Surprise Mechanics

Your favorite (and only!) video game podcasters talk more Resident Evil this week. Roman & Mike go through the history of RE multiplayer installments, both online and off, as well as offer their two cents as to what would make for a good, contemporary entry. Also Mike begs for a new Outbreak a lot. But he's not wrong! Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @Surpri...

Roman is joined by Resident Evil expert Michael Jones of the Surprise Mechanics Podcast to discuss the newest installment in the Resident Evil franchise. Follow us on Twitter @SurpriseMechPod

Ian and Sergey come on the show to talk about the excellent Disco Elysium Final Cut: a fantastical, hilarious, heartfelt, and wonderful detective rpg developed by Studio ZA/UM. The boys talk about what kind of detectives they were, their favorite quest lines, and the Pale. It's all disco, baby. Find more of Ian & Sergey at The Summit Shack on Twitter: @SummitShack Find us on Twitter, too! @Sur...

Adam Sladek, kaiju expert extraordinaire, joins us this week to discuss all things Godzilla! We talk about the Legendary Monsterverse compared to Godzilla's Japanese origins, the excellent Shin Godzilla , and what it would take to create a fun Godzilla video game. Follow us on Twitter @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Find Adam in the wild!

Kaleb Grine returns to the show to discuss everyone's favorite Dad Simulator: Yakuza. Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @SurpriseMechPod Articles: https://gameplay.tips/guides/7165-yakuza-kiwami.html https://kotaku.com/yakuza-creator-doesn-t-want-kiryu-beating-up-women-in-f-1845622609 https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-30-after-i-stepped-into-yakuzas-world...

This week, Roman and Mike talk Remedy's Control with their old pal John Berndt! The guys talk telekinesis powers, really stable frame rates, and traversing through the halls of The Oldest House while John plays with a pen cap, or shoots dice or something. It's hard to tell exactly what's going on over there but the boy can't sit still! Geez Louise, wait until you get a load of this guy! Follow us...

"It just works." With those words, Todd Howard made us Gamers a sacred promise: that the game would work. Not that sacred, I guess. Kind of what you would expect from a full price AAA game, I guess. But still! Did he deliver? Do Bethesda games work? Kind of! Sometimes! Depends! Chance Duffy joins Roman and Mike to figure it out. Follow us on Twitter @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: SurpriseMechani...

Dr. Joseph "Dynasty Warriors Expert" Johnson joins local numbskulls Mike & Roman to discuss the newest mash-up of the Dynasty Warriors and Zelda franchises.  The fellas hack and slash their way through thousands of enemies, dozens of hours, and even more laughs. :-) Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com

It's part 2 of the Superhero Spectacular and Wisam Awadallah joins the boys to discuss cinema history. That's right, folks, it's real; Zack Snyder's Justice League is live on HBO Max and the boys couldn't wait to dig their grubby little mitts into this four hour epic. Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Articles: https://www.gq.com/story/zack-snyde...

It's part one of the Surprise Mechanics 2021 Superhero Spectacular! Mike practically begged to do this one and who was Roman to say no? Today, the boys are talking about the overall MCU, what they like, what they don't like, and why the discourse is such a mess. Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com

Ashton Jacome pulled a really funny prank on us this week, gang. This dude comes into our house and makes us familiarize ourselves with the Kingdom Hearts mythos AND read a bunch about Epic Games. Pretty good prank. We're not friends with him anymore, obviously, but at least he went out with a bang. Follow us on Twitter: @surprisemechpod Drop us a line: surprisemechanicspod@gmail.com Articles: htt...

The fellas are joined by artist & friend Perry Lerit to discuss a new Mario game, which is actually 3 old Mario games. Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: surprisemechanicspod@gmail.com Articles: https://screenrant.com/mario-3d-all-stars-limited-release-bad-why/ https://gamerant.com/super-mario-3d-all-stars-limited-time-release-nintendo-defense/#:~:text=Doug%20Bowser%2C%20pr...

Folks, we're going legitimate. That's right. No more of this video games nonsense!* We're doing movies now. That's our new thing. This is a movies podcast. A moviecast. Filmcast! That sounds better, more fancy. This is a filmcast now. We kick off our filmcast by discussing the paid Disney+ Mulan 2020 HD Remake DLC. Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: surprisemechanicspod@gmail.c...

James Walsh joins us to talk about running from spooky killers in Dead by Daylight. We talk about the game itself, progression systems in games, and, of course, game store economies. What fun! Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: surprisemechanicspod@gmail.com

Our friend and borderline professional gamer Matthew Rao joins us to talk about 2020's Doom Eternal. It's extremely righteous. Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: surprisemechanicspod@gmail.com Articles: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-04-id-confirms-its-parted-ways-with-doom-eternal-composer-after-soundtrack-controversy#:~:text=After%20several%20weeks%20of%20silence,...

I guess February is as good of a time to do this as any. Bill Hyland joins us once again to talk about the best games we played last year.  Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: surprisemechanicspod@gmail.com

Our first episode! No way! That's crazy! Roman & Mike are joined by their good buddy Kaleb Grine to discuss 2020's Final Fantasy 7 Remake. They go over what they liked, what they weren't so crazy about, and how fun it is to run around Wall Market. Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPod Articles: https://www.eteknix.com/kitase-nomura-explain-final-fantasy-vii-remakes-episodic-format/

Episode 2, baby! We're over the first episode hump. It's all downhill from here! Oscar's for Podcasts here we come! Roman & Mike are joined by their friend Bill Hyland to discuss Motion Twin's Dead Cells. It's a pretty interesting game made by one of the few coops in the video game space. You've probably heard of it, but we'll talk your ear off either way! Follow us on Twitter: @SurpriseMechPo...