which is a real and scary thing. But not every case is medical addiction, and …

Scientist have found that whales are happier when humans are not around, and this was during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when human activity on the ocean was limited. Which begs the question do whales really hate humans? Eve Online's creator CCP Games have decided to go open source...will this make the game immortal? Only time will tel…

This week The Video Cult crew have found their salvation through the nostalgic lens of the 80's looking through a nostalgic lens to the 50's. Tropes will be flipped upside down, predators and diner owners dissolved together. Shrines! Funky Space Prolapse! It's all here, where it should be and where you belong, with The Video Cult. The Video Cult is…

A classic MMO designer thinks modern MMOs aren't giving players enough ways to play together. MMOs have changed over the last 20 years, and are no longer the only way to play with your friends. So what's really behind the changes? A new study suggests geoengineering might actually just move the issue from one place to another. Who will bear the con…

What do you get when you mix Josh's love of Canon Films and Trivia? A segment Nathan and Gabby didn't have the heart the put out of its misery. Also Gabby finally finishes her tale of Truckly love and "oil factory illusions"By Nathan Stone, Josh Carmody

Team Fortress 2 has been overrun by bots. A new campaign to save this game from the hackers and cheaters who are ruining it begs Valve to make a difference. We discuss how this relates to the Stop Killing Games campaign and the various ways Valve and the community can save the game. By all accounts, The Crow's reboot will not be any good. Can it be…

Ohhhhhh Boy Cultists, Gabby sure pulled out a stinker for this episode! Listen, when it comes to movies like "Bio-Dome" (1996) it's best to plug your nose and swallow that gross, viscous, sludge that is 90's nostalgia. You know, the soul patches, ska, and the weasel-speak you need subtitles for. So sit in a massage train and get ready for the clust…

Back together again the crew has extended conversations about bathroom activities, ants the kill and obey traffic laws and how to read porn in ear shot of your mother. If its your first time here then I hope you like callbacks, references and Kool aid, it's time for a Cult Meeting. The Video Cult is a shadowy organization dedicated to watching only…

Sorry about the audio quality on this one. The people responsible have been fired out of a cannon into the sun. The problem has been fixed and we'll be back to our usual quality next week. Should we pay modders for their work? After hundreds of hours playing modded games, and even designing some mods himself, Professor's got some thoughts on this. …

The Video Cult crew dive fetus first into this weeks cinematic offering, The Suckling (1990). Marvel as they make full use of the content warning, dazzle at their disgust, congratulate this conflagration of bad taste. The movie may be terrible and the only way to make it better is to talk about it, so come be the silent newcomer in this much needed…

According to surveys, most gamers Smurf - that is high level players using a low level account to stomp noobs. So why do you do it, and is it as bad as it sounds? The end of anime's Golden Age may be upon us. Miyazaki says so, but he's just won an award for anime. So is it self-deprecating humour or bragging? The Australian government has suggested…

The UK has issued a response to the Stop Killing Games campaign with a possible angle of attack. Remember to keep signing your local petitions to help make a change. The creator of Ghost in the Shell Arise thinks Isekais are off the rails and that the real world doesn't suck that much. Has he been outside recently? AI deepfakes are being used in a …

This episode we say goodbye to Roger Corman, the mind behind some of the greatest cult movies of all time. That's the classy part of the episode. Afterwards it's all dirty submarine talk, Opinions on the Fall Guy, choosing our Death Race 2000 personas, and incomprehensible fan fiction! All the Video Cult weirdness you know, and love perhaps? The Vi…

Helldivers 2 players have achieved a major victory over Sony, leading to the PSN account requirement being retracted. Good work troops. WBD are planning some more Lord of the Rings movies, starting with The Hunt for Gollum. The Nerds discuss why they've picked such an overdone part of the story to cover. Plastic eating nanobots may be coming to a w…

Start your engines! This week we are heading over to the United Provinces of America! Nathan, Josh, and Gabby break down Death Race 2000 (1975) where there is a very long discussion about autoerotic asphyxiation, Gabby's continuing misquoting of "The Dark Night Rises", gimp masks, and the Italian Stallion's Bugsy Mallone caricature. So put on your …

The USA's TikTok ban coming into effect could affect game developers too. We'll break it down and go over the possible effects. If you want to preserve your body for the future, you might turn to cryonics. If you can't afford a full body, you can just preserve your brain and hope someone grows you a new body in the future. Marvel movies suck. Every…

Hellllllooooo cultists! Unfortunatley Nathan didn't join us for this week's Cult Meeting. But, luckily for you folks you get sapphic regency literature, Gabby's long rant about her excursion to the north, and all of the 2/3rds of Video Cult's host's recent watches. The Video Cult is a shadowy organization dedicated to watching only the strangest ci…

The Australian Stop Killing Games Petition is now active. Sign it here: e-petitions – Parliament of Australia How does NASA repair a spacecraft nearly a light day from Earth? NASA engineers have spent the last few months working on a solution to a faulty RAM chip, and we'll discuss the changes they had to make to save the stricken craft. The Entert…

The Australian Stop Killing Games Petition is now active. Sign it here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080 Live service games seem like the future of gaming, but the tide seems to be changing. A survey of game developers says that the majority are concerned about the future of live service games and their sustainability. Do you pref…

What if the Village People were demons and there was a dozen of them and they all lived under the Golden Gate Bridge? What then hmm? If you want the answers then look no further than Neon Maniacs a sort of horror / sort of comedy / sort of unfinished film from 1986. It's sometimes charming and constantly nonsensical, but that didn't stop our Cult C…

Someone (Josh) forgot he was on editing duty so now this Cult Meeting comes to you from out of the void. But you can just think of it like a little treat now that it's a two episode week.By Nathan Stone, Josh Carmody

Ross Scott's Campaign to save games has kicked off, and we're sharing his battle plans. This is something we can all do to help prevent games from being destroyed. With the death of Funimation, anime is also at risk of being taken away from you. Paid products aren't showing up on CrunchyRoll's site. They claim everything will eventually be availabl…

Remember cultists, you have to trust the fungus. In this week's episode, we are back from our little hiatus as we dive into that goopy mushroom soup that is the Super Mario Bros. (1993). And boy is that soup mighty scrumptious. You got David Byrne-inspired goombas, an interdimensional dino princess that needs to learn to brush her hair, and finally…

For our 200th episode, we've interviewed Corissa Grant from Worthy Chaos Comics to talk about their series Redemption, a comic about love, a war involving the ancient Egyptian and Celtic pantheons, demon hunters, and a whole lot of gore. Corissa tells us about how she got into writing comics, how she found an artist, the challenges of managing a co…

After a hiatus brought about by the World Curling Championships our Cult Crew is back! They're making up for lost time in this cult meeting, with stories of work woes, dating woes, and lot of sci-fi tv and movies! Then in Gabby's Fabulous Fan Fiction the crew shares two filthy stories. First from the world on TMNT, Shredder is tied up and awaiting …

The Crow is one of BPM's favourite movies, as well as a Brandan Lee's final film role. There's talks about rebooting it with a new storyline and BPM, along with the original director, are not very happy about it. Neuralink has begun human trials, beset with animal testing issues and beaten to market by over a decade. The Nerds discuss the sci-fi fu…

Warner Bros seem to be intent on killing everything they own. The latest casualty is Adult Swim's Games library. Professor reminisces about some of his favourite games from this publisher that will no longer be available to customers. The Oscars and Razzies happened again this week, so the Nerds discuss the impact the winners might have on the dire…

This week we bring you the latest updates in the Nintendo vs Yuzu case, the first shots in the war to save games from deletion, and the push towards even more live service games. Executives are ruining movies. We discuss the reasons and the solutions to escape executive meddling. Finally, we put on our boomer hats to complain about how kids these d…

Get ready to listen to your heart and surf the sewer because The Video Cult crew has thrown themselves at the alter of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! This week they are tackling the live musical stage tour from the fab mutant four and with that comes all the jokes about ending ones existence and which adult movie had the most compelling dialogue. It…

Nintendo are suing a Fruit company. The Yuzu emulator is under attack. The Professor has some thoughts on how this affects the future of games preservation. Marvel are trying to recover from a few big failures recently. The DJ ponders their future projects and what they need to do to bring the audience back. Going outside is really, REALLY good for…

This week's cult meeting is missing its Daddy, and while Daddy is away Josh and Gabby run into some technical difficulties. 2/3rds of the crew talk Karate Kid fakes with Tae Bo instructors, step-by-step instructions for becoming a phone sex operator, Josh's Buffy journey ending, and Gabby's hatred for Linda Tripp. And This week's episode will, unfo…

Rumours are flying about the next generation of games consoles. The Nerds discuss the future and where we might be going next, whether that's a mid generation Pro release, a full new generation, or the PC master race. Sora AI has scared Tyler Perry away from an $800m investment. Perry thinks the future is all AI, all the time, but we think there's …

Let's all go to Arrakis! The Video Cult drank the water of life and then had a wild hallucination that David Lynch made a crazy adaptation of Dune in 1984. Wait, It wasn't a hallucination? Well then I guess you'll have to enjoy this scene by scene breakdown of the strangest sci-fi movie in the known universe. It's all Inner monologues, screaming to…

OpenAI's Sora has gotten Hollywood in a tizzy about robots taking their jobs. Again. Hopefully the robots don't come for us next. You might be tempted to buy games cheaply on a key reseller, but game devs would really rather you pirate their games instead. We'll tell you why. Scientists have grown lab grown meat on a substrate of rice. Professor th…

The Cult Crew do some Academy Awards Best Picture trivia while realizing math is hard. Josh then boasts he can name the highest grossing films of the 90's. Talking TV, Nathan swoons over the Superbowl and the crew gets notalgic about Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. Josh dominates the movie segment by talking about the hundred or so films he's watch…

With Vanguard Anticheat coming to a League of Legends near you, it's worth knowing more about how it works and why it isn't the saviour you might think it is. We discuss the history of cheating, and why Anticheat never seems to work properly. GRRM has some things to say about toxicity and the AntiFan. The AntiFan is a creature of hatred, dedicated …

Welcome back Cultists! This week The Video Cult crew takes a deep dive into the blaxploitation classic Three The Hard Way (1974). It's got arcade shootouts, an even number of breasts, science run amok and music so funky it could make a carpet grow. The Video Cult is a shadowy organization dedicated to watching only the strangest cinema from all gen…

The EU has made some demands of Apple, and Apple has complied in the barest possible manner. They're still screwing devs over, and we're not happy about it. Brains in jars have been a staple of sci-fi for decades. They're a step closer with the latest research into keeping brains functioning without a body. We're a bit worried about the implication…

This week on another thrilling Cult Meeting, Josh, Gabby, and Nathan find out there might be a communist sympathizer, or two, or three amongst the group. Also, Josh is so cool he wears pants backwards and Nathan has to answer unsettling football trivia. TV and movie talk happens somewhere in there. Then they read smutty Fan Fiction inspired by Lair…

This week, a moderately famous Youtuber made waves with a plan to sue game developers for shutting down games. Ross Scott wants to fight the You Will Own Nothing future and he's starting with The Crew. He's taking a big step to securing consumer rights and we can't wait to see how it goes. Soon, even factory workers will be able to work from home u…

Greetings Cultists! today we journey to the British countryside, fight off sexy snake ladies, and question if Peter Capaldi is wearing underwear underneath his kilt. It's Ken Russel's 1988 film Lair of the White Worm! So strap in and thirst over sexy snakes for this week's Video Cult! The Video Cult is a shadowy organization dedicated to watching o…