NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to gamble on John Travolta's terrible #heist movie, High Rollers. #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/12hX...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE We finally get to use the Aleph, which is an item we definitely knew we had, and we absolutely know what it does. #spectralstalkers #fightingfantasy #ttrpg open.spotify.com/episode/0e01...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE #Connections is an eighties #gameshow about things that are the same as other things, where points don't seem to matter and contestants are replaced every two minutes or so anyway. #retrotv open.spotify.com/episode/1TkE...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to pray for clarity about the confusing and largely shark-free story of Noah's Shark. #badmovies #noahsshark open.spotify.com/episode/3TTC...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE There's a surprise behind every door in the endless library, from practical jokers to indifferent cloakroom attendants. No sign of a cohesive story yet though... #fightingfantasy #spectralstalkers open.spotify.com/episode/0BpE...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE The Brollys live in a weather house and teach weather facts to a weather-obsessed boy, which sounds boring because it is. But we are middle-aged men who don't even know how clouds work. #retrokidstv #thebrollys open.spotify.com/episode/1LZO...

NEW #PATREON #PODCAST In this episode, we investigate the conspiracy behind people forgetting things, otherwise known as the #MandelaEffect, and decide whether it's a phenomenon, or a phenome-NOT. Only available at Patreon.com/spreadthewhimsy

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to wish he could forget the convoluted, messy amnesia plot of Spider-Man 3. #badmovies #spiderman3 open.spotify.com/episode/2xgM...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE We bring a live audience of our beloved listeners to a smelly tent and an endless library, as we go looking for the #SpectralStalkers. Or maybe try to escape from them, it's not really clear. #fightingfantasy open.spotify.com/episode/1ctY...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE A collection of stuffed animals with incredibly boring descriptive names live together under the watchful eye of Old Bear, so-named because he's old, and a bear. See what I mean? #oldbearstories #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/1Gfg...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to watch the painful and prolonged war on crime waged by an eight-year old child, in the very *not* Christmas film, Home Alone 3. #badmovies #HomeAlone3 open.spotify.com/episode/3q4D...

CLASSIC #PODCAST EPISODE After Mark was taken away by bad men last episode, it's Martyn's turn to enter the House of Hell and get boozed up with fear whilst a vampire and his butler try their best to kill him with hospitality. #fightingfantasy #houseofhell open.spotify.com/episode/4QzJ...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE In what is now a New Year's tradition for When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger, we watch a clumsy butler trip over a tiger rug whilst getting completely hammered. Have we actually rewatched it, or is this a repeated episode? Who can tell any more... open.spotify.com/episode/5FHt...

#PATREON EXCLUSIVE CONTENT In this episode of The Occasional Atari, we embrace the holiday season by celebrating Boxing Day with some boxing video games. I know Boxing Day was yesterday, just leave it, ok? #boxingday #boxingvideogames Only available at Patreon.com/spreadthewhimsy

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to confirm why we should all actually hate Love Actually. #christmasmovies #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/0nJc...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE What's the point of this book anyway? To find a phone? To kill a vampire? To open all the doors? We do our best to achieve at least one of these goals in this week's episode. #fightingfantasy #houseofhell open.spotify.com/episode/5Xyb...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE Nothing says "Christmas" like weird human-animal hybrids offering suspicious tea to evacuees via furniture-based dimensional portals. #narnia #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/677r...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to check his spelling twice after watching Jack Black's Christmas comedy, #DearSanta. #christmasmovies open.spotify.com/episode/4FkD...

CLASSIC #PODCAST EPISODE Locked in a strange house full of scary things, Mark has taken on the challenge to down some booze every time his fear level increases. Hope he doesn't lose his head. That's a reference to a ghost that appears in the book. #fightingfantasy open.spotify.com/episode/0yZ3...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE If we could have watched toy adverts whenever we liked in the 80s, we probably wouldn't have spent so much time looking in catalogues. Well, not at toys anyway. #retrotv #toysandgames open.spotify.com/episode/6796...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to watch the most festive slasher film ever made, as he finally manages to sit through #Terrifier 3. #christmasmovies open.spotify.com/episode/1XKQ...

CLASSIC #PODCAST EPISODE We've broken down on a dark and stormy night, so of course the most sensible thing to do is approach the spookiest house and start snooping around. #fightingfantasy #houseofhell open.spotify.com/episode/6yl1...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE We delve into another showcase of toys from the past, like rummaging through your attic or garage but without the awful smells of dust and damp cardboard. #retrotv #retrotoys open.spotify.com/episode/297a...

Share a TV show you love with a great Christmas themed episode. 📺🎄 Ted Lasso

NEW #PATREON #PODCAST In this episode, we investigate a virgin birth from two thousand years ago, and decide whether it was a supernatural phenomenon, or a phenome-NOT. #nativity Only available at Patreon.com/spreadthewhimsy

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to stumble into the trap of watching Home Alone 4, which is more painful than anything the Wet Bandits ever went through. #homealone #christmasmovies open.spotify.com/episode/152h...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE It's bad enough when a strange woman clamps her hand over your mouth and drags you into an alley, but when it happens in fantasy made-up medieval times it's probably a lot worse. #fightingfantasy #legendoftheshadowwarriors open.spotify.com/episode/7yMd...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE We embrace nostalgic capitalism in the spirit of the season, as we start a month of watching adverts for old toys and games we definitely wanted and probably got. Because we were spoiled and awful. #retroUKtv open.spotify.com/episode/6ZJ3...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to wearily wade through the boring found footage of #ShelbyOaks. #foundfootage #horror #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/1m5g...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE We didn't choose to fight a witch unarmed. That would be stupid. Our listeners, on the other hand, are well up for some bare-knuckle witch boxing. #fightingfantasy #legendoftheshadowwarriors open.spotify.com/episode/5NTE...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE A sensible dog teaches a naughty dog life lessons and morals, in a boring cartoon which is boring. #puppydogtales #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/4Bwz...

#PATREON EXCLUSIVE CONTENT In this episode of The Occasional Atari, we go back to the arcades of our youth, and play some highly-rated #arcade #beatemups from our childhoods. #videogames Only available at Patreon.com/spreadthewhimsy

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to wish he'd watched absolutely anything except #AbsolutelyAnything. #comedy #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/4pw4...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE A swarm of skeletal scoundrels is seeking a skirmish. We're happy to oblige them, except we've got no weapon and we're definitely going to be destroyed. How long is this episode...? #fightingfantasy #legendoftheshadowwarriors open.spotify.com/episode/2eFD...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE #Grotbags got her own show because everybody prefers the villain. But in a way, Emu was also the villain, attacking celebrities and throwing Rod Hull into freezers. I wish Grotbags *had* eaten him. #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/72CQ...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to solemnly swear that some films are no good, as he spells out the reasons he hates all the #HarryPotter films. #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/5I7E...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE If you're heading out into a fantasy made-up medieval times world full of shadow warriors, do you go shopping for weapons and armour, or novelties and fireworks? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH, GREEDY! #legendoftheshadowwarriors #fightingfantasy open.spotify.com/episode/5eLa...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE The Mouse Factory is not about a factory that produces mice, nor is it about a factory operated and owned by mice. Titles are misleading sometimes, don't trust anything. #retrokidstv #TheMouseFactory open.spotify.com/episode/77Qe...

NEW #PATREON #PODCAST In this episode, we investigate the disappearance of the crew of the #MaryCeleste and decide whether it was a supernatural phenomenon, or a phenome-NOT. #mystery Only available at Patreon.com/spreadthewhimsy

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to sip a cup of tea on a double decker bus whilst Ralph Fiennes fights Sean Connery with an umbrella, in the ridiculous #Avengers movie from 1998. #SteedandMrsPeel #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/2KOO...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE A man made of shrubbery has accused us of not being worthy, which is quite cheeky, but also very hard to prove wrong given our track record. #legendoftheshadowwarriors #fightingfantasy open.spotify.com/episode/76Co...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE Pardon My Genie is probably a pun, but if it is one, it isn't a good one. Which is thematically appropriate. #PardonMyGenie #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/2FuV...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Mark takes ten to check his toilet for cheap rubber hand puppets, as he tries to make sense of #Ghoulies. #halloween #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/3BdR...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE We're hiding in a wizard's showroom, which is definitely a real thing, messing with all his stupid magic stuff, the stupid magic idiot. #legendoftheshadowwarriors #fightingfantasy open.spotify.com/episode/0Hkz...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE KID: "Mum, can we have Sesame Street?" MOTHER: "We have Sesame Street at home!" The Sesame Street at home is the Letter People. #theletterpeople #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/1qcH...

#PATREON EXCLUSIVE CONTENT In this episode of The Occasional Atari, we go back to the streets for some flag-capturing action, in the PlayStation classic Driver 2. #videogames #Driver2 #playstation Only available at Patreon.com/spreadthewhimsy

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE This week, Martyn takes ten to hate-watch a film that's so bad it must have been done on purpose, the puerile embarrassment that is #LesbianVampireKillers. #badmovies open.spotify.com/episode/43cq...

Are you even playing video games in a movie if you’re not waving the controller around wildly whilst space invaders noises fill the background?

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE After gambling all our gold and buying all the equipment we didn't need directly caused our downfall last time, we've definitely probably learned our lesson I expect. #fightingfantasy #legendoftheshadowwarriors open.spotify.com/episode/2lfN...

NEW #PODCAST EPISODE A sexy catalogue model teddy bear goes travelling, mainly to show off his bare bear chest and medallion. This show is real. #TeddyEdward #retrokidstv open.spotify.com/episode/0Sv3...