Show Notes
Freaky Frank Cif-AAAAH-ldi, Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust Parrish, and BranDon Corleone Sheffield unite once more to take on Dracula’s biggest challenge yet: discount prices!
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Ghostbusters
“What a horrible night to have a podcast!”
Treehouse of Terror
Gherkin
Don Corleone
1: What fixtures do you put in a final level to prevent heroes from reaching the boss? (06:38)
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse
2: What are the strangest things that exist out of bounds in a video game? (12:37)
Cake
P.T.
Boundary Break
Out of Bounds Secrets | P.T.
Batman: Vengeance
Batman: The Animated Series
Harley Quinn
GDQ
Resident Evil 4
Fallout series
3: What video games have the most hostile and unpleasant aesthetics you’ve ever experienced? (18:48)
Splatoon series
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Feng-Shui
Sega Saturn
Cruelty Squad
Screaming Mad George’s Paranoia Scape
Screaming Mad George
Space Giraffe
Virtual Hydlide
Golden Tee Golf series
The Binding of Issac
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Duke Nukem series
4: What happens to a video game studio after it dies? (25:01)
Kotaku: EA To Shut Down BioWare And Cancel The Next Mass Effect Game
Kotaku: A Convincing Trailer For What May Have Been Mass Effect 5 Has Leaked [UPDATE: It’s Real]
BioWare
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
5: What are your feelings on video game recompilation projects, particularly with the role AI has begun to play in them? (30:39)
Kotaku: Video Game Decomp Hub Closes Due To AI: ‘The Community Aspect Of Decompilation Has Been Broken’
$56K spent on Pokemon Gold AI decompiling
Super Mario 64 Decomp
Sega Genesis
Elden Ring
turboxray
Castlevania: Dracula X
PC Engine
6: Seva Saturn asks, what non-horror games induce anxiety for you? (38:14)
Tomb Raider series
Sonic drowning
Fire Emblem series
Stardew Valley
7: Why Why asks, how do you get a scaredy cat like me to enjoy horror games? (42:50)
Crow Country
Soma
Poppy Playtime
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Markiplier
8: LeFish asks, what is the Wilhelm Scream of video games? (45:44)
Wilhelm Scream
Jaguar
Atari Jaguar
Quake
Doom
Demonschool
Crate
Half-Life 2
9: What would you change if you could change one thing about one game? (47:49)
Vampire Survivors
Leon Kennedy
World of WarCraft
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake
Fortnite
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Super Mario
Sonic & Knuckles
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
Detroit: Become Human
Kasumi Ninja
BioShock Infinite
FRIGHTENING ROUND: What’re Ya Dyin’? (54:32)
Recommendations and Outro (01:02:03):
Ash: Dress up for Halloween even if you aren’t going anywhere, The Devils (1971)
Brandon: Dead & Buried (1981), Spike Hellis, The Food Mill in Oakland California, episodes 1, 2, 18, 19, and 20 of Hunter × Hunter
Frank: Vampire: Master of Darkness, Tokyo Fish Market
Esper: Have a SCARY good time!
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