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Powered by the Patrons of the show, on this episode I discuss the recent hit Alan Wake 2. Was it everything it was cracked up to be? Did it truly unify the Remedy Entertainment-verse thing, whatever we are calling it? Oh boy, I'm bound to annoy someone with this review, one way or another.

For shovelry! On this episode I discuss my time with Shovel Knight, a 2014 indie platformer about a blue armored character with a shovel and a dream. This one is proof positive of the influence of the influence platforming games had on al of us, one way or another.

Our way of life is changing, and the world no longer needs men like us. On this episode I give my thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 2, a title we have all heard quite a lot about since its debut. I add one more voice to that discussion, give my beliefs on the characters, the historic context, and why this title is hidden gem of survival horror among non-scary titles.

On this episode I give my thoughts on Wasteland 3, another in InXile Entertainment's long-running series. This time we travel to frozen Colorado to make big choices and kill raiders and robots in the snow. Is this series better than other types of post-apocalyptic RPGs? You bet! Give it a listen to find out why.

On this episode I give my thoughts on Dishonored 2 on the PS4. Can it live up to the promise and concepts of the first game? Ummm... about that.

Hello listeners! This episode was a recent Patreon exclusive, and it is a little different from my standard format. In this episode I discuss my time with Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania and the likely fact that I'll never complete this game. But does every game need to be finished? If you would like to become a Patron (and get more episodes like this) go to Patreon.com and look for Deleted...

On this episode I give my thoughts on PC horror puzzle game The 7th Guest, with all of its awkward filmed scenes, public domain puzzles, and a review so out of left field you'd swear you were having your own ghostly hallucination.

This week I give my thoughts on Infernax, an indie PC darling that could best be described as a Castlevania II: Simon's Quest -like. Wow, there's a mouthful of a term! Can this title offer more than the original did? Take a listen and find out.

This week I delve into Blasphemous on the PC, a Metroidvania title filed with religious iconography and horror aplenty. So just was The Miracle and why did it cause such chaos upon the land? Put on your best spiked helmets and take up your swords as I talk religion, art, and the scary nature of both.

This week I decide to let the Age of Fire fade and give my thoughts on Dark Souls 3, the last in the immediate Dark Souls trilogy and a great send off to the games. What will we have to overcome to accomplish this feat? Who will we have to deal with: dead gods, wild mutations, angry fanboys, or perhaps legions of haters? Stop by the bonfire to hear me tell my tale, and we all just might learn some...

On this episode I offer my thoughts on Streets of Rage 4, a series last seen in the 1990s on the Sega Genesis but was brought back by a new developer. Did they succeed in reviving the series? Oh most definitely! And if you ever loved beat 'em ups, this game is for you.

On this episode I give my thoughts on my time with Alien: Isolation, a run-and-hide-with-extra-bits survival horror title based on the 1979's Alien . Can our star character survive this haunted house in space? What happens when a game is so filled with tension that you are physically wiped after playing it? This is a tough one to answer, but we'll get through it.

On this episode I offer my thoughts on one of the most lauded games of 2015, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and explain how I kept stopping at the same place for several years before finally giving up on the game. But does that mean it is bad? Come take a listen and decide for yourself.

What starts out as an interesting vampire game set in the waning days of World War I and the height of the Spanish Flu pandemic, it quickly looks like other games you’ve played before and even the developers kind of shrugged their shoulders. Vampyr, we need to talk…

On this episode I give my thoughts on 2015's Bloodborne, a FromSoftware game in the same family as its Souls series but fitting more the mold of Gothic horror and eldritch horror. Like Poe and Lovecraft-style stuff? Like dying over and over? Like to hear about something else? Too bad!

If society collapsed tomorrow, would the person you are now matter? Would you cling to the past or change? On this episode I offer my thoughts on Days Gone, which should have gotten more love but didn't, and I get just a bit philosophical about it.

On this episode I give my thoughts on the absolutely brilliant Ghost of Tsushima, a very Western take on samurai culture, historic time periods and events, and how one man has to change everything he is and knows to save his home and people. And I do a little teaching, too.

Love alternate history fiction? Love short games? Love to hear about what happens when both go wrong? I give my thoughts on The Order: 1886, a third person steampunk shooter with Arthurian knights versus werewolves and other things in Victorian London. And how the whole thing went pear shaped.

This week I offer my thoughts on 2018's God of War, the soft reboot and continuation of the long-running series. Can Kratos' rage finally be quenched in the ice and snow, or has the birth of his son finally calmed him down? I explain it all as I see it and you can be the judge.

I offer my thoughts on yet another Twin Peaks wannabe. Control, we need to talk...

This week I offer up my thoughts on Resident Evil 3 Remake, a remake of what was supposed to be a side content story in the franchise. There was a lot of gamer upset about this title, and it came out during a bad time, but overall I think it succeeded far more than many would believe.

What's this? Another Resident Evil game? Yep, and on this week's episode I give my thoughts on what has to be the outright scariest of the bunch so far with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. How did Capcom combat series fatigue with this entry? By ripping off every American horror movie from 1999 onward and mashing them together to drop on one unsuspecting dope named Ethan.

On this episode, I return to the dead streets of Raccoon City to give my thoughts on Resident Evil 2 Remake. It was a long time coming, but we finally got the remake we needed. But what had changed in the decades since the original game? A lot, and it propelled this classic horror title into superstar of the modern era status.

On this episode I give my thoughts on Final Fantasy VII Remake plus the INTERgrade DLC, on what has changed in the twenty plus years since the original, what has stayed the same, and why we should look at this game with a new understanding of what this game will be going forward, and not as the enemy of the original. And if you think this game ruined your precious childhood memory, then you are re...

On his episode, I dive back into STEM and render my thoughts on The Evil Within 2, a survival horror sequel that almost does not resemble the game that came before due to changing up the formula and just going buck wild. But is it any good? I think so, but considering what it was up against from the AAA game sphere, it could have been the worst game ever and still succeeded. So there is that.