Ludo Malevolence - A Horror Gaming Podcast

We reach the end of our podcast with a final episode! It's been a ride, and we hope you'll join us for our new podcast which will be live sometime next month, where the same ol' Meg and Rob will be chatting about, well, everything they do, rather than just horror games. If you're just in it for the horror though, thanks for listening!

Meg and Rob brave Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh and try to avoid losing their own minds in it's strange, ugly nonsense. This is a horny game, so lots of mild sex chat in this one.

Something a little different this week as we delve into a collection of games from smaller teams and solo developers in the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc. Instead of our usual format, we go through our top 10 of the 17 games features on the collection - which means only mild spoilers if your'e planning to play them!

We're back in the world of Resident Evil, this time for Resi Zero - a more classic Resident Evil experience designed as a prequel to the original game.

We delve into the world of ParanormalHK, an interesting but flawed indie game set in the dark streets and haunted alleyways of Kowloon Walled City!

We're finally back! And in our restless dreams, we've been visiting a little town called Silent Hill, a place so interesting that we couldn't stop talking about it!

This week we take a look at Jasper Byrne's now somewhat classic indie survival horror game, Lone Survivor. It's got both Twin Peak and Silent Hill vibes, and some unique mechanics that lean more towards the survival element of survival horror.

This week we check out Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, and neither of us are hugely blown away by the third game in the series. Join us as we talk about our good friend Carlos (?), the slightly shoddy story line and, of course, our good friend Nemmy.

We're back, and after our short break, we're jumping in to cover the very popular, very famous, very strange Five Nights at Freddy's, a survival horror / point and click game set in a pizza restaurant.

Have you heard of Roberta Williams? Meg sure has! We're playing Williams' famous Phantasmagoria this week, the horror FMV point and click game from the creator of the Kings Quest series. Yes, it's corny hell, yes, one of the characters un-ironically says "Hot Diggity", but this is also a very important step in narrative gaming, and still very playable and enjoyable twenty years later.

This week Meg and Rob pick up their ghost camera and take another shot at the Fatal Frame series! Japanese survival horror Fatal Frame 2 takes the title literally with two of just about everything, but it also has some great moments and, just like the original, somehow ends up being more than the sum of its parts.

All is not as it seems this week as we play the subversive Doki Doki Literature Club, a visual novel about cute girls doing cute things... until things start going horribly wrong.

Explore the world of ill-fated developer Silicon Knights' Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. It's a 'sort of' survival horror game. We discuss which of the games many characters win Meg's "Best Boy" award and still get tricked by the games unique sanity effect nearly 20 years later.  

School's out for.... summer? One night? It's not super clear, to be honest. Join us for a PS2 Survival Horror game that starts at the giddy heights of a Sum 41 song and sinks to some very medically accurate depths before the night is out.    

This week we check out a classic point and click adventure game based one of the most popular short stories of all time. Can a 10 page story known for it's terminal bleakness be so easily translated into a six hour adventure long game?

There are few horror games as well known, loved and iconic as the Silent Hill series. Although the first game in the franchise doesn't quite reach the heights of its sequel, it's a still a landmark game that's remarkably playable by modern standards. Join us as we discuss the town of Silent Hill, the pushy-yet-awkward Harry Mason, and our own, secret, "Burrito Ending".

This week we check out Little Nightmares. This is an indie puzzle platform horror game from Swedish developer, Tarsier. It's got some wonky controls and a few slower sections - especially that first DLC - but it more than makes up for it with excellent character design and environment storytelling! 

We don't normal play brand new games, but we'll make an exception for Resident Evil 2 as it's technically been out since 1998... We also have a chat about the Resident Evil 2 Safehouse event in London, and try to get to the bottom of why Meg loves Leon Kennedy so much.

This week we're looking at Stories Untold by nocode, published by Devolver Digital. It's a collection of four small episodes that tell a larger story, with some horror elements, and some science-fiction elements.  Next week we're covering Resident Evil 2!

This episode we play one of the most popular horror games of all time, and one of the most influential survival horror titles ever created: Resident Evil. We're playing the PC HD remaster of the Gamecube remake, but we also chat about some of the original versions and development of the original as well.  

This week we play Fatal Frame, an equal parts scary and hilarious mid-2000s survival horror game on the PS2. Learn about the mysteries of the Himuro Mansion, terrible voice acting, interesting camera mechanics and a weird brother-ghost relationship. We're recording at home this week due to Christmas and sickness kicking our asses, but we'll be back in studio next week!

We check out two horror games this time around - a quick chat about first person horror September 1999 and then a full discussion on well loved indie horror Year Walk, which is a dark and very atmospheric journey through a haunted forest in the middle of winter.

This week we look at PS2 survival horror title, Haunting Ground. The game is a spiritual sequel to the Clock Tower series, which neither of us have played. It does however have a White German Shepard, which we are definitely familiar with.

Today we check out the indie horror game, Detention, which is a side-scrolling adventure game set in 1960s Taiwan. We have a lot to say at this one, but the short story is we think it's fantastic. As always, there are heavy spoilers for the game!

Our first ever episode! We're uploading this a few days early to make sure that all the technical issues get ironed out. In this Episode we chat about the indie point and click super low-res horror game, The Last Door. Full and heavy spoilers for the game are abound, but we don't spoil anything from Season 2. If you like the show, please review us and subscribe! You can also check out future episodes here: www.ludomalevolence.com