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Jeff and Christian welcome Ashley Esqueda back to the show this week to discuss the potential for more gaming hardware price increases in 2026, a new Silent Hill game every year, and modders changing Breath of the Wild into a first-person VR game! The Playlist: Ashley: Yakuza 0, Hades II Christian: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond; Backbone Pro Jeff: Arc Raiders, Dunecrawl. Nex Playground Tabletop Time: Ashley: Let's Hit Each Other With Fake Swords, Exploding Kittens: The Board Game, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Christian: That Escalated Quickly Jeff: Five Alive Parting Gifts!
https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-The-Confession-of-Brother-Signet-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p389922366 The first season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things premiered worldwide on the streaming service Netflix on July 15, 2016. The series was created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. This season stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, and Matthew Modine, with Noah Schnapp, Joe Keery, and Shannon Purser in recurring roles. The first season of Stranger Things received critical acclaim, in particular for its originality, homages to the 1980s, characterization, tone, visuals, and performances (particularly those of Ryder, Harbour, Wolfhard, Brown, Heaton and Modine). Premise The first season begins on November 6, 1983, in a small town called Hawkins. Researchers at Hawkins National Laboratory open a rift to the "Upside Down," an alternate dimension that reflects the real world. A monstrous humanoid creature escapes and abducts a boy named Will Byers and a teenage girl. Will's mother, Joyce, and the town's police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl who goes by the name "Eleven" escapes from the laboratory and assists Will's friends, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair, in their efforts to find Will.[1] Cast and characters See also: List of Stranger Things characters Main cast Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers[2] David Harbour as Jim Hopper[2] Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler[3] Millie Bobby Brown[3] as Eleven ("El") Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson[3] Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair[3] Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler[3] Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers[3][4][5] Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler[6] Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner[7] Recurring Noah Schnapp as Will Byers Joe Keery as Steve Harrington Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland[8] Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers[9] Rob Morgan as Officer Powell John Paul Reynolds as Officer Callahan Randy Havens as Scott Clarke Catherine Dyer as Connie Frazier Aimee Mullins as Terry Ives[10] Amy Seimetz as Becky Ives Peyton Wich as Troy[11] Tony Vaughn as Principal Coleman Charles Lawlor as Mr. Melvald Tinsley and Anniston Price as Holly Wheeler Cade Jones as James Chester Rushing as Tommy H. Chelsea Talmadge as Carol Glennellen Anderson as Nicole Cynthia Barrett as Marsha Holland Jerri Tubbs as Diane Hopper Elle Graham as Sara Hopper Chris Sullivan as Benny Hammond Tobias Jelinek as lead agent Robert Walker-Branchaud as repairman agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Florence ("Flo") Episodes See also: List of Stranger Things episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date 1 1 "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 On November 6, 1983, in Hawkins, Indiana, a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature at a U.S. government laboratory. 12-year-old Will Byers encounters the creature and mysteriously vanishes while cycling home from a Dungeons & Dragons session with his friends Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair. The following day, Will's single mother Joyce Byers reports his disappearance to the police chief Jim Hopper, who starts a search but assures Joyce that almost all missing children are quickly found. The lab's director, Dr. Martin Brenner, investigates an organic substance oozing from the lab's basement, claiming that "the girl" cannot have gone far. A nervous young girl wearing a hospital gown wanders into a local diner. The owner, Benny, finds a tattoo of "011" on her arm and learns that her name is Eleven. Brenner, monitoring the phone lines, sends agents to the diner after Benny calls social services. The agents kill Benny, but Eleven manages to escape using telekinetic abilities. Joyce's phone short circuits after receiving a mysterious phone call that she believes is from Will. While searching for Will in the woods, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas come across Eleven. 2 2 "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 The boys bring Eleven to Mike's house, where they disagree on what to do. Mike formulates a plan for Eleven to pretend to be a runaway and seek help from his mother, Karen. Eleven refuses, however, revealing that "bad men" are after her. Will's brother Jonathan visits his estranged father Lonnie in Indianapolis to search for Will, but Lonnie rebuffs him. Hopper's search party discovers a scrap of hospital gown near the lab. After recognizing Will in a photograph and demonstrating her telekinesis, Eleven convinces the boys to trust her, as they believe she can find Will. Using the Dungeons & Dragons board, Eleven indicates that Will is on the "Upside Down" side of the board and is being hunted by the "Demogorgon" (the creature). Mike's sister Nancy and her friend Barbara 'Barb' Holland go to a party with Nancy's boyfriend Steve Harrington. Searching for Will near Steve's house, Jonathan secretly photographs the party. Joyce receives another call from Will, hears music playing from his stereo, and sees a creature coming through the wall. Left alone by the swimming pool, Barb is attacked by the Demogorgon and vanishes. 3 3 "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" Shawn Levy Jessica Mecklenburg July 15, 2016 Barb awakens in the Upside Down: a decaying, overgrown alternate dimension. She attempts to escape but is attacked by the Demogorgon. Joyce believes Will is communicating through pulses in light bulbs. Hopper visits Hawkins Lab, and the staff permits him to view doctored security footage from the night Will vanished, leading Hopper to investigate Brenner and discover his involvement with Project MKUltra and that a woman named Terry Ives alleged years earlier that Brenner took her daughter. Eleven recalls Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," punishing her for refusing to hurt a cat telekinetically. Steve destroys Jonathan's camera after discovering the photos from the party. Nancy later recovers a photo of Barb, simultaneously realizing that Barb is missing. Returning to Steve's house to investigate, Nancy finds Barb's untouched Volkswagen and encounters the Demogorgon but manages to escape. Joyce paints an alphabetic board on her wall with Christmas lights, allowing Will to sign to her that he is "RIGHT HERE" and that she needs to "RUN" as the Demogorgon comes through the wall. Believing Eleven knows where Will is, the boys ask her to lead them to him. Eleven leads them, to their frustration, to Will's house. From there they follow emergency vehicles to a nearby quarry just as Will's body is recovered from the water. 4 4 "Chapter Four: The Body" Shawn Levy Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Joyce refuses to believe that the body found at the quarry is Will's. Mike feels betrayed by Eleven until she proves that Will is still alive, channeling his voice through Mike's walkie-talkie. The boys theorize that Eleven could use a ham radio at their school to communicate with Will. Nancy notices a figure behind Barb in Jonathan's photo, which Jonathan realizes matches his mother's description of the Demogorgon. Nancy tells the police about Barb's disappearance. She later fights with Steve, who only cares about not getting in trouble with his father. Hopper has suspicions regarding the authenticity of the body found in the quarry when he learns that the usual coroner was sent home. Hopper confronts the state trooper who found it and beats him until he admits he was ordered to lie. The boys sneak Eleven into their school to use the radio, while Joyce hears Will's voice through her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him. Eleven uses the radio to channel Will talking to his mother. Hopper goes to the morgue and finds that the body is a fake, and, suspecting that Brenner is responsible, breaks into the lab. 5 5 "Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat" The Duffer Brothers Alison Tatlock July 15, 2016 Hopper searches the lab before being knocked out by the lab's guards. The boys ask their science teacher, Mr. Clarke, if it would be possible to travel between alternate dimensions, to which he answers that there could be a theoretical "gate" between dimensions. Hopper awakens at his house and finds a hidden microphone, realizing that Joyce was right the whole time. The boys follow their compasses, searching for a gate that could disrupt the Earth's electromagnetic field. Eleven recalls memories of being placed in a sensory-deprivation tank to telepathically eavesdrop on a man speaking Russian; while listening, she came across the Demogorgon. Fearing another encounter with the Demogorgon, Eleven redirects the compasses. Lucas misinterprets this as an act of betrayal, leading Mike and Lucas to fight and Eleven to telekinetically fling Lucas away from Mike. While Dustin and Mike tend to the unconscious Lucas, Eleven runs off. Nancy and Jonathan formulate a plan to kill the Demogorgon. While searching in the woods, they come across a small gate to the Upside Down. Nancy crawls through it but inadvertently draws the Demogorgon's attention. Jonathan unsuccessfully tries to look for Nancy, as the gate to the Upside Down begins to close. 6 6 "Chapter Six: The Monster" The Duffer Brothers Jessie Nickson-Lopez July 15, 2016 Jonathan pulls Nancy back through the gate. That night, Nancy is afraid to be alone and asks Jonathan to stay in her bedroom. Steve, attempting to reconcile with Nancy, sees them together through her bedroom window and assumes they are dating. Joyce and Hopper track down Terry Ives, who is catatonic and tended by her sister Becky. Becky explains that Terry was a Project MKUltra participant while unknowingly pregnant and that Terry believes Brenner kidnapped her daughter Jane at birth due to her supposed telekinetic and telepathic abilities. Nancy and Jonathan stockpile weapons to kill the Demogorgon, theorizing that it is attracted by blood. Steve is brutally beaten up in a fistfight with Jonathan after he insults Will and calls Nancy a slut. Jonathan is arrested and held at the police station for beating up Steve and inadvertently punching one of the responding officers in the face. Eleven walks into a grocery store and shoplifts several boxes of Eggo waffles. Searching for Eleven, Mike and Dustin are ambushed by two bullies but are rescued by her, as she uses her powers to break one bully's arm after he attempts to kill Mike. Eleven collapses and recalls being asked by Brenner to contact the Demogorgon and, in her terror, inadvertently opening the gate. She tearfully admits to Mike that she is responsible for allowing the Demogorgon to enter this dimension. Lucas sees agents, who have tracked down Eleven, preparing to ambush Mike's house. 7 7 "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" The Duffer Brothers Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Lucas warns Mike that agents are searching for Eleven. Mike, Dustin, and Eleven flee the house. Eleven telekinetically flips one of the vans that block their path as the kids escape. Lucas reconciles with Mike and Eleven, and the kids hide in the junkyard. Nancy and Jonathan reveal their knowledge of the Demogorgon to Joyce and Hopper. Hopper also learns that Eleven is with the kids. The group contacts the kids, and everyone meets at the Byers' house. Joyce and Hopper realize that Eleven is Jane Ives. The group asks Eleven to search for Will and Barb telepathically, but her earlier feats have weakened her. They break into the middle school and build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank to amplify Eleven's powers. After telepathically entering the Upside Down again, Eleven finds Barb dead and Will alive, hiding in the Upside Down version of his backyard fort. Realizing that the gate is in the basement of the lab, Hopper and Joyce break into the lab and are apprehended by security guards. Nancy and Jonathan sneak into the police station to retrieve the weapons they purchased previously, planning to lure and kill the Demogorgon. In the Upside Down, the Demogorgon breaks into Will's fort. 8 8 "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" The Duffer Brothers Story by : Paul Dichter Teleplay by : The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 Hopper, haunted by the death of his daughter Sara from cancer years earlier, gives up Eleven's location to Brenner, who in exchange allows Hopper and Joyce to enter the Upside Down to rescue Will. Nancy and Jonathan cut their hands to attract the Demogorgon at the Byers' house. Steve, intending to apologize to Jonathan about their fight, arrives just as the Demogorgon appears. Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan fight the Demogorgon and light it on fire, forcing it to retreat to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, Eleven and the boys hide in the middle school when Brenner and his agents arrive to kidnap Eleven; she kills most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. As Brenner and his remaining agents pin Eleven and the boys down, the Demogorgon appears, attracted by the dead agents' blood, and attacks Brenner and the remaining agents as the boys escape with Eleven. Hopper and Joyce enter the Upside Down's version of the Hawkins library, where they encounter several corpses of the Demogorgon's victims, including Barb, and find Will unconscious with a tendril down his throat. Hopper revives him using CPR after removing the tendril. The Demogorgon corners the kids, but Eleven recovers from her exhaustion and disintegrates it, causing them both to disappear. Will recovers in the hospital, reuniting with his family and friends. One month later, it is Christmas and Nancy is back together with Steve, and both are friends with Jonathan. Will coughs up a slug-like creature and has a vision of the Upside Down, but hides this from his family. Production Development Ross (left) and Matt Duffer, the creators of the series Stranger Things was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, known professionally as the Duffer Brothers.[12] The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film Hidden, which they had tried to emulate the style of M. Night Shyamalan, however, due to changes at Warner Bros., its distributor, the film did not see a wide release and the Duffers were unsure of their future.[13] To their surprise, television producer Donald De Line approached them, impressed with Hidden's script, and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of Wayward Pines alongside Shyamalan. The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode's production so that when they finished, they felt they were ready to produce their own television series.[14] The Duffer Brothers prepared a script that would essentially be similar to the series' actual pilot episode, along with a 20-page pitch book to help shop the series around for a network.[15] They pitched the story to a number of cable networks, all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work, asking them to make it a children's show or to drop the children and focus on Hopper's investigation in the paranormal.[14] In early 2015, Dan Cohen, the VP of 21 Laps Entertainment, brought the script to his colleague Shawn Levy. They subsequently invited The Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series, giving full authorship of it to the brothers. After reading the pilot, the streaming service Netflix purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount;[16] the show was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015.[17] The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they had pitched to Netflix, the service had already been recognized for its original programming, such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, with well-recognized producers behind them, and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance.[15] The brothers started to write out the series and brought Levy and Cohen in as executive producers to start casting and filming.[18] The series was originally known as Montauk, as the setting of the script was in Montauk, New York and nearby Long Beach locations.[17][19] The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws, where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island.[20] After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location.[20] With the change in location, they had to come up with a new title for the series under the direction from Netflix's Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public. The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King's Firestarter novel to consider the title's font and appearance and came up with a long list of potential alternatives. Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel, Needful Things, though Matt noted they still had a "lot of heated arguments" over this final title.[21] Writing The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film Prisoners, detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped, and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach. As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story, they wanted to introduce the idea of "childlike sensibilities" they could offer and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans. The brothers thought the combination of these things "was the best thing ever". To introduce this monster into the narrative, they considered "bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War" such as Project MKUltra, which gave a way to ground the monster's existence in science rather than something spiritual. This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period, as it was a year before the film Red Dawn came out, which focused on Cold War paranoia.[14] Subsequently, they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s, the decade they were born, as elements of the series,[14][22] crafting it in the realm of science fiction and horror.[23] The Duffer Brothers have cited as influence for the show (among others): Stephen King novels; films produced by Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas and Guillermo del Toro; films such as Alien and Stand by Me; Japanese anime such as Akira and Elfen Lied; and video games such as Silent Hill and The Last of Us.[21][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] With Netflix as the platform, The Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22-episode format, opting for the eight-episode approach. They had been concerned that a 22-episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to "tell a cinematic story" with that many episodes. Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development; if they had less time available, they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization.[15] Within the eight episodes, the brothers aimed to make the first season "feel like a big movie" with all the major plot lines completed so that "the audience feels satisfied", but left enough unresolved to indicate "there's a bigger mythology, and there's a lot of dangling threads at the end", something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more.[32] While explaining their intentions for the show, the Duffers adamantly stated their intentions to not explain the mythology in the show so they could leave a mystery and lot for the audience to speculate over their lack of understanding by the season finale, which they accepted but asked to be explained about at the very least, which they found like a really good exercise as they spent quite a bit of time with their writers' room figuring out exactly what the Upside Down would actually consist for, writing a 20-page mythology document whose details wouldn't be clarified for the audience until the show's fifth and final season.[33] Regarding writing for the children characters of the series, The Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for Mike Wheeler and his friends, and particularly for Barbara "Barb" Holland.[21] Joyce Byers was fashioned after Richard Dreyfuss's character Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as she appears "absolutely bonkers" to everyone else as she tries to find her son Will Byers.[34] Other characters, such as Billy in the second season, have more villainous attributes that are not necessarily obvious from the onset; Matt explained that they took further inspiration from Stephen King for these characters, as King "always has really great human villains" that may be more malicious than the supernatural evil.[35] Casting The Duffers cast David Harbour as Sheriff Hopper believing this was his opportunity to play a lead character in a work. In June 2015, it was announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police, respectively.[2] The brothers' casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce, which the two were immediately drawn to because of her prominence in 1980s films.[14] Levy believed Ryder could "wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of [Joyce]". Ryder praised that the show's multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as "she's out of her mind, but she's actually kind of onto something", and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role.[36] Upon being offered the role, Ryder felt intrigued at being given the pilot's script due to know knowing what streaming was and finding it "terrifying", with her sole condition to the Duffers for accepting the role being that, if a Beetlejuice sequel ever materialized as she and Tim Burton had been discussing since 2000, they had to let her take a break to shoot it, a condition the Duffers agreed and ultimately proved to work out when Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was greenlighted years later.[37] The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before, who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters, and they felt that he had been "waiting too long for this opportunity" to play a lead, while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play "a broken, flawed, anti-hero character".[21][38] Additional casting followed two months later with Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Millie Bobby Brown in an undisclosed role, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers]].[3] In September 2015, Cara Buono joined the cast as Karen Wheeler,[6] followed by Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner a month later.[7] Additional cast who recur for the first season include Noah Schnapp as Will,[3][5] Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland,[8] Joe Keery as Steve Harrington,[39][5] and Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers,[9] among others. Actors auditioning for the children's roles read lines from Stand By Me.[14] The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles. They noted that Wolfhard was already "a movie buff" of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role, while they found Matarazzo's audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes, and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape.[15] As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show, and prior to the scripts being fully completed, this allowed some of the actors' takes on the roles to reflect into the script. The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed, and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors.[32] The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr. Brenner, whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative.[34] Filming The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around the Atlanta, Georgia area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[20] The filming of the first season began on September 25, 2015, and was extensively done in Atlanta, Georgia, with The Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes.[40] Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[41][42] Other shooting locations included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, Bellwood Quarry, Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, for the middle and high school scenes,[43] Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in Douglasville, Georgia, Georgia International Horse Park, the probate court in Butts County, Georgia, Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point, Georgia, Fayetteville, Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, Palmetto, Georgia, and Winston, Georgia.[44] Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta.[44] The series was filmed with a Red Dragon digital camera.[34] Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016.[41] While filming, the brothers tried to capture shots that could be seen as homages to many of the 1980s references they recalled. Their goal was not necessarily to fill the work with these references, but instead to make the series seem to the viewer like a 1980s film.[21] They spent little time reviewing those works and instead went by memory. Matt further recognized that some of their filming homages were not purposely done but were found to be very comparable, as highlighted by a fan-made video comparing the show to several 1980s works side by side.[14][45] Matt commented on the video that "Some were deliberate and some were subconscious."[14] The brothers recognized that many of the iconic scenes from these 1980s films, such as with Poltergeist, was about "taking a very ordinary object that people deal with every day, their television set, and imbuing it with something otherworldly", leading to the idea of using the Christmas light strings for Will to communicate with Joyce.[21] The brothers attributed much of the 1980s feel to set and costume designers and the soundtrack composers that helped to recreate the era for them.[14] Lynda Reiss, the head of props, had about a $220,000 budget, similar to most films, to acquire artifacts of the 1980s, using eBay and searching through flea markets and estate sales around the Atlanta area. The bulk of the props were original items from the 1980s with only a few pieces, such as the Dungeons & Dragons books made as replicas.[46] Visual effects To create the aged effect for the series, a film grain was added over the footage, which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s.[34] The Duffers wanted to scare the audience, but not to necessarily make the show violent or gory, following in line with how the 1980s Amblin Entertainment films drove the creation of the PG-13 movie rating. It was "much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore", though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements, particularly towards the end of the first season.[34] The brothers had wanted to avoid any computer-generated effects for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with practical effects. However, the six-month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots. They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could, but for other shots, such as when the monster bursts through a wall, they opted to use digital effects. Post-production on the first season was completed the week before it was released on Netflix.[14] The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title. The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces, formerly part of R/GA, led by creative director Michelle Doughtey.[47] Levy introduced the studio to The Duffer Brothers, who explained their vision of the 1980s-inspired show, which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted. Later, but prior to filming, the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script, the synth-heavy background music for the titles, as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery, and were looking for a similar approach for the show's titles, primarily using a typographical sequence. They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R/GA, such as Altered States and The Dead Zone. They also got input from Dan Perri, who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films. Various iterations included having letters vanish, to reflect the "missing" theme of the show, and having letters cast shadows on others, alluding to the mysteries, before settling into the sliding letters. The studio began working on the title sequence before filming and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the show and come back with more input. Initially, they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close-ups of the best features of these fonts, but near the end the producers wanted to work with ITC Benguiat, requiring them to rework those shots. The final sequence is fully computer-generated, but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects, such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s, to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software. The individual episode title cards used a "fly-through" approach, similar to the film Bullitt, which the producers had suggested to the studio.[48] Music Main articles: Music of Stranger Things and Stranger Things (soundtrack) The Stranger Things original soundtrack was composed by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band Survive.[49] It makes extensive use of synthesizers in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Goblin, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, and Fabio Frizzi.[50] According to Stein and Dixon, The Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive's music, and used their song "Dirge" for the mock trailer that was used to sell the show to Netflix.[49][51] Once the show was green-lit, the Duffers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music; the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band's past to gain their interest, helping to land them the role.[49] Once aboard, the two worked with producers to select some of their older music to rework for the show, while developing new music, principally with character motifs.[51] The two had been hired before the casting process, so their motif demos were used and played over the actors' audition tapes, aiding in the casting selection.[51][52] The show's theme is based on an unused work Stein composed much earlier that ended up in the library of work they shared with the production staff, who thought that with some reworking would be good for the opening credits.[49] The first season's original soundtrack, consisting of 75 songs from Dixon and Stein split across two volumes, was released by Lakeshore Records. Digital release and streaming options were released on August 10 and 19, 2016 for the two volumes, respectively, while retail versions were available on September 16 and 23, 2016.[53][54] In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including The Clash, Toto, New Order, The Bangles, Foreigner, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel and Corey Hart, as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter and Vangelis.[54][55] In particular, The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was specifically picked to play at pivotal moments of the story, such as when Will is trying to communicate with Joyce from the Upside Down.[54] Music supervisor Nora Felder felt the song "furthered the story" and called it an additional, unseen, main character of the season.[56]
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! One more week off for the boys so in anticipation of this month's Return to Silent Hill, enjoy this old episode with the fellas discussing the original Silent Hill. We will be back next week with a brand new mini-sode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cyberpunk 2077-2 is targeting a 2030 release date with an estimated budget of 419 million dollars, with a new city inspired by Chicago while still having Night City in the game. Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto says that him and Konami aim to release a new Silent Hill game ever year. The new Avatar movie caused a spike in sales of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora as it climbs back up the charts. #cyberpunk #silenthill #avatar #videogames #marvelrivals #borderlands #metroid #allyoucangeek #podcast #aycg
Episode 406 - Our Most Anticipated Games of 2026In this week's episode of PS This Is Awesome!, Fred and Jake break down their most anticipated PlayStation games of 2026, sharing personal hype levels, early impressions, and why these titles are must-plays. From Marvel's Wolverine's intense action and cinematic storytelling to the massive open-world spectacle of GTA 6, the guys hit all the big names that will dominate next year. They also dive into Resident Evil: Requiem, Crimson Desert, Nioh 3, and other PS5 exclusives and multiplatform releases, giving listeners a sense of what to expect from both blockbuster and story-driven experiences.Fred shares his time with Silent Hill 2 Remake, the Corpo Intro on Cyberpunk 2077, and the Arizona Sunshine remake, while Jake discusses Silent Hill 2, Stardew Valley, The Outworlds 2 and his early thoughts on how these upcoming games stack up against classics. The episode also touches on PlayStation Plus changes in 2026, with PS4 titles being dropped from the Essential tier and a focus on PS5 and cross-gen games — plus speculation around a potential new Witcher 3 DLC nearly ten years after the original.It's a jam-packed episode for fans looking to plan their 2026 gaming calendars, mixing personal playtime, deep dives into upcoming releases, and news that could shift how PlayStation players experience their consoles next year.Visit www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome to support the show and help us continue producing the content you love!Please, if you enjoyed the content or even if you didn't quite enjoy this one, come back — we try to offer something for everybody. Share with your friends and help us grow our awesome PlayStation community!As always you can support our show at our Patreon Page. Thanks for listening.http://www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It's the Girlies! You know the drill. If you don't, just listen and you'll get it. It's like an awards show but better.Thanks for listening this year!You can find a whole list of winners (with a couple of visual aids) here.Timestamps:(00:15) The Girlies!(51:30) Spoilers for Carimara and Old Skies(54:25) Spoilers end(1:22:00) Spoilers for Carimara and Silent Hill f(1:24:20) Spoilers end(1:37:25) GOTY discussion(1:43:30) Thematic spoilers for our pick(1:48:30) Major story spoilers for our pickMentioned this week:Neil Newbon being correct about generative AIJennifer English being incredible at the Golden JoysticksAdditional music this episode:Take me out to the ball game from Trombone ChampBaby Steps background musicEra Calling from Angeline EraNina Pasadena from Skin Deep I'm A Bitch, My Name's Robert from DispatchI Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death) from Hades 2 Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ha llegado la hora de despedir el nivel 2025 en este juego rogue like que llamamos "vida" y, si bien estuvo lleno de bugs, la historia fue medio tirada de los pelos y pareció lleno de contenido generado por IA, decidimos celebrarlo en el episodio 588 de Café Fandango. Además, vas a escuchar a Gus que está probando una nueva distro de Linux; a Edu, que si te cuenta en qué anda en el Hades 2 tendrá que matarte, pero sí puede hablar del Loco Motive y del Ball x Pit. Seba, por su parte, terminó el Avowed pero encuentra excusas para seguir jugándolo, además de plataformear "barato" con el Daniel in Danger. Luego pasamos por las pocas noticias de la semana: Konami quiere hacer la gran Call of Duty con el Silent Hill y se retrasa el próximo juego de James Bond. Finalmente, leemos un resumen del 2025 hecho por GamesIndustry.biz, aprovechamos la Pregunta Fandango para hablar de los mejores momentos del año y cerramos revisando nuestros objetivos anuales 2025, y armamos la lista para el 2026.
Send us a textListen to our heroes discuss their top News Story; Sports Story; TV Show; Movie; Video game of the year. Before looking back at the games they played this year and providing their top 3 games.
Hey Leute, die letzte Folge in 2025. Viel Spaß beim Hören :D Unterstützt meine Arbeit auf Patreon oder Steady und erhaltet neben exklusiven Inhalten auch erweitertete Versionen dieses Paodcasts. Nutzt den Code SPECKNACHT für 30% Rabatt auf das erste Jahresabo und Code OBSTNACHT für 50% Rabatt auf den ersten Monat bei Patreon.PatreonSteadyHolt euch bei HOLY die neuen Halloween-Sorten und spart 10% mit meinem Code "SPECKOBST"Timestamps 00:00 Intro 19:00 Update NEUE SPIELE 23:45 Halls of Torment NEWS 35:10 Vince Zampella gestorben 41:46 EA Shareholder sagen JA zum Kauf 44:17 007 First Light auf Mai verschoben 45:47 Konami will ein Silent Hill pro Jahr veröffentlichen THEMA 49:33 2025 Jahresrückblick FRAGEN 01:12:54 Was sind die deine Lieblings-Save-Icons? 01:17:41 Was ist für dich das größte Übel in 3D Action Games? 01:20:51 Wie rassistisch ist Japan? Outro 01:24:57 Die ganz besonderen Supporter
Frohes neues Jahr! Damit ihr wirklich einen Grund zur Freude habt, zeigen wir euch in dieser Folge, was euch 2026 im Kino erwartet und welche Serien im Stream an den Start gehen. Mit dabei sind Highlights wie "Return to Silent Hill", "Insidious 6" und "Scream 7". Wir haben aber auch ein paar Filme herausgesucht, die ihr vielleicht noch nicht auf dem Schirm habt, aber auf keinen Fall verpassen solltet. Mit Blick auf die Serien wird schnell klar, dass wir 2026 wohl wenig Zeit draußen verbringen können. Die Mike Flanagan-Adaption von "Carrie" sowie "Crystal Lake", das Prequel zu "Freitag der 13.", sind nicht die einzigen Ausreden, um das ganze Jahr lang vor dem Fernseher zu sitzen. Wir hoffen, ihr verbringt wieder viele schreckliche Stunden mit uns und freuen uns, (hoffentlich) bald wieder neue Folgen aufzunehmen! Instagram: schreckszene_podcast Mail: schreckszene@podnews.de Viva la Movielucion: Spotify Links zu den Trailern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRKo94GBL5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Vs3I1mCj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJCKe7o2-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JgHboHGbj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MkSzEuZwp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvVcJb--DmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3TT7223-K4 #horror #horrorpodcast #podnews #schreckszene #news #horrorfilm #horrorfilmpodcast #horrorserie #horrornews #horrorfilme #horrorserien #horrornerd #horrorwissen #soulm8te #28yearslater #sendhelp #returntosilenthill #silenthill #coldstoradge #scream #scream7 #thebride #krankensteinsbraut #frankenstein #readyornot #readyornot2 #diemumie #scarymovie6 #evildeadburn #insidious6 #cleyface #residentevil #werwolf #psychokiller #lettheevilgowest #catnip #wolfcreek #wolfcreek3 #othermommy #titan #aladdinthemonkeyspaw #therevengeoflallarona #thebackrooms #imwasserderseine2 #icecreamman #creatureoftheblacklagoon #derexorzist #devilsmouth #cujo #talktome2 #slay #orphan3 theruleofthree #victorianpsycho #thewolfandthelamb #terrifier4 #theyeti #sonofsara #crystallake #carrie #conjuring #hostel #buffy
Het jaar is ten einde en dat kan maar één ding betekenen: het is GOTY tijd! En dit jaar maken we niet alleen onze lievelingsgames bekend, maar ook die van jullie met de bekendmaking van De Showies Awards 2025! De games waren in dit bijzondere jaar weer niet aan te slepen. De backlogs bezwijken, maar wij podcasten ook komend jaar moedig verder, en jullie zijn erbij. Liefs van je favoriete gameboys, en een zalig 2026
Frohes neues Jahr! Damit ihr wirklich einen Grund zur Freude habt, zeigen wir euch in dieser Folge, was euch 2026 im Kino erwartet und welche Serien im Stream an den Start gehen. Mit dabei sind Highlights wie "Return to Silent Hill", "Insidious 6" und "Scream 7". Wir haben aber auch ein paar Filme herausgesucht, die ihr vielleicht noch nicht auf dem Schirm habt, aber auf keinen Fall verpassen solltet. Mit Blick auf die Serien wird schnell klar, dass wir 2026 wohl wenig Zeit draußen verbringen können. Die Mike Flanagan-Adaption von "Carrie" sowie "Crystal Lake", das Prequel zu "Freitag der 13.", sind nicht die einzigen Ausreden, um das ganze Jahr lang vor dem Fernseher zu sitzen. Wir hoffen, ihr verbringt wieder viele schreckliche Stunden mit uns und freuen uns, (hoffentlich) bald wieder neue Folgen aufzunehmen! Instagram: schreckszene_podcast Mail: schreckszene@podnews.de Viva la Movielucion: Spotify Links zu den Trailern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRKo94GBL5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Vs3I1mCj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJCKe7o2-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JgHboHGbj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MkSzEuZwp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvVcJb--DmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3TT7223-K4 #horror #horrorpodcast #podnews #schreckszene #news #horrorfilm #horrorfilmpodcast #horrorserie #horrornews #horrorfilme #horrorserien #horrornerd #horrorwissen #soulm8te #28yearslater #sendhelp #returntosilenthill #silenthill #coldstoradge #scream #scream7 #thebride #krankensteinsbraut #frankenstein #readyornot #readyornot2 #diemumie #scarymovie6 #evildeadburn #insidious6 #cleyface #residentevil #werwolf #psychokiller #lettheevilgowest #catnip #wolfcreek #wolfcreek3 #othermommy #titan #aladdinthemonkeyspaw #therevengeoflallarona #thebackrooms #imwasserderseine2 #icecreamman #creatureoftheblacklagoon #derexorzist #devilsmouth #cujo #talktome2 #slay #orphan3 theruleofthree #victorianpsycho #thewolfandthelamb #terrifier4 #theyeti #sonofsara #crystallake #carrie #conjuring #hostel #buffy
If you're anything like us, you spend a fair amount of your screen time playing video games. Whether you like combat, horror, or peacefully going over archival research, NPR's roundup of best games of 2025 is a helpful guide to find something that's just right for you. Today we're talking about some of the best video games featured including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hades II, Silent Hill f, Butcher's Creek and The Roottrees Are Dead.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jun Shen Chia chats with SILENT HILL f game director Al Yang of Neobards Entertainment. Together they discuss how Neobards collaborated with Konami and famed Japanese writer Ryukishi07 on creating the newest chapter in the Silent Hill series; designing the combat to create tension and feel like a puzzle; creating a game for existing fans that brings in new players; and balancing fun while trying to tell a deep emotional story. This episode is supported by Xsolla Episode Host: Jun Shen Chia Producers: Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing and leaving us a rating and review. Follow us: linktr.ee/AIAS Please consider supporting game dev students with: AIAS Foundation
Welcome to The Testing Room where three of the gaming industry's best consultants (to never consult on a game) get together to talk about the games this week and then cover mostly gaming related topics and take part in what we call a Video Game Book Club. This week we bring to you our Personal Top 10 Games of 2025 lists and the Testie awards. What were your favorite games this year? Keep an eye out for the definitive Top 10 list for the channel on the next episode! Don't forget to send comments and questions to testingroompod@gmail.com or down below. Also don't forget to follow us on Twitch @ twitch.tv/testingroomlive and watch on YouTube @ youtube.com/@thetestingroomFor the Silent Hill f Spoilers here is the time code01:22:00 - 01:30:20
Première partie de ma rétrospective 2025, centrée sur les jeux sortis cette année. Retrouvez toutes les plateformes d'écoute du format audio de l'épisode au lien ci-dessous : https://linktr.ee/tomberrymusical Liste : 00:00 - Introduction 02:56 - Silent Hill f 09:12 - Citizen Sleeper 2 12:47 - Crown Gambit 16:56 - Keeper 20:27 - Öoo 23:08 - and Roger 25:35 - Easy Delivery Co. 28:55 - Ambrosia Sky Act One 33:25 - Sektori 37:59 - Wanderstop
SUPPORTAMI SU PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/kristalcrosspatreon OFFERTA DEL GIORNO | Europa Universalis 5 ▶ -23% ▶ 45.96€ https://www.instant-gaming.com/it/19292-comprare-europa-universalis-v-pc-steam/?igr=kristalcrossgaming La maglietta LFDM sul LFDM STORE! - https://kristal-cross-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/ AFFILIATI: INSTANT GAMING: https://tinyurl.com/3ywv525u EMP: https://tidd.ly/3MTjbcC PAMPLING: codice KRISTALCROSS THOMANN: https://thmn.to/thocf/4ucalotott SPONSOR - ABBONAMENTO AL CANALE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-isEtNtS2_30c5ANuEEyKQ/join DONAZIONI: https://paypal.me/kristalcross Lista Desideri Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/hz/wishlist/ls/CMIUI1RB3GH9?ref_=wl_share CAPITOLI: 00:00 Benvenuti su Kristal News! 00:31 PS6 e XBOX NEXT RINVIATE?! 08:54 Detective Cross 10:34 NEWS A RUOTA 16:19 OFFERTA del GIORNO! 17:25 La ELITE dei MALNATI su PATREON 18:05 Grazie della visione! Le #KristalNews sono anche in PODCAST! https://www.spreaker.com/show/kristalnews-il-podcast Disponibile anche su SPOTIFY, APPLE PODCAST, ecc ecc SECONDO CANALE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO13aJlGKgOVYq7-yMe_lPA SEGUIMI IN LIVE SU TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/kristalcrossgaming SOCIAL & COMMUNITY: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/kristalcrossgaming/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kristalcrossgaming/ GRUPPO TELEGRAM: https://t.me/joinchat/APAtYQ5DPmVA3AHTl8mBcA VUOI SPEDIRMI QUALCOSA? Mandalo a: BAR 2EMME VIA TORINO 243 SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO 63074 (AP) --------------------- IMPORTANTE SCRIVI NELL'INTESTAZIONE "PER KRISTAL CROSS" ---------------------------------------- VUOI SENTIRE I MIEI LAVORI? IL SITO DEL MIO STUDIO http://www.kristalcrossmusicproduction.com/page0/page0.html LE MIE BAND: THE LOTUS: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLotusChannel LOST RESONANCE FOUND: https://www.youtube.com/user/lostresonancefound Grazie per la visita da Kristal Cross!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kristalnews-il-podcast--4936119/support.
https://discord.com/invite/mzZnJuVwdT | http://www.youtube.com/abuguet | http://www.twitter.com/abuguet | http://www.twitter.com/sonido_boom | http://www.twitch.tv/abuguet | https://www.tiktok.com/@sonido_boom | http://www.tiktok.com/@abuguet ------------------------------------------------------------ Una reflexión de lo mejor que nos entregó el año. 2025 será recordado como uno de los mejores años en la historia de los videojuegos. Sonido Boom es el podcast oficial de Abuguet®. Cada semana Mane de la Leyenda, Master Peps y Jimmy Forence nos traen todo lo relacionado con la industria de los videojuegos. ------------------------------------------------------------ Esta semana Ep. 359: 0:00 - Intro. 00:40 - 2025, un año para recordar. 15:13 - Recuento de los mejores juegos del año. 16:10 - Avowed. 20:56 - Monster Hunter Wilds. 34:12 - Split Fiction. 41:12 - South of Midnight. 45:27 - Blue Prince. 1:04:02 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. 1:23:05 - Elden Ring: Nightreign. 1:29:48 - Mario Kart World. 1:32:47 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. 1:45:29 - Hollow Knight: Silksong. 1:50:49 - Silent Hill f. 1:55:23 - Ghost of Yotei. 1:59:18 - Absolum. 2:00:53 - Battlefield 6. 2:09:28 - ARC Raiders.
Au programme :C'est l'épisode traditionnel GotY ! Cette année on est encore plus nombreux que d'habitude, pour encore plus de jeux et de discussions que d'habitudes. Enjoy!Thomas :1) Backlog: Cyberpunk 20772) GaaS:3) Trooop de jeux: Hell is Us4) Spotlight: Eternal Strands, The Alters5) Grrr: Clair Obscur Expedition 336) Plateforme: PC (Shadow)7) GotY: Blue PrinceNoddus :1) Backlog: Astroneer2) GaaS: The Finals3) Trooop de jeux: Arc Raiders, Monster Train 2, Hades II4) Spotlight: Q-Up5) Grrr: Black Ops 7, Split Fiction6) Plateforme: PC / PC console7) GotY: Blue Prince, Abiotic Factor InterludeDany (il est dans nos coeurs) :1) Backlog: Sea of Stars2) GaaS: Diablo 43) Trooop de jeux: Absolum, Deltarune, Silent Hill f, Marvel Cosmic Invasion4) Spotlight: Dispatch5) Grrr: Death Stranding 26) Plateforme: PC (master race)7) GotY: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue prince, Dispatch, Hades 2Eska :1) Backlog: Citizen Sleeper, Dragon Age The Veilguard, Minishoot Adventures2) GaaS: 3) Trooop de jeux: Hades II, Absolum, Mario Kart World, Dispatch, Moonlighter 24) Spotlight: Is This Seat Taken, South of Midnight5) Grrr: Avowed, The Outer worlds 26) Plateforme: Switch 27) GotY: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ball x Pit, Ghost of YoteiJK :1) Backlog:2) GaaS:3) Trooop de jeux: Ball x Pit, Arc Raiders4) Spotlight: The Supper: New Blood5) Grrr: Hollow Knight: Silk Song6) Plateforme: PC7) GotY: Rue Valley, Split Fiction, Routine, Dispatch, Avowed, Hell is Us, Citizen Sleeper 2, Wanderstop, Absolum, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Cassim :1) Backlog: Dredge2) GaaS: Overwatch 23) Trooop de jeux: Abiotic Factor, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles4) Spotlight: Suikoden I & II HD Remaster5) Grrr: Blue Prince6) Plateforme: PC (Linux)7) GotY: Peak, News Tower, Doom The Dark Ages, Two Point MuseumPatrick :1) Backlog: Persona 5 Royal, Tears of the Kingdom2) GaaS: Street Fighter VI3) Trooop de jeux: Forestrike, Ghost of Yotei, AC Shadows, Dispatch, Arc Raiders, Hyrule Warriors Les Chroniques du Sceau, Trails in the Sky4) Spotlight:5) Grrr: Blue Prince6) Plateforme: Switch 27) GotY: Ball x Pit, Absolum, Shinobi, Expedition 33, Fantasy Life i---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Co-animé par JK Lauret (Twitter).Co-animé par Maïté “Eskarina” (Bluesky).Co-animé par Cassim Montilla (Bluesky).Co-animé par Valentin Cebo (Noddus) (Bluesky).Co-animé par Thomas Méreur « Amaebi » (Bluesky).Co-animé par Daniel Charbit (Twitter).Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode 428 – GotY 2025, nos jeux de l'annéeLiens :
IGN JAPAN編集部のスタッフが、最近遊んだゲームについて話す番組 ■ゲーム&映画グッズ専門店「IGN JAPAN STORE」 https://ignstore.jp/ 00:00 オープニング 00:28 『NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE』 12:20 『ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN』 18:10 『SILENT HILL f』 ■出演 野口広志 福山幸司(フリーライター) 山田集佳(フリーライター) ■「しゃべりすぎGAMER」の再生リストはこちら https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5dP0ylcT42dJXN_5KJECJ8cI9hK690_e ■ポッドキャスト版 iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/ign-japan-%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8A%E3%81%99%E3%81%8Egamer-%E3%83%9D%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88/id1258418439 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4AKK4MIlRk3Zfj8my703D8?si=x1_N0RZnTWiagXspsoIUkA ■一部使用楽曲 MusMus:http://musmus.main.jp/ ――――――――――― IGN JAPAN : http://jp.ign.com/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/IGNJapan Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/IGNJapan コメント投稿ルール:http://jp.ign.com/ign-japan/21173/editorial/ign-japanyoutube
Em nossa última edição para encerrar 2025, falamos dos jogos que mais gostamos neste ano e, então, elegemos aqueles que consideramos serem os melhores.Participantes:Caio TeixeiraJessica PinheiroHeitor De PaolaAssuntos abordados:09:00 - Hell Clock13:00 - Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves20:00 - Promise Mascot Agency25:00 - Ghost of Yotei29:00 - Time Flies33:00 - Is This Seat Taken36:00 - Herdling38:00 - Projected Dreams41:00 - Despelote47:00 - Monster Train 257:00 - Raidou Remastered1:00:00 - Patapon 1+2 Replay1:04:00 - Marvel Cosmic Invasion1:09:00 - Two Point Museum1:27:00 - Zexion1:30:00 - Pippistrelo and the Cursed Yoyo1:33:00 - Primal Planet1:38:00 - Shadow Labyrinth1:42:00 - Wheel World1:46:00 - Ball x Pit1:50:00 - Dynasty Warriors Origins1:55:00 - Tormented Souls 22:10:00 - Earthion2:13:00 - Absolum2:17:00 - The Lacerator2:23:00 - Silent Hill f2:30:00 - Dispatch2:34:00 - Peak2:37:00 - Rematch2:42:00 - Dispatch2:46:00 - Sonic Racing Crossworlds2:49:00 - Blue Prince2:56:00 - Look Outside3:01:00 - The Roottrees Are Dead3:03:00 - Hades 23:11:00 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 333:18:00 - Hollow Knight: SilksongE a nossa lista conjunta dos jogos que mais gostamos em 2025 ficou assim:10º - Peak9° - Sonic Racing Crossworlds8° - Rematch7° - Dispatch6° - The Roottrees Are Dead5° - Blue Prince4° - Look Outside3° - Clair Obscur: Expedition 332° - Hades 21° - Hollow Knight: SilksongVai comprar jogos na Nuuvem? Use o link de afiliado do Overloadr!Use nosso link de filiado ao fazer compras na Amazon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Both the US presidents, Trump and Netanyahu, have a a meeting about war with Iran :: Forever wars :: Bombing Mexico :: Creating our own enemies in war :: Celebrating America's birthday with drugs :: Trump doing a 180 on his own supporters :: Silent Hill 2 Coming out :: Smart contracts and other trustless tech could be the answer if someone is smart enough to figure it out :: The lengths David from San Francisco and other dems will go to to avoid perceived racism :: AI slop pushing people into the real world :: Randy Travis using AI since he tragically lost his voice :: Sarah wants bigger bicycle paths :: Buy better to get back at the corporations :: 2025-12-20 Bonnie, Angelo,
Gather the family around the fire, turn up grandma's hearing aids, and settle in for Bullet Points' annual look at our favourite and least favourite games of the year. As always, we're joined by Kotaku's Ethan Gach for a discussion of 2025 games like: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Roadcraft, The Seance of Blake Manor, Ball x Pit, Silent Hill f, Elden Ring Nightreign, and more.
On this week's episode of Teen Girl Talk, we're on patrol with Judy and Nick in Zootopia 2. Also on this episode, Suesie calls out Frank for her lies. Frank compares Zootopia to Silent Hill. Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill. Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes and SpotifyE-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.comTeen Girl Talk's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realteengirltalk/ Frank's writing website: franklincota.com Suesie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susieboboozy/Frank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siriwouldchallenge/Frank's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcUttxP0ujvc6HXBz-4kIw Frank's Book: https://books2read.com/u/3nJPzP
Following our popular podcast last year of the original trilogy and its impact on the survival horror genre, we return to examine the most influential RE title on the wider gaming industry - Resident Evil 4. 20 years since its original release, the mechanics of the gaming loop have impacted so many titles, that we felt it prudent to take a closer look at the horror games that came after with recommendations and a healthy discussion of other games too. Join Rombie, Neptune, Stars TyranT and a delighted George Trevor as we chat all things Silent Hill, Cold Fear, Dead Space and many more as we bring down our curtain on 20 years of Biohazard4. We are also joined by special guest Brandon Salisbury to celebrate the release of his George Romero documentary whilst teasing up and coming projects with RE alumni.
We spend most of this week's show unpacking all the announcements and trailers out of the Game Awards, including Control Resonant, Ontos, Gang of Dragon, Divinity, the Street Fighter movie, Mega Man: Dual Override, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Fate of the Old Republic, and a ton of other stuff. Plus, games we plan to dig into over the holidays, some final thoughts as we approach the end of 2025, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:04:30) The Game Awards get A LOT of views (00:07:54) Physical games and hardware sales (00:10:52) Let's talk about the announcements (00:11:07) South of Midnight | [PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2] | Q2 2026 (00:11:36) Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | TBD (00:16:21) Star Wars: Galactic Racer | [Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | 2026 (00:19:59) The Street Fighter movie trailer (00:31:25) First Break (00:31:30) Warlock | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | 2027 (00:33:42) Divinity | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (00:35:18) Ontos | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | 2026 (00:38:09) Warframe: The Old Peace | [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4] | Dec 10, 2025 (00:39:04) Soulframe (Beta) | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (00:40:02) Bradley the Badger | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (00:41:51) TankRat | [PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Q2 2026 (00:42:40) Screamer | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 26, 2026 (00:43:17) Gang of Dragon | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (00:45:02) The expected announcements (00:45:15) Mega Man: Dual Override | [Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | 2027 (00:46:28) Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | 2026 (00:46:46) Tomb Raider: Catalyst | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | 2027 (00:47:45) Control Resonant | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac] | 2026 (00:51:11) Total War: Warhammer 40,000 | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | TBD (00:52:50) Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve | [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | 2026 (00:53:42) Coven of the Chicken Foot | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (00:54:34) 007 First Light | [Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 27, 2026 (00:57:08) Forest 3 | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (00:59:27) Out of Words | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | 2026 (01:01:42) A few other games we'd like to mention (01:02:17) Pragmata | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2] | Apr 24, 2026 (01:02:47) Audiomech: Your Music Transformed | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | TBD (01:03:22) Solasta II (Early Access) | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Mar 12, 2026 (01:03:28) Highguard | [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jan 26, 2026 (01:08:14) Our highlights (01:08:57) Anything missing we thought might be there? (01:12:49) Second Break (01:12:54) Games we want to play during the break (01:22:24) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2] | Dec 04, 2025 (01:32:09) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025 (01:33:51) Light Up the Town | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Dec 07, 2025 (01:39:16) Emails (01:43:31) Wrapping up and thanks (01:46:42) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:48:58) Nextlander content updates (01:50:14) Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026! (01:50:29) See Ya!
Sal and Lizzy talk the Star Wars Rebels episodes Path of the Jedi and Idiot's Array!Life Day has occurred!We promise this is not a Final Fantasy or Silent Hill podcast...The characters of Rebels shine here!Ezra has the best lightsaber OF ALL TIME.Yoda and Lando! Guess who the kids lose their minds over?Puffer pigs and Azmorigan!Check out the Rogue Rebels Rebels Spotify playlist!Follow us EVERYWHERE!@TheRogueRebels on Bluesky!@TheRogueRebels on TikTokIG: @TheRogueRebels The Rogue Rebels on FB
Episode 405 - That's a Wrap!In today's episode of PS This Is Awesome!, Fred and Jake dive headfirst into everything revealed at The Game Awards 2025, with the spotlight firmly on the announcements rather than just the winners. From massive new reveals to unexpected surprises, they break down what actually matters for PlayStation fans and which games left the biggest impression. The conversation also briefly touches on the major award winners to give context, but the real focus is on what's coming next for PS5.Fred shares impressions from his time with Silent Hill 2, discussing its atmosphere, pacing, and why it still hits so hard, while Jake brings his usual perspective on this beloved game and how new announcements stack up against what's already on the horizon. Jake also tried the Pragmata Demo The guys also work through listener feedback, responding to thoughts, questions. Saving the best for last, the guys go over their 2025 PlayStation Wrap!It's a packed episode full of reactions, speculation, and PlayStation passion, blending industry-wide hype with personal playtime and community voices. If you want a clear, thoughtful breakdown of The Game Awards through a PlayStation-first lens, this one's for you.By joining our Patreon community for ONLY $1.00 per month, you'll enjoy exclusive benefits:Early AccessPersonalized ShoutoutCustom Die-Cut Vinyl StickerVisit www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome to support the show and help us continue producing the content you love!Please, if you enjoyed the content or even if you didn't quite enjoy this one, come back — we try to offer something for everybody. Share with your friends and help us grow our awesome PlayStation community!As always you can support our show at our Patreon Page. Thanks for listening.http://www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brad got a Switch 2, and played Metroid Prime 4 on it, and we talk about that, Skate Story, the end of Silent Hill f, a bunch of Game Awards announcement speculation, the resurrection of Romero Games' latest project, whatever the hell is going on with Call of Duty right now, the immortal might of Shang Tsung, our love of Roger Ebert, a shocking revelation about controller face buttons, and a bunch more on this week's show. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:09) Intro (00:14:13) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2] | Dec 04, 2025 (00:42:07) First Break (00:42:11) Skate Story | [Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac] | Dec 08, 2025 (00:49:28) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025 (00:57:30) The Séance of Blake Manor | [Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Oct 27, 2025 (00:57:53) Marvel Cosmic Invasion | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux] | Dec 01, 2025 (00:58:10) Absolum | [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5] | Oct 09, 2025 (00:59:30) Void Crew | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Nov 25, 2024 (01:03:59) Second Break (01:04:03) The Game Awards is soon and news is swirling (01:04:24) Larian may have a new game in the Divinity series (01:07:49) Capcom wants more Mega Man (and other) games! (01:12:29) Tomb Raider will have something to show at The Game Awards (01:17:16) Warner Bros. and Netflix... What will it mean for the games? (01:29:01) Katsuhiro Harada retires from Tekken (01:31:46) John Romero's latest project is still alive (01:35:02) Tim Cain returns to Obsidian (01:37:28) Call of Duty will slow down with the releases (01:45:36) Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has passed away (01:47:58) Emails (01:57:32) Wrapping up and thanks (01:59:31) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (02:01:08) Nextlander Content Updates (02:02:46) See ya!
In deze aflevering van Side Quest keren we terug naar de wereld van League of Legends en bespreken we de aankomende aanpassingen. Daarnaast nemen we de huidige staat van Arc Raiders onder de loep, een game waar de verwachtingen hoog lagen maar die ons momenteel teleurstelt. Uiteraard analyseren we uitgebreid onze PlayStation Wrap-Up. Welke games hebben het afgelopen jaar de meeste speeltijd opgeslokt en bij wie stonden ze bovenaan de lijst? Uiteraard test Nick deze week ook weer onze kennis in de nieuwsquiz met een aantal pittige vragen.Wil jij het belangrijkste game, serie en filmnieuws, elke week vers in je inbox? Schrijf je dan in voor onze nieuwsbrief en mis nooit meer wat er speelt.Onze Podcast wordt gesponsord door Pathé Thuis! Pathé Thuis is een streamingdienst met de allernieuwste films, die soms net uit de bioscoop zijn, die je zonder abonnement kunt kijken. Bij Pathé Thuis zijn er bijna 5000 films beschikbaar en je hebt zelf de keuze om een film te huren of te kopen. Geen abonnement, dus je betaalt per film!Hoofdstukken(00:00:00) - Intro(00:01:12) - Sjaak zijn Riftbound toernooi(00:12:40) - Juliën zijn rustige weekend(00:13:45) - Tom zijn game weekend(00:16:30) - Nick over het One Piece TCG toernooi(00:20:00) - De terugkeer van League of Legends(00:27:28) - World of Warcraft update van Nick(00:31:20) - De laatste griezels van Silent Hill 2(00:32:00) - De controverse rondom Arc Raiders(00:43:30) - Sjaak over de nieuwe mode in Battlefield(00:48:16) - Tom nog even over Silent Hill 2(00:50:53) - Julien over Thank Goodness You're Here!(00:54:00) - Onze Playstation Wrap-Up(01:04:40) - Wij hebben ook nog Elden Ring Nightreign gespeeld(01:15:00) - De quiz van Nick(01:40:00) - Pokémon kaartjes openen(01:45:20) - Stranger Things is afgekeken(01:57:20) - Beauty and the Geek update(02:10:20) - The Last Viking bioscooptip(02:12:40) - Sjaak over Smiling Friends(02:16:00) - Jujutsu Kaisen blijft cool(02:19:15) - Nick zijn One Piece update(02:19:40) - Pluribus blijft ons op het verkeerde been zetten(02:22:10) - Nick heeft de Fallout sterren geïnterviewd(02:30:30) - Onze weekendplannen(02:32:20) - Outro
In this exclusive interview, Creative Director Al Yang takes us deep into the unsettling world of Silent Hill F, offering a rare look into the creative vision behind the next chapter of the iconic horror franchise. Al discusses the narrative themes, artistic inspirations, and emotional core shaping the game's haunting atmosphere. He reveals how the team approached psychological horror in a fresh, culturally rich way, and what fans can expect from its setting, characters, and disturbing new creatures. From story philosophy to visual design and the challenges of reimagining Silent Hill for a new generation, this episode is a must-watch for horror fans, game developers, and anyone curious about the craft of building fear from the ground up. Sign Up to News Letter: https://bit.ly/4eNPm8X ----------------------- Contact Al Yang ---------------------- Twitter: https://x.com/QQBert BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/qqbert.bsky.social ------------------ Level Design Kit ----------------- Buy Here: https://bit.ly/4gYaJ9d -------------- Let's Design Books --------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https://bit.ly/3mfOsbS ----------------------- Contact Me ----------------------- Website: https://www.maxpears.com/ Email: leveldesignlobby@gmail.com Twitter: https://x.com/MaxPears Bluesky: https://bit.ly/42HX9Tt
On this episode of The Safe Room, we tackle the new indie horror action game Silly Polly Beast. We praise the game's art style and presentation, analyze its kinetic and tense combat, and discuss what constitutes a “Story-driven” video game. Lastly, we react to the Return to Silent Hill trailer and contemplate the death of art.
Silent Hill f é o mais novo jogo da franquia e está dando o que falar. Alguns consideram o melhor jogo da série, outros estão achando uma heresia. Nesse episódio fizemos uma "breve" análise falando tudo e mais um pouco, desde a criação do jogo, gameplay, nossas opiniões, até a história completa e detalhada. Confira!
We're chock-a-block with stuff to talk about this week, from the Analogue 3D to Horses (both the game and its banning), Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the Fortnite chapter 6 ending bonanza, more with Silent Hill f, a surprising amount of news about the possible futures of franchises like Dead Rising, Control, Metal Gear, and Hitman, your emails, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:01:46) Podcast Celebrities vs Celebrity Podcasters (00:11:38) Alex got an Analogue 3D! (00:28:57) First Break (00:33:34) Marvel Cosmic Invasion | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux] | Dec 01, 2025 (00:46:51) Horses | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Dec 02, 2025 (01:06:51) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025 (01:21:06) The Séance of Blake Manor | [Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Oct 27, 2025 (01:24:34) Hollow Knight: Silksong | [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] | Sep 04, 2025 (01:24:59) Fortnite | [Android, iOS, Xbox One, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4] | Jun 29, 2020 (01:49:40) Second Break (01:49:44) New Dead Rising in the works? (01:56:31) Control: Resonant is trademarked ahead of the Game Awards... (02:03:00) Of course they are still going to make Hitman! (02:08:55) Should we better recognize the performance capture for characters? (02:17:12) What's next for Metal Gear? Probably nothing around Sons of the Patriots (02:22:37) Emails (02:31:52) Wrapping up and thanks (02:36:28) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (02:39:02) Nextlander content updates (02:42:41) See ya!
It's James from SurvivalPunk.com, and this morning the fog is thick enough to feel like Silent Hill. One of my headlights is probably pointing toward the sky like a drunk lighthouse, but that's a problem for later. Right now, we're diving into a topic I'm uniquely qualified to talk about because I've done it myself: building your ultimate survival shed.
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This weeks crew: Webby, Darren, Brooksy Games discussed this week include: Battlefield 6, Hitman Absolution, Cyberpunk, Where Winds Meet, Minecraft, GT7, F1 25, Call of Duty, Fortnite, The Complex, Silent Hill 2, Wanderer Fragments of Fate, Uncharted, Space Marine 2. Not loads of news this week but we run down a few bits including hardware sales stats, PS+ monthly games and more. https://www.patreon.com/360gamercast https://discord.gg/CqDMSg9 https://www.facebook.com/groups/360gamercast/ https://twitter.com/Webby360G https://twitter.com/360GamerCast All Access Patrons - John Smith
It's James from SurvivalPunk.com, and this morning the fog is thick enough to feel like Silent Hill. One of my headlights is probably pointing toward the sky like a drunk lighthouse, but that's a problem for later. Right now, we're diving into a topic I'm uniquely qualified to talk about because I've done it myself: building your ultimate survival shed. "Building Your Ultimate Survival Shed | Episode 554" The post Building Your Ultimate Survival Shed | Episode 554 appeared first on Survivalpunk.
We recap some of the announcements from the Xbox Partner Preview for November 2025 and discuss a bunch of games we've been playing recently including Silent Hill f, Kirby Air Riders, Voidtrain, Absolum, Hades II, Dispatch and Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked.
Inspired by Silent Hill f's "optional" ending that requires 4 playthroughs, we decided to dig in on what "optional" really even means. To the point that, actually, we're not sure we even know! MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.orgCome join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclubPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgTODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSChris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFanJustin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycoolNicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUgCHAPTERS00:00 We promise you will be confused too07:31 We begin to talk ABOUT optional content instead of the term itself12:34 On the utility of "secret" (missable) endings in games20:00 Bringing it back on track to what "optional" means27:06 Is the apex of challenge the point in Dark Souls? Or are the credits the point?34:34 To put it another way, if the hardest challenge is up front, what's he point in the rest of it?41:22 We just need better terms, perhaps48:32 Power Stars versus Far Cry waypoints51:33 Who would win, Crub or the 1994 Birmingham Barons? (Chef Kilo) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Brad and Vinny produce the rare duos podcast this week with deep(er) dives into Silent Hill f and Hollow Knight: Silksong, a look at The Séance of Blake Manor, the new Vampire Survivors quasi-sequel, Valve's comments on Steam Machine pricing/Linux anti-cheat/Half-Life 3, the passing of Udo Kier, Thanksgiving turkey (and other fowl) strategies, our annual recitation of Final Fantasy character names, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:06:07) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025 (00:23:50) First Break (00:23:54) The Séance of Blake Manor | [Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Oct 27, 2025 (00:31:54) Hollow Knight: Silksong | [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] | Sep 04, 2025 (00:33:29) [SPOILERS] Some Silksong items, areas, and encounters (00:50:47) Fortnite: Chapter 6 - Mini Season 2: The Simpsons | [Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] | Nov 01, 2025 (00:55:05) Second Break (00:55:09) More updates about the Steam Machine (01:15:55) What's next for the Vampire Survivors folks? (01:19:29) Will we see more of Naughty Dog's Intergalactic soon? (01:24:40) Udo Kier has passed away at 81 (01:28:01) Emails (01:51:05) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:55:24) See ya!
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on 2001's Pikmin. We set the game in its time and then spend a lot of time talking about putting Nintendo's spin on the RTS on a console. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: The first few days Issues covered: a well-trod year, some MMO history, the GameCube at LucasArts, playing PC vs console, playing PC RTSes of the time, history with Pikmin, keeping an eye on Nintendo making and entering genre spaces, making a thing on controller first rather than jamming in a KBM game, Tim talks about his favorite controller again, inspirations, being embodied in the world vs the god's-eye view, the simplicity of the ship pieces and setup, Nintendo's open world game, meteors vs meteoroids, the puzzle RTS, making the environment more of the enemy than the creatures, lightly building an army, trading pikmin for time vs the heavy pieces, task-based challenges, spreading your army but limitations due to movement and level design, the Forest's Navel, moving to avatar-based RTSes and MOBAs, wanting to play the prototypes, forks in strategy games this year, the simplicity of verbs due to Olimar's centrality, limiting your verbs due to the controller, the cognitive overload of the PC RTS, diversions into Valve, where we're playing, letting go of accuracy and min/maxing, chunky buttons. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Calvin & Hobbes, Reed Knight, Halo: Combat Evolved, GTA III, Silent Hill 2, Ico, Civ III, Anachronox, Animal Crossing, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, MGS 2: Sons of Liberty, Final Fantasy X, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Super Smash Melee, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, Jak & Daxter, Game Boy Advance, Advance Wars, Max Payne, Black & White, Dark Age of Camelot, Everquest, Matt Firor, Zenimax Online Studios, Shigeru Miyamoto, Eternal Darkness, Baldur's Gate II, Andrew Kirmse, StarCraft, Blizzard, Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios, Microsoft, Homeworld, Paul Pierce, Haden Blackman, Behind the Magic, Starfighter (series), Republic Commando, Nintendo64, Warcraft (series), Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64, Splatoon, Metroid Prime, Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, GoldenEye, Nintendo Switch, Deadly Premonition, Blade Runner, Alien, Star Wars, X-Files, Twin Peaks, Breath of the Wild, The Witcher III, Assassin's Creed, Command & Conquer (series), Company of Heroes, Orcs Must Die, Dynasty Warriors (series), Calamity Nolan, Satoru Iwata, Peter Molyneux, Populous, Total Annihilation, DotA, Valve, IceFrog, Chet Faliszek, Wii, Chris Hecker, Outer Wilds, Far Cry 2, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: More Pikmin (or possibly something else) Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com
This week, we're returning to Silent Hill yet again to discuss the survival horror series newest offering; Silent Hill F. What does the F stand for? Well no spoilers but my current best guess is frenemy. Music: "Baby You Change Your Mind" by Nouvellas
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Rand and Jez return with another Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk the Xbox Partner Preview event, The Game Awards nominees, Battlefield beating out Call of Duty in first weekend sales, and much more.
This week we dig into hot, brand-new video games like Metal Gear Solid and Nier: Automata, plus Lumines Arise's multiplayer, the ending chapters of Dispatch, Sektori, whatever's going on with Ubisoft, the loss of "Burger" Becky Heineman, Megabonk's stand-up Game Awards move, a "will it come out in 2026" quiz, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:01:23) Some pure personal project nonsense (00:05:57) That TV project is almost done! (00:12:22) Extra Life 2025! (00:18:25) Dispatch | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Oct 22, 2025 (00:32:58) First Break (00:36:49) Lumines Arise | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR] | Nov 11, 2025 (00:54:36) Sektori | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Nov 18, 2025 (01:01:05) Plenty of games too play! (01:02:07) Hollow Knight: Silksong | [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] | Sep 04, 2025 (01:03:12) Morsels | [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Nov 18, 2025 (01:05:46) Metal Gear Solid | [PlayStation] | Oct 20, 1998 (01:19:07) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025 (01:22:22) Second Break (01:22:32) What is happening at Ubisoft? (01:32:10) Rebecca Heineman has passed away (01:38:54) Yoko Taro is still trying to make games! (01:42:34) Megabonk and The Game Awards (01:52:03) Will Concord be playable again? (02:01:16) Emails (02:32:21) Wrapping up and thanks (02:37:57) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
Xbox's big bet for bringing PCs to the living room has officially been undercut. This week, Valve announced three (!) different pieces of hardware. First, there is the Steam Machine, which serves as the strongest competitor to consoles. While still very much a PC, the Steam Machine packs a lot of punch for a small device and could be a force if priced well. Second, a brand new VR headset in the Steam Frame. Despite Meta having massive first-party support, Valve has decided to challenge a space that many of us thought was finished growing. Third, and finally, is a Steam Controller. It's horrendous looking and makes the Duke look ergonomic. How does Valve's aggressive hardware plans disrupt Xbox and does any lingering appeal for the PC in the living room by Xbox remain? The Dukes unite and dive straight in. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:08:49 - The Hair Crisis0:13:57 - Halo Infinite support is ending0:21:59 - Former Nintendo President opens up on Xbox and Switch 20:31:59 - State Of Play Japan reactions0:47:15 Arc Raiders is a smash hit0:57:04 - GTA 6 has been delayed1:09:02 - Take Two proves great narrative games sell well1:13:02 - Borderlands 4 sales are soft1:18:58 - Dispatch sells over 1 million copies1:20:47 - Ghost Of Yotei sells over 3 million copies1:23:00 - BioWare and EA recommit to Mass Effect1:42:28 - Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra has been delayed1:44:35 - Silent Hill 2's Xbox release date leaks1:48:42 - Nintendo first party are using game key cards1:51:07 - Square Enix undergoes layoffs and drops new roadmap2:03:02 - Trails In The Sky Remake 2 confirmed for 20262:05:54 - What We're Playing3:00:07 - Valve announces Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller3:28:55 - Todd Howard interview3:42:30 - Avowed 2 is in the cards, but not Outer Worlds 3? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices