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Like video games but think the industry is a little wack? Want to hang out with your best friends Mario & Sonic but sick of all these dang loot boxes getting in the way? Leave that microtransaction alone and give Surprise Mechanics a listen! Roman Buetel and Mikaela Jones, two friends with an unbreakable bond and unconditional love, talk about video games, the people who make them, and the people who play them. Surprise Mechanics is a podcast about video games that also explores the business practices behind the scenes and how they fundamentally shape the games we love.
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This week, the Surprise Mechanics are talking the fanmade Bloodborne PSX, Deathloop, and a whole mess of other stuff! We're talking Mad Max, we're talking controllers, we're talking friendship! So come on in an get sloppy! (Trying a new thing.)
We're back from our long winter's nap and just bursting at the seams to tell everyone about all of the Gaming that kept us busy during the Quiet. Positively bursting, I tell ya! We talk about Pocket Monsters, we talk about city builders, we talk about Project Zomboid. And that special fellow Chance Duffy is there for all of it to offer some expert advice for all us you (us) novice Zomboid survivors! And that's not all, buster! Sit your butt back down because we got a brand new Kaleb's Korner! That's right. You thought the episode was over?! Guess again bozo! It's over when we say it's over! Wait don't turn it off! I'm sorry! I'm s
Surprise Mechanics, the only podcast about video games, does another GOTY episode. Billy Hyland returns. Time is a flat circle. I'm Doctor Manhattan, or whatever. Not really. I wish! Also not really to that either. Guy seems pretty stressed and I can't be bothered to learn all those maths. I'll stick to being a regular old not doctor human.
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This week your favorite video game movie bozos talk about the fall's biggest blockbuster release: Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City.
Spoilers: it's! not! great!! So let's turn things up a notch (yea, I say 'turn things up a notch' now) and write our own fan fiction Resident Evil movie scripts.
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Sure, you've heard of ogres. Your Shreks, your trolls, your run of the mill swamp dwellers, yeah. I get it, buddy. But have you heard of ogres with guns? How about ogres with chainsaws for hands? And what if I told you-
What's that?
You have heard of those kinds of ogres?
And you already know I'm talking about Quake?
Because it's like 20 years old?
Whatever, let's see you write the episode description.
What do you mean that's what you're doing,,,
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This time it was Michael's turn to pick a formative movie and it turns out Wachowski love runs deep on this particular program. Folks, it's the Matrix. Yeah, that one. With the suits and the kung fu. Sync up and watch with us! Also sorry for Roman's illness.
Adventure's waiting just ahead! That's right folks, it's time for another Watchalong(tm). Michael and Roman invite James back to the show to watch the Wachowski's Speed Racer. This is a very big deal for one of us (I'll leave you to guess who) so please sync up the movie with this track and let your old pals gab your ear off for a little over 2 hours. It'll go fast, promise. Just like Speed Racer! He's fast!
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I know a lot of gamers out there don't have much patience. Least that's what Bishop, the dude at the video store said. So I'll cut to the chase: Kaleb Grine returns to celebrate the release of No More Heroes III. What are we waiting for? It's time to enter the Garden of Insanity.
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Michael and Roman have the Metroid bug, friends. And the only cure, of course, is to play a whole mess of video games. This week we talk about just about every Metroid title including various remakes and AM2R. It's fun! I hope!
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The vessel that formerly belonged to the human Adam Sladek returns to close out Spooky Mechanics 2021 by talking about John Carpenter's The Thing. We also talk about The Thing (2011), Blade Runner, and Roman goes on about Swedish Chef a little bit. Just for fun.
The Things by Peter Watts
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
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In my restless dreams,
I see that pod.
Surprise Mechanics.
You promised me you'd take me
there again someday.
But you never did.
Well I'm alone there now...
Waiting for you...
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Hocus Pocus, or whatever witches say. Do they say anything? Didn't do any research before I started typing and backspace is for cowards.
This week on Spooky Mechanics, Spichael and Roman talk about Bloober Team's Blair Witch, the Blair Witch film franchise, and end the whole dang thing with a pitch for their take on this beautiful woodland elder. Come on inside and we'll get started! Also please stand in the corner, great now face the wall, that's perfect thank you.
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This week Michael and Roman talk Song of Horror, and I don't mean the freaking monster mash! Stop asking about the Monster Mash! It's not gonna happen, okay?!
Matthew "TS" Rao joins Michael & Roman to discuss Evil Dead (2013). These freakish friends talk practical effects, spooky deadites, and gorgeous character deaths. Then at the end they wrap it up with a general discussion of zombies. You know how these things go.
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Articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_(2013_film)
EVIL DEAD 2013 And The Politics of Tree Rape
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/04/04/evil-dead-2013-and-the-politics-of-tree-rape
Sam Raimi Regrets THAT Tree Scene In The Evil Dead
https://screenrant.com/evil-dead-movie-tree-rape-scene-sam-raimi/
This week we're talking about the very cool, very free Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021. Don't sleep on this collection of indie demos made by a bunch of really talented folks from the Haunted PS1 community!
Also, sorry about Roman's audio. Some ghosts got in there and changed his mic input. Yeah, that's it! It was ghosts! Can't be helped, I guess!
Download & follow the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 on itch.io!
https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2021
Spooky Season, as we all know, starts next week! We're celebrating by rebranding to Spooky Mechanics. For two whole months we'll be talking all horror all the time babyyy. Hear us talk about some of our favorite horror stuff to get ourselves in the mood.
Titles mentioned:
Halloween
In the Mouth of Madness
Prince of Darkness
Let's go Play at the Adams
Crossed
Doom
Quake
The Color Out of Space
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Darkwood
Granny
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Articles:
https://tornightfire.com/tales-from-the-backlist-lets-go-play-at-the-adams/
THREE games?! In ONE episode?! Are they freaking serious?!
Yes we are, and don't call us Shirley! Little Airplane joke for you filmers. Combo Pack is back and better than ever! We also discuss college gaming, Disney Infinity, amiibo, and a bunch of other stuff! Just give it a listen, would ya.
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Michael and Roman hop aboard the hype train before systematically derailing the whole freaking thing. That's right, it's a subversion. Oh, you thought we were going to do a trailer reaction video or something? Guess again! You look so foolish. So, so foolish. Can't even believe how foolish you look and probably are. Be sure to like and subscribe.
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The Hunger returns and we must consume.
Titles:
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
The Tomorrow War
I Think You Should Leave
Resident Evil Infinite Darkness
Doki Doki Literature Club
Spencer's Gifts
Brutal Doom
Doom 64
Dead by Daylight (again)
Twin Peaks: The Return
Peaky Blinders
Host
Resident Evil RE:verse
Risk of Rain 2
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Michael and Roman talk the bizarre indie title Cruelty Squad as well as the not so indie, less bizarre, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. Your favorite video game bozos also talk about the new $70 price point for AAA titles, varying mileage from graphical fidelity, and a whole bunch of other stuff!
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