Gaming shows and movies you can watch on ShowMax

If your favourite Twitch streams are offline and you want something to put on your second monitor while you stomp on some pubbies, here are some ideas for what you can watch.

Or maybe you’re farming for loot or doing your dailies, and you want to be entertained while you grind.

Here are a few shows and movies on ShowMax (along with their blurbs) that are based on games or gaming culture.

For a list of similar types of video content on Netflix, see our previous article, Gaming shows and movies you can watch on Netflix in South Africa.

Doom

Set countless years in the future, this action thriller starring Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson follows a group of marines sent to a remote planet inhabited by monsters created from an experiment gone awry.

Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

A mystic trinket, blazing gunfights and a treasure-hunting vixen. Just another day saving humanity.

Resident Evil

A bio-engineered virus has been released into the maze-like Hive, turning the facility’s employees into mindless, flesh-eating zombies.

Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse

30 days after the contamination of The Hive, the Umbrella Corporation unwisely sends in a research team to re-open the complex and investigate the incident.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

In the Kingdom of Ehb, a farmer fights against creatures called Krugs, who have captured his wife and killed his son.

Super Mario World

While Mario, Luigi and Princess are vacationing in Dinosaur Land, King Koopa shows up and once again abducts the Princess. So Mario and Luigi, with the help of their new friend Yoshi, can soar to new heights to send Koopa and his seven Kids away once and for all.

Super Mario Brothers Super Show

The Super Mario Brothers Super Show is a zany animated fantasy adventure comedy based on Nintendo’s most popular video game. The stars are the world-famous Mario and Luigi, two laugh-provoking plumbers from Brooklyn who suddenly find themselves washed through a Warp Zone.

The Adventure of Super Mario Bros. 3

This time Koopa has escaped from a Banishment Zone to battle the Super Mario Bros.

Gamer

Mind-control technology is widespread, and at the heart of the controversial games is its creator, reclusive billionaire Ken Castle. His latest brainchild, the first-person shooter game “Slayers,” allows millions to act out their most savage fantasies online in front of a global audience, using real prisoners as avatars with whom they fight to the death.