Show Notes
I wanted to get a Handheld Talk episode out for the holiday but unfortunately, due to my own carelessness, my files for that have been lost. Instead, enjoy this little playlist I threw together featuring songs from games we played this year. Hope you enjoy! See you soon for our Pathologic 2 episode. —Rose Playlist: "Two of Everything" by Tori Beaumont from "Immortality" "Kusabi Love or Die Remix" by Masafumi Takada from "The Silver Case" "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy, arranged by Masafumi Takada from "The Evil Within 2" "Fear II" by Yutaka Minobe from “Rule of Rose” "Koe" by Tsukiko Amano from “Fatal Frame III: The Tormented” "Miracle Workshop" by Vasily Kashnikov from “Pathologic 2” "You Came Back" by Ockeroid from “Crow Country” "Dead Space” by Jason Graves from “Dead Space” "Silencio Zero" by Vasily Kashnikov from “Pathologic 2” "The Tormented" by Tsukiko Amano and Ayako Toyoda from “Fatal Frame III: The Tormented” "The Reverse Will (Unseen Paths)" by Akria Yamaoka from “Silent Hill 2 (2024)” "Opening" by Nainita Desai from “Immortality” "Fairtale Town" by Ockeroid from “Crow Country” ”Shoot Speed" by Masafumi Takada from “Killer7” "Twyrine" by Vasily Kashnikov from “Pathologic 2” "Backbiting" by Yutaka Minobe from “Rule of Rose” "The Attic" Yutaka Minobe from “Rule of Rose” "Rave On" Masafumi Takada from “Killer7”
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