Podcasts by Ventin Quarantinos

Episode 7: Curating Crime from 2020-08-07T11:11:21

Jim talks to Louise Blain; writer, producer, true crime connoisseur, Assassin's Creed obsessive and all round murder enthusiast, about how she is on a mission to curate True Crime podca...

Episode 6: Making a Full Cast Audio Drama During COVID from 2020-05-20T15:55:26

Jim is joined by celebrated game developer Mike Bithell, creator of indie hits Thomas Was Alone, Volume, the Circular series of adventure games, and John Wick Hex which is out now on PS...

Episode 5: Can you knit while playing DnD? She'll be the Judge of that from 2020-05-15T14:42:18

This week we’re joined by presenter, writer, video producer and all-round games media personality Alysia Judge.

Episode 4: Every Era of Video Games Is Happening All At Once from 2020-04-15T15:23:59

Jim chats to acclaimed indie game creator Xalavier Nelson Jr, while Burns and Dave wonder if it would be ethical to crowdfund the purchase of a Californian mansion with inadequate boat ...

Episode 3: The Babylon 5 of Hubris from 2020-04-11T11:28:21

We grew up loving TV shows like Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9: huge stories, told over multiple seasons. But has the small screen finally gotten too big?

From I, Claudius to Star Tr...

Episode 2: Wrestlemania, normalcy, and old friends from 2020-04-08T13:25

Ventin' Quarantinos, a podcast about Attempted Normalcy in the face of lockdown, returns with a very special guest: Simon Miller, face of WhatCulture, former VideoGamer, and future WWE ...

Episode 1 or 35: When life gives you lemons, play PES from 2020-04-02T13:32:02

Welcome to Ventin' Quarantinos, the "new" podcast from Jim and Burns (and Dave) about nothing, normalcy, and trying to make the best of it.

To keep sane, Burns has been ...

PRE LOCKDOWN EPISODES START HERE: Episode #34 from 2019-10-08T13:32:03

This is a special episode where we chat to Dan, a communications officer for Sony PlayStation QA. Not about the PS5, though, which launches holiday 2020, despite us never mentioning it ...

Episode #33: Imagining a Terminator Game from 2019-09-18T14:50:59

In this episode, which we recorded a billion years ago, we try to think up a Terminator video game that would be good, but ultimately decide that Creative Assembly should just do one.

Episode #32: David Cage Was Right from 2019-08-16T11:11:16

Jim and Burns love Wolfenstein, Dave loves being on holiday, and everyone loves real-world locations being depicted in videogames.

Also: Times David Cage has been right, ...

Episode #31: There's Only One Song About The Boys Being Back In Town from 2019-08-06T15:52:21

Jim reckons that Amazon Prime's version of The Boys is miles better than their botched take on Preacher. But first, in a rare moment of intra-podcast camaraderie, everyone agrees that c...

Episode #30: Henry Cavill's Manky Hairpiece from 2019-07-31T11:35:42

We talk about Netflix's Witcher series, the best Doctor Who and why she needs to swap her sonic for an Uzi in an increasingly cold and hostile universe, and we find out that Dave used t...

Episode #29: Hyde Park on the Hudson from 2019-07-24T11:38:18

Jim went to see Spider-Man, Dave worked on a film with Bill Murray which nobody has ever heard of, Jim’s old boss looked like Bill Murray, Dave interfered with a seagull in Brighton, Bu...

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #28 from 2019-07-17T14:15:21

Jim went to a screening of the DS9 documentary in Bristol, where he was accidentally rude to someone, the imbecile, the moron. Burns found a sense of spiritual clarity about the nature ...

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #27 from 2019-07-15T14:37:10

After E3 in 2018, we recorded a podcast and never published it, cos we forgot. We're publishing it now cos it's just been sitting in the vault.

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #26 from 2019-06-27T10:15:21

Burns returns from E3, Jim falls in love with Godzilla, and Dave has to put up with them both.

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #25 from 2019-06-18T21:15:01

Star Trek: Picard sounds alright, eh?

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #24 from 2018-05-30T18:25:38

Jim, Burns and Dave are back with their first podcast of 2018 in which they talk about God of War, Westworld, and Infinity War while Jim goes off on a series of weird tangents. Many of your questio...

THE JIM&DAVE (NOT BURNS) PODCAST #23 from 2017-12-21T21:21:49

A Burnsless Jim & Dave take a rare opportunity to relax, share some Christmas cheer, and talk about their favourite games, films and telly of what has been a stellar year for culture, if not for th...

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #22 from 2017-11-15T23:07:58

Burns gives his full review of Wolfenstein 2, then we talk about our weirdest moments in film, the worst lines in good films, and wonder which movie stars they would have liked to have had as parents.

THE JIM&BURNS (&DAVE) PODCAST #21 from 2017-11-02T13:59:58

Assassin's Creed Origins, Wolfenstein 2 and Super Mario Odyssey – Jim's played the biggest games of 2017's Christmas rush and he talks about them on this podcast for some reason. As it's Halloween ...

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #20 from 2017-10-27T17:04:48

Star Trek: Discovery, movie tropes, the uselessness of a flame thrower against the T-1000 and of course, the double down.

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #19 from 2017-10-19T19:26:46

Good films from bad directors, Japan trip, Burns complains

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #18 from 2017-10-12T14:17:33

Jim's back, and he's seen Blade Runner 2049, so we talked about that for a bit before quizzing Dave about life on a film set, the importance of actor chemistry, and what exactly Ron Howard would ha...

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #17 from 2017-10-05T21:44:37

A Jimless Burns (& Dave) discuss seventies cinema and the incredible personalities who emerged from it.

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #16 from 2017-09-28T15:44:03

Jim's off on a wee adventure so Burns (and Dave) take us on a tour of favourite movie scores, Red Dead 2, and the SNES mini. There's also some chat about Tom Cruise. Obviously.

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #15 from 2017-09-20T20:35:14

Jim and Dave compare 2017's IT with the 1990 miniseries, Jim discusses Seth MacFarlane's Star Trek love letter The Orville, and Burns fondly recalls the time we tried to leave Europe (via an airpor...

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #14 from 2017-09-13T13:45:18

IMDB Top Ten, Jurassic Park doesn't have an ending

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #13 from 2017-07-24T13:13:52

Nuggetgate, Game of Thrones, Film Noir

Alien: Covenant Spoilercast from 2017-05-26T14:20:28

A Jimless Burns & Dave talk a load of old cobblers about Ridley Scott's latest attempt to cack all over the glories of his youth, Alien: Covenant.

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #12 from 2017-05-05T11:29:05

Jim gushes about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the Nintendo Switch. Burns and Dave have thought long and hard about their favourite documentaries. Everyone agrees that one of the Terminator films is Jame...

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #11 from 2017-04-26T11:08:40

This week we talk about our favourite books, except Jim doesn't read, because he's too busy doing elaborate drawings of penises and complaining that Hollywood stole his gimmick.

The Jim And Burns (And Dave) Podcast #10 from 2017-04-13T11:54:08

We talk about Hidden Figures, our favourite foreign films, The Japan Centre in London, and then imagine a buddy cop show starring Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mugabe.

The Jim&Burns (&Dave) Podcast #9 from 2017-03-23T13:47:46

Jim plays Mass Effect. Dave digs out his PS1. Burns buys a BB gun.

The Jim And Burns (And Dave) Podcast #8 from 2017-01-31T17:54:49

Star Wars Rebels, Vader comics, Jurassic Park vs Westworld

The Jim And Burns (And Dave) Podcast #7 from 2017-01-10T22:24:24

JBD discuss Rogue One, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Christmas shite

The Jim and Burns (and Dave) Podcast #6 from 2016-11-26T14:13:58

Burns and Dave (not Jim) talk about their recent trip to Japan while Jim (not Burns or Dave) tosses off about Forrest Gump

The Jim and Burns (and Dave) Podcast #5 from 2016-10-24T14:52:10

This week, like everyone else, we're all excited about Nintendo Switch and Red Dead Redemption 2. Then we respond to a listener question about which TV show had the best pilot/opening episode, and ...

The Jim and Burns (and Dave) Podcast #4 from 2016-10-10T18:04:06

Passion projects, stuff we're doing, Bernard Cribbins and Romans with nukes.

The Jim and Burns (and Dave) Podcast #3 from 2016-09-28T16:14:55

"Best opening shot", "songs you can't disassociate" and "walking sims are bad, except Virginia"

The Jim and Burns (and Dave) Podcast #2 from 2016-09-16T12:30:24

Jim and Burns (and Dave) discuss remakes, spoiler culture, shite films with great trailers, and Burns says shocking things about Terminator 2.

The Jim and Burns (and Dave) Podcast #1 from 2016-09-16T12:30:14

Using Twitter questions for navigation, Jim and Burns quiz Dave about his life that's been massively more accomplished than theirs. Later, they talk a little about what they've got planned for You...