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Brogan has been splattered into red paste on the wall and Murph doesn't know what to do about that so he calls in the Scream Team of Will and Thomas for the annual Halloween episode. This year we're leaving behind the tank controls and fixed cameras for visceral gunplay and bullet time as we look at F.E.A.R. A meticulous FPS left behind in the seventh generation that treads the line between John Woo action and Japanese-style horror.0:33 - The Scream Team Returns! (Minus Brogan)Watcha Playin2:20 - Ninja Gaiden 4 (2025)14:30 - Painkiller (2025)26:16 - Voices of the Void 0.8 Update (2025)35:45 - Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection (2025)Variety Minute50:15 - What Will Next Year's Halloween Game Be?Game of the Week1:08:00 - F.E.A.R (2005)2:01:58 - Plugs and Farewells

Halloween season on the Daydreamcast kicks off with a late night double feature of occult action titles.The Crawling Man Brendan Hesse returns to talk about Diablo 1 and Symphony of the Night. Two games about battling the forces of hell with a arsenal of magic weapons are integral to the history of Video Games. While SotN went on to name an entire genre, Diablo 1 became largely overshadowed by it's successor. Do either of these titles deserve these legacies? Or are the nomenclatures and colloquialisms of gamer culture the scariest things of all??0:21 - Brendan's back and he's never read GoosebumpsWatcha Playin'01:42 - Final Fantasy Tactics - Ivalice Chronicles27:30 - Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac (2025)39:30 - OFF (2025)45:30 - Baby Steps (2025)55:45 - House of Necrosis (2025)Games of the Week1:10:55 - Diablo (1997)1:45:30 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)2:42:15 - Plugs and Farewells

Watcha Playin'01:48 - Everdeep Aurora (2025)06:33 - Many Night a Whisper (2025)15:33 - Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise (2025)19:41 - The Myst Minute: Myst (2020)Variety Minute31:00 - Detective GamesGames of the Week55:15 - Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)1:24:24 - Plugs and Farewells

Today we're gonna get *weird*. Murph and Bro cover an obscure punk rock RPG Maker game called Hylics. This sonic tale of gibberish captures the mind with it's riffs on JRPG mechanics, stop-motion animation, and ethereal soundtrack. Bro and Murph survey it's wastelands to decode a method in it's madness, perhaps even losing themselves to it's zonked-out vibes.Watcha Playin'01:56 - Hyper Chess (2025)06:45 - The Eternal Cylinder (2022)13:44 - TMNT: Shredder's Revenge-Radical Reptiles DLC (2024)21:00 - Project Silverfish (2025)30:36 - Metal Garden (2025)35:42 - The Myst Minute: realMyst: Masterpiece Edition (2014) & Obduction (2016)Variety Minute54:10 - "Weird" GamesGames of the Week1:12:21 - Hylics (2015)1:42:45 - Plugs and Farewells

It's time to feel like podcasters talking about Arkham Asylum.Bro and Murph suit up to talk about one of the landmark games for licensed titles. The game that gave us years of Batman glazing. The game that invented the shorthands "Arkham Combat" and "Detective Vision." The game that makes you something something Batman. Does this comic book caper hold up, or do we need to memory-hole it like Three Jokers?Watcha Playin'01:55 - Sulfur (2024)11:08 - Decade (2025)20:02 - Two Point Museum (2025)30:39 - Sagat in SF6 (2025)Variety Minute44:23 - Modern MetroidvaniasGames of the Week1:01:35 - Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)1:44:33 - Plugs and Farewells

WHOOOO It's time for the GAUNTLET! DDC episodes are about to lay it on you thick! David joins us to discuss games (or lack thereof), Murph lays out the final numerical Myst Minute, and Brogan reminds Murph of his terrible Paper Mario takes.Intro1:00 - David is back on the Pod and wants recommendationsWatcha Playin'04:50 - UFO 50 (2024)14:01 - Hole (2024)21:3.8 - Dead By Daylight: FNAF DLC (2025)33:00 - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (2025)41:29 - The Myst Minute: Myst V: End of Ages (2005)Variety Minute1:03:20 - Intentional Frustration in GamesGames of the Week1:22:50 - Super Paper Mario (2007)1:58:54 - Plugs and Farewells

It's dangerous to go alone, so Murph and Brogan call in Brendan and HPRshredder for a retro head-to-head! 1986 introduced the world to a green tunic boy named Link and his quest for Princess Zelda, and 1987 introduced us to that exact same duo but this time from a side-scrolling perspective! Which reigns supreme: The Original Article, or the Radical Reinvention?Intro1:01 - Welcome HPRshredder to the Pod!Watcha Playin'04:57 - The Switch 28:30 - Mario Kart World (2025)15:25 - Wind Waker on Switch Online (2002)24:15 - Street Fighter II: Super Turbo (1994)29:31 - Ao Oni: Horror of the Blueberry Onsen (2025)40:54 - The Binding of Isaac: Repentance (2021)49:20 - Dark Souls Remastered (2018)58:16 - Metro Gravity (2025)1:02:18 - The Myst Minute: Myst IV: Revelations (2004)Games of the Week1:25:50 - The Legend of Zelda (1986)1:50:00 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)2:28:10 - Plugs and Farewells

It's a soft reboot! Not really, we're just experimenting with intros. It's just the boys today, Murph and Bro. We shoot the breeze about Doom The Dark Ages, the new media outlet named Skybox, and Murph's Myst minute. Then, we talk about the crazy week of non-E3 shows (that have already happened but did not happen at the time of recording, so laugh at us for bad predictions).timestamps to come.

Two DDC episodes in one day! Joe joins Bro and Murph to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog!Intro0:33 - Welcome Joe Richards to the Pod!Watcha Playin'05:01 - Clair Obscura: Expedition 33 (2025)13:48 - Haste: Broken Worlds (2025)23:05 - Xenoblade Chronicles: X Remastered (2025)31:34 - Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (2025)43:01 - Monster Prom: Monster Con (2025)53:10 - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (2025)1:02:30 - The Myst Minute: Myst III: Exile (2001)The Variety Minute1:13:50 - The Sonic the Hedgehog FranchiseGame of the Week1:33:36 - Sonic Adventure (1998)2:23:40 - Plugs and Farewells

HALOOOOO 3! Will and Abram join us to analyze this absolute banger of a first person shooter.Watcha Playin'02:19 - The Talos Principal: Reawakened (2025)12:53 - Blue Prince (2025)28:00 - Gnomes (2025)25:24 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Remake (2024)47:58 - Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (2025)1:03:10 - Look Outside (2025)1:08:31 - The Myst Minute: Riven (1997); Myst Novels Game of the Week1:15:32 - Halo 3 (2007)2:23:05 - Plugs and FarewellsCheck out Will's new venture SKYBOX: https://skyboxcritics.com/2025/05/01/welcome-to-skybox/Check out Abram's periodical: https://www.lostincult.co.uk/

It is time for a masochistic masterpiece. A game of controversy and friction, freelancer Jarrett Green has joined us to cover one of the most interesting RPGs of the PS2 era.Murph talks his Myst minute, which mysteriously has no Myst games. Instead he talks about piss and drowned gods. Jarrett has played and reviewed the recent Assassin's Creed game, and Bro has been obsessed with a golden idol and some sicko itch.io dungeon crawler.00:33 - Introducing Jarrett Green to the Pod!Watcha Playin'03:30 - Assassin's Creed: Shadows (2025)13:31 - Rise of the Golden Idol (2024)17:35 - Age of Mythology: The Immortal Pillars (2025)25:24 - No-Skin (2025)30:10 - The Myst Minute: Pyst (1996); Drowned God (1996)The Variety Minute49:00 - New Game+ and Replay MechanicsGame of the Week1:06:09 - Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (2002)1:41:24 - Plugs and FarewellsLink to Jarrett's zine:https://jarrettgreen.gumroad.com/l/gevpl

Episode 2 of season 5 takes a dark turn. We're in a parallel timeline where the nazis have conquered the globe. Charlie Walcholz is our only hope.We talk about Pikmin, Bro talks about a visual novel he's been playing, and Murph talks about the Myst minute. The variety minute is platform fighters because Charlie is preeeeetttyyyyy good at them.Then we talk about Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. An ambitious, complex beast.00:32 - Introducing Charlie Wacholz to the Pod!Watcha Playin'06:03 - Pikmin 1 (2001)09:18 - Techno Banter (2025)15:27 - Stories from Sol: Gun Dog (2025)19:00 - The Myst Minute: Myst (1993) Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel (1993), Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo (1993), The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition (1995)The Variety Minute33:00 - Platform FightersGame of the Week58:39 - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017)1:44:58 - Plugs and Farewells

SEASON 5!Murph and Bro hang out with Timo to discuss one of the best modern horror games of the last ten years: Signalis.Timo also talks Rust, Murph explores the Cyan catalog and Myst likes as his new retrospective series. Bro also covers Infinite Onslaught, an experimental new game that we will soon hear more about.00:35 - Editor Brogan with a Message from the future01:20 - Season 5 Premier with Timo Reinecke!Watcha Playin'02:26 - Rust (2018)05:24 - Infinite Onslaught Pre-Release Impressions (Key Provided by Developer)08:28 - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2014)12:45 - Webfishing (2024)18:59 - Guilty Gear Strive (2021)27:16 - Tyrants Realm (2025)33:06 - The Myst Minute: The Manhole (1988), Cosmic Osmo (1989), Spelunx (1991), The Manhole: New & Enhanced (1990)The Variety Minute45:18- PS1 Graphics and Low-Poly Indie GamesGame of the Week1:00:56 - Signalis (2022)1:54:22 - Plugs and Farewells

ROCK THE DRAGON!It's the last Daydreamcast of this year, and Bro & Murph have assembled the dragonballs to wish for a banger to end on. David Punch returns to talk about his year of reliving Dragonball across the manga and anime, and also to talk about Budokai 2. A title often overshadowed by it's sequel, and sequel series, Budokai 2 has a unique place in the annals of Dragonball history as the first game to do a campaign of Radditz to Buu, as well as unique What-If characters not seen anywhere else.Also in dragon news, Murph gives a farewell to the Yakuza Minute as he gives thoughts on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.0:31 - David's Back (to talk about Dragonball)!9:31 - Dragonball Z: Sparking Zero! (2024)22:52 - Mouthwashing (2024) (Spoiler-Free Discussion) 32:50 - Clocktower: Rewound (2024)37:37 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Remake (2024)46:45 - Metal Slug Tactics (2024)54:23 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)Variety Minute1:28:19 - Dragonball GamesGame of the Week1:56:36 - Dragonball Z: Budokai 22:29:07 - Plugs and Farewells

Fulfilling a promise set in stone eons ago (it was last year in the Crimson Butterflies episode) Thomas Wilde and Will Borger return to talk about Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. This cult hit on the gamecube was the sophmore follow-up from the team that created Blood Omen (ignore that half the switched studios to make Soul Reaver), Eternal Darkness was the first M-Rated game published directly by Nintendo. It's a mind-bending, globe-trotting, time-bending tale of eldritch horror never since attempted. Is there a reason such horrors were left buried?Also this episode might as well be considered a double-feature about Silent Hill 2.00:32 - The Scream Team ReunitesWatcha Playin'02:04 - Golden Wiiklies October League08:03 - Fear the Spotlight (2024)18:23 - Straftat (2024)23:16 - The Bridge Curse 2: Extraction (2024)30:18 - Signalis (2022)Variety Minute40:14 - The Great Silent Hill 2 DebateGame of the Week1:18:35 - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)2:04:40 - Plugs and Farewells

On this prelude to All Hallow's Eve, Bro and Murph have a bad idea and decide to talk about FNAF on the internet. Specifically the trilogy of Five Nights at Freddy's 1,2, & 3.. To help them in this endeavor they recruit the Champion of Bad Ideas, Froo from This Podcast is a Bad Idea. Deep lore is shared (not about the games, but the guests) and a dissection of Freddy's appeal is attempted.00:57 - Froo is Here!05:20 - What kind of Gamer is Froo?Watcha Playin07:39 - Cookie Clicker (2013)09:14 - Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom (2024)15:05 - Crow Country (2024)20:40 - Dead Rising: Deluxe Remake (2024)25:00 - Townscaper (2021)29:00 - Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (2024)32:16 - Astro Bot (2024)34:57 - Roblox: Dress to Impress (2024)42:34 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023)Variety Minute51:35 - Video Game MerchandiseGame of the Week1:15:58 - Five Nights At Freddy's (2014)1:30:10 - Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2014)1:40:20 - Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (2015)1:52:24 - FNAF Bonus Talk2:10:00 - Plugs and Farewells

Normally we have a Castlevania episode for October, but this year Bro and Murph wanted to give host to a very different kind of vampire, one that wavers much further from already thin line between living and dead that his kind walk. Legacy of Kain expert Brendan Hesse is summoned to talk about Soul Reaver, the immediate sequel to Blood Omen (there's also a Blood Omen 2, but don't worry about that). This cult classic of the Dreamcast is known for it's gothic mood and superb writing, but can all that sustain the number of sliding block puzzles you must do?This episode the typical variety minute has been eschewed for extended discussion of current fighting games and how our hosts have progressed with them.0:33 - Brendan is Back!Watcha Playin'2:55 - Warhammer 40K BattleSector (2021)20:45 - UFO 50 (2024)28:24 - The Plucky Squire (2024)36:56 - Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024)1:06:33 - Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023)Variety Minute: Fighting Game Shop Talk1:30:00 - Marvel vs Capcom Collection (2024)1:46:02 - Terry in Street Fighter 61:52:35 - Guilty Gear Strive (2021)2:12:00 - Tekken 8 (2024)Game of the Week2:16:00 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (1999)3:14:22 - Plugs and Farewells

The gang is back together! This time Aesir has come back for the gang to discuss old school platforms and the legacy of the Sly Cooper trilogy. Where did the thievius raccoonus peak?0:35 - Aesir is back!5:20 - Shadow of the Erdtree (2024)30:05 - Castlevania Dominus Collection (2024)34:37 - Age of Mythology: Retold (2024)45:15 - Fear & Hunger 2: Termina (2022)50:08 - Voices of the Void ver. 0.8 (2024)59:58 - Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)1:08:15 - Variety Minute: Platformers of the PS21:39:52 - Game of the Week: Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004)2:13:00 - Plugs and Farewells

It's time for the second episode of the world famous DayCrawlBanterCast. Murph, Brendan (The Crawl), Tucker, and Abram (Backlog Banter) assemble to give takes and take names from PAX West 2024. Come for the first impressions of Echoes of Wisdom, stay for the ten minute ass tangent.

It's time for another banger. It's banger season. Murph, Bro, and freelancer/IGN writer Brian Barnett team up to dissect some pretty amazing games.00:35 introducing Brian Barnett13:00 Hatsune Miku Logic S16:45 World of Goo 222:45 World of Goo 2 spoilers24:35 End of Spoilers28:00 Doom 1+2 Remaster32:00 2XKO48:00 Eastward54:30 Frog Monster1:02:30 Balatro1:16:35 Lost JudgmentVariety Minute1:30:00 Variety Minute: Metroid GamesGame of the Week2:09:00 Super Metroid