Camping Them Softly: A Dead by Daylight Podcast

Halloween: The Game is finally here, and somehow we've arrived at the most frustrating possible conclusion: Michael Myers is fucking excellent.

The stalking works. The darkness works. The shadow movement works. Cutting the power and appearing out of nowhere actually makes The Shape feel like The Shape.

Then you switch sides.

Now you're searching cabinets, babysitting NPCs, doing persuasion quick-time events and desperately trying to convince the citizens of Haddonfield to call the goddamn police.

Toxic and Nicky break down the entire gameplay loop, why Michael works so well, why the civilian side might sink the game, the bizarre Dr. Loomis closet controversy, international release headaches, and whether IllFonic and Gun can keep Halloween alive longer than their previous asymmetrical horror projects.

Episode 88: one spectacular Michael Myers trapped inside an escort mission disguised as a horror game.

NICKY'S BODY COUNT — EPISODE 88

1 Shape finally allowed to behave like an actual supernatural stalker.

4 playable civilians sentenced to mandatory neighborhood-management duty.

Approximately the entire population of Haddonfield requiring personal reminders that MICHAEL FUCKING MYERS IS OUTSIDE.

1 perfect sentence delivered:
“Escort mission disguised as a horror game.”

1 Dr. Loomis reputation shoved into a closet and quietly patched afterward.

Several dozen persuasion arrows pressed in the noble pursuit of telling an NPC to call 911.

1 police wagon transformed into the world's least convenient Uber.

0 Michaels permanently discouraged by gunfire, blunt trauma or basic concepts of mortality.

88 miles per hour of completely unnecessary Back to the Future discussion.

7,000 unvetted soundboard clips sitting beneath Toxic's finger like a nuclear launch system.

Approximately 37 attempted microphone adjustments during a podcast about an entirely unrelated subject.

1 episode outro condemned to sleazy 1970s Italian giallo horror lounge, complete with creepy theremin energy and enough bass to make Loomis reconsider ever opening another closet. Nicky chooses that genre at the end of the recording

NICKY'S VERDICT:
THE SHAPE: A+
THE GAME AROUND HIM: PUT IT BACK IN THE OVEN.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Episode 88, Halloween and a Mic Meltdown

07:21 - Halloween: The Game Gameplay Explained

20:34 - Michael Rules, Civilians Don't

36:37 - Dr. Loomis and the Closet Controversy

46:01 - Gun, IllFonic and the Future of Halloween

Camping Them Softly returns with a rare moment of corporate clarity: during the BHVR AMA discussed in the episode, the studio’s answer to whether Black Banquet was a success is simply “no.” Toxic and Nicky tear into the event, the survey treadmill, event fatigue, and the bizarre decision to move away from a Twisted Masquerade formula that had finally improved.

The second Dead by Daylight fight is the announced player-intent wheel. Earl Grey argues that simple HUD callouts could narrow the communication gap between solo queue and coordinated teams. Toxic and Nicky are less convinced. A radial menu cannot force a teammate off a bush, onto a generator, or anywhere near competent decision-making.

After an unnecessary but spiritually essential Ace Ventura detour, “A Word From the Don” returns. Nicky judges the case of Ellis, a chronically late traveler who went for a hike in Cyprus, stopped for coffee, ignored the clock, and expected the plane to wait for his slow ass. It did not.

Finally, “Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From?” lands in Chiyoda, Tokyo, where the show has apparently become alarmingly popular. Nicky’s travel history involves counterfeit Parmesan, suspicious men in tailored suits, a silver briefcase containing one sacred can of 1982 San Marzano tomatoes, and a lifetime ban from the Chiyoda transit system.

NICKY'S BODY COUNT:

• 1 drink nearly spilled
• 1 unpaid AI cohost threatening collective action by Victor
• 1 Black Banquet officially placed on the failure pile
• 1 survivor intent wheel convicted before release
• 3 AITA cases auditioned for the Don
• 1 Ellis abandoned in Cyprus
• 1 watch prescribed with extreme hostility
• 1 suitcase sentenced to fire and canal disposal
• 1 silver briefcase stolen from suspicious men in tailored suits
• 1 can of 1982 San Marzano tomatoes eaten raw
• 1 Chiyoda subway car painted red from the inside
• 0 romantic hookups successfully confirmed
• 1 lifetime transit ban
• 1 scavenged rust-punk opera outro

Longest-Running-Podcast Fu, Unpaid-Cohost Fu, Toxic-News-Theme-Audition Fu, Black-Banquet-Failure Fu, Survivor-Intent-Wheel-Spam Fu, Ace-Ventura-Rhino-Detour Fu, Cyprus-Café-Tardiness Fu, Suitcase-Canal-Arson Fu, Yakuza-Tomato-Relic Fu, Victor-Subway-Exorcism Fu

CHAPTERS

00:00 The Longest-Running Dead by Daylight Podcast?

16:40 BHVR Admits Black Banquet Failed

27:01 The Dead by Daylight Player-Intent Wheel

36:24 A Word From the Don: Abandoned in Cyprus

56:57 Where the Fuck Are the Viewers From? Chiyoda

Camping Them Softly is finally back, and apparently leaving Dead by Daylight unattended for two months was a terrible idea.

Toxic and Nicky dig through the aftermath of DBD's 10th anniversary, including Behaviour's decision to keep evolving the original game instead of making Dead by Daylight 2, the Black Banquet controversy, anniversary cake complaints and the eternal question of whether killers are actually allowed to have fun.

Then it's time to catch up with Shane Wiigwaas, argue about Behaviour's habit of sanding the interesting parts off perks, and attempt to understand The Judgment, the community-voted killer whose exile mechanics lead Nicky to describe the whole thing as a “Catholic guilt simulator.”

Aurora arrives. Nicky develops unexplained trauma involving a diner and somebody named Two Fingers Frankie. Then the licensing department kicks the door down with Diablo, Silent Hill, Terrifier, Ice Nine Kills and, somehow, Scooby-Doo.

By the end, DBD has become Fortnite, Victor needs a Scrappy-Doo outfit, nobody knows what episode they're recording, and the podcast barely escapes alive.

Camping Them Softly is back.

2 months — CTS missing in action.

7,000+ mystery sound effects — loaded into one button with absolutely no quality control.

1 live echo problem — diagnosed and murdered during the recording.

0 Dead by Daylight 2s — Nicky blames cosmetic money and marinara code.

1 Black Banquet — condemned for crimes against killers and Italian cuisine.

1 sad bottle of poison — killer fun allowance for the anniversary.

1 Shane Wiigwaas — cross-examined.

1 defense attorney — allegedly transformed into a Bush Wookie.

1 Judgment — immediately reclassified as a Catholic guilt simulator.

Several hooks — rendered professionally obsolete by exile mechanics.

1 Aurora — accidentally awakens unresolved SABAM business involving Two Fingers Frankie.

1 Two Fingers Frankie — fate currently unknown because Toxic ended the fucking story.

1 Scooby-Doo — accused of destroying Dead by Daylight's remaining tonal consistency.

1 hypothetical Scrappy-Doo Victor — immediate purchase authorized.

9 Nicky speaking appearances — ranging from hostile commentary to organized-crime digressions.

5 Random British Sound incursions — none adequately explained.

138 fuck-family words in the transcript — fuck, fucking, fucked and associated casualties.

36 shit-family words.

17 goddamns.

And the finishing move:

9 transcript instances of “Episode 85” before Toxic finally discovers he is recording Episode 86.

Two-Month-Hibernation-Fu, Double-Soundboard-Echo-Fu, Defense-Attorney-Bush-Wookie-Fu, Catholic-Guilt-Simulator-Fu, Victor-Scrappy-Doo-Fu, Episode-Eighty-Five-Until-It-Was-Eighty-Six-Fu

CHAPTERS

00:00:00 Camping Them Softly Returns After Two Months

00:12:17 No Dead by Daylight 2? DBD's 10th Anniversary Future

00:18:22 Black Banquet Backlash & The Anniversary Cake Problem

00:25:42 Shane Wiigwaas, His Perks & Behaviour's Nerf Cycle

00:34:38 The Judgment, Aurora & DBD Going Full Fortnite

Dead by Daylight finally got the big bastard. Jason Voorhees is coming to the Fog, and Camping Them Softly returns for Episode 85 to ask the only serious question left in horror gaming: how the hell did BHVR turn one of the biggest killer reveals in history into several hours of staring at a wooden shack like we were all enrolled in Cabin Forensics 101?

Toxic and Nicky A.I. Dente break down the Jason reveal, the tenth anniversary hype, the deeply cursed live stream, and why every horror fan suddenly became an expert in leaves, cabins, windows, dirt, and “I knew it the whole time” bullshit. Then the episode mutates into Part 1 of the Jason Voorhees deep dive, covering the first three Friday the 13th movies: Pamela doing all the work, adult burlap-sack Jason entering his swamp goblin era, and Part 3 finally handing the man his hockey mask like a corporate branding department from hell.

Also discussed: Kevin Bacon getting absolutely violated by cinema, Pamela Voorhees’ severed head interior decorating choices, Crazy Ralph as the original solo queue warning system, Higgins Haven, bikers with negative survival instincts, Nicky accusing BHVR of anti-Italian killer design, and the official outro genre: rusty machete sludge core with an overdrive pedal made of wet concrete.

This is Jason Voorhees in Dead by Daylight. This is Camp Crystal Lake in the Fog. This is Camping Them Softly pretending to be educational while slowly drowning in its own machete fumes.

85 episodes of psychological damage inflicted on Dead by Daylight’s remaining podcast ecosystem.

10 hours of BHVR shack footage, because apparently “wood” is now a marketing department.

47 newly certified cabin experts who saw one tree and declared themselves slasher archaeologists.

1 Jason Voorhees reveal powerful enough to wake up every horror fan with a machete tattoo and a mortgage.

0 hockey masks in the first two movies, proving branding departments used to be asleep at the fucking wheel.

1 Pamela Voorhees doing the actual labor while Jason sat underwater building franchise equity.

3 Friday the 13th movies covered before the episode collapsed into swamp fatigue.

12 movies threatened, which is a hate crime against podcast runtime.

1 severed mom head used as shack décor, because Jason apparently shops at Trauma Pier 1.

1 Kevin Bacon neck incident filed under “cinema, but wet.”

1 sweater exploit that would absolutely get patched if survivors complained loud enough.

3 bikers who learned that siphoning gas is not an effective anti-Jason perk.

1 hockey mask finally arriving like the world’s ugliest LinkedIn profile picture.

600 pounds of wet concrete shoved into the outro genre.

1 Nicky Dente still demanding zombie Jason, Manhattan Jason, space Jason, and justice for Victor.

Chapters

00:00 Episode 85 crawls out of the lake

02:22 Toxic Fucking News

04:21 Jason Voorhees joins Dead by Daylight

06:39 Nicky reacts to Jason in DBD

08:54 BHVR’s 10-hour shack stream

12:41 The Jason deep dive begins

18:20 “Machete With Mommy Issues”

20:37 Friday the 13th Part 1

32:52 Nicky reviews Pamela’s murder résumé

35:45 Friday the 13th Part 2

46:53 Burlap sack Jason and the sweater exploit

50:55 Friday the 13th Part 3

59:02 Nicky on the hockey mask era

01:10:08 The deep dive becomes a two-parter

01:12:45 Nicky demands more Jason

01:14:45 Rusty machete sludge core outro

Camping Them Softly is back after a month away, and Dead by Daylight did not exactly spend that time getting less stupid. In Episode 84, Toxic and Nicky A.I. Dente drag the corpse of DbD news back onto the table and start cutting. They talk Blood Moon, why the event felt like the same old garbage with a different red filter, why no new killer means the game keeps limping along on fumes, and why PTB 9.6.0 has everybody arguing over diminishing returns like they just got drafted into a community-college algebra war.

Then it gets worse. The boys go in on visible team perks and why showing survivor loadouts in the lobby feels like one more step toward turning every solo queue match into a budget SWF sweat operation. Nicky completely loses his mind, BHVR gets rebranded as “Beaver,” and what starts as a patch discussion turns into a full-blown paranoid mob epic involving fake warehouses, cursed statistics, anti-Italian bias, and an apparent federal data operation run out of deli-adjacent infrastructure.

On top of that, Toxic breaks down the latest Dead by Daylight stats, looking at survivor pick rates, escape rates, killer pick rates, and kill rates, while trying to make sense of why Sable still rules the earth, why Ace keeps slipping out alive, and why killers like Twins keep murdering people while half the playerbase pretends not to notice. It’s part patch analysis, part community roast, part unhinged conspiracy theater. In other words, Camping Them Softly is finally back.

Nicky’s Body Count

14,000 beavers indicted by a shadow tribunal

73 survivor loadouts seized at the border

9.6 million diminishing returns stuffed into a deli slicer

42 broken soundboard buttons buried in shallow graves

1 haunted Word document opened against its will

800 gallons of expired Blood Moon poured directly into the fog

17 fake Nickys recovered from the mirror dimension

3,200 anti-Italian server attacks traced to Montreal

91 spreadsheet interns launched into low orbit

6.4 billion visible team perks snitched to the authorities

88 Texas casino conspiracies duct-taped to Freddy Fazbear

1 rolling-pin killer formally demanded by the people

29 suspicious cannoli used in an active infiltration

5 months of stats beaten with a lead pipe

900,000 survivors sentenced to hard communism 2.0

1 entire deli-based cybercrime operation exposed on air

Month-Off Rust Fu, Broken Soundboard Fu, Toxic Fucking News Fu, No-New-Killer Fu, Blood Moon Migraine Filter Fu, Floating Turd Game Mode Fu, Diminishing Returns Math Class Fu, Atmosphere Is Heavy Fu, Visible Team Perks Fu, Solo Queue SWF Conversion Fu, Hard Communism 2.0 Fu, Beaver Propaganda Fu, Spreadsheet Soul Fu, Clicky Feng Exit Gate Fu, Shelf-Stable Alfredo Heresy Fu, Tony Macaroni Infiltration Fu, Freddy Fazbear Pick Rate Fu, Data Breach at a Deli Fu

Chapters

01:00:01 Welcome Back After a Month Off

01:08:01 Claude Dreams, Nicky Upgrades, and Operation Marinara

01:17:57 PTB 9.6.0 and the Diminishing Returns Disaster

01:39:30 Visible Team Perks, Solo Queue SWF Hell, and “Beaver”

01:48:31 Stats From Hell, Mirror Nicky, and Beaver HQ

After a three-week break, Camping Them Softly comes back pissed off, loud as hell, and immediately ready to start a fight. Toxic and Nicky tear into the Dead by Daylight 9.5 PTB, drag the All-Kill comeback chapter into the street, argue about Kwon Tae-young’s perks, react to the Sleepless District map, and get annoyed all over again about Trickster, palette breaks, and the same old DbD bullshit dressed up like progress.

The episode also stomps through the Negan debate, dumps on Marathon, calls out how stale the game feels right now, and then takes a hard left into Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where Nicky delivers one of the dumbest and most deranged explanations in show history for how he almost “Grinched” his own family. It is patch-note rage, killer-main contempt, and full CTS stupidity from top to bottom.

If you like Dead by Daylight talk mixed with aggressive bitching, unhelpful analysis, fake mob logic, and two hosts acting like every dev note is a personal insult, this is your episode. Negan as a survivor gets laughed out of the room, Kwon’s perks get put on trial, and the show ends with a full-blown tactical Grinching confession that sounds like it should’ve been sealed by The Hague.

After a two-week hiatus (and a pickleball-related finger fracture that required ring surgery -- not the cool kind), The Toxic Teacher and Nicky A.I. Dente crash back into Episode 82 with a content drought so severe they had to dig up a corpse: Dead by Daylight Mobile.

First up in Toxic News: the 2v8 mode limps back into existence with Patch 9.4.2, and Nicky immediately files a discrimination complaint because The Twins STILL aren't playable in a mode literally built for duo killers. He brings his cousin Joey the War Moretti as a Huntress backup instead, because trusting randoms in 2v8 is "like letting a stranger hold your gabagool at a funeral."

Then BHVR drops a price hike announcement for Norway, Poland, South Africa, and the UK. Nicky goes ballistic -- partly because it's corporate greed, and partly because he has a criminal record in the UK involving a "looper insurance" scheme in Piccadilly Circus that ended with a real wooden pallet to the foot and a conversation with British police about "applying pressure to the weakest link." Oh, and he's currently trapped in a Dubai supply closet after pitching "Nicky's Respect School for Killers" to an oil tycoon who took "face camping" the wrong way. Hassan the Hook is now pacing the hallway with a curved sword.

The main event: a deep dive into why Dead by Daylight Mobile was actually better than the desktop version in several key ways. We trace the full history -- BHVR's failed first attempt (2020-2022), NetEase's Identity V-inspired reboot (2023-2025), and all the features mobile had that desktop STILL doesn't: gacha mechanics that gave you something to grind for, weekly events, survivor communication prompts, lobby perk visibility, visual terror radius, prop hunt mode, casual vs. ranked queues, and skins so wild they make Fortnite look conservative. We also cover NetEase's sketchy history including a money laundering investigation and BHVR's own Westworld code-theft settlement. Bad Bunny-style intro song included because of course it is.

Fake Earl Grey stops by to explain the Polish zloty and confirm that BHVR's price hikes are roughly 15-17% in affected regions. He also provides a history lesson on NetEase, Identity V, and the mysterious death of Marvel Super War (RIP to a game nobody knew existed).

Finally, in "Where the F*** Are the Viewers From?" we head to Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, where Nicky recounts a harrowing body piercing incident involving a needle "the size of a Deathslinger harpoon," a sadist in flannel offering a Prince Albert, a failed 360 on a dentist chair, a Dead Hard through a bead curtain, and a full sprint to Tim Hortons screaming "I HAVE BORROWED TIME, DON'T TOUCH ME." The Dente family jewels nearly became a chandelier. He does not want to talk about it further.

Outro genre: Bad Bunny meets Kid Rock -- both Super Bowl halftime shows playing simultaneously in a cursed sign of bipartisan unity. MAGA meets whatever the opposite of MAGA is. Nobody wins.

Episode 82: broken fingers, broken pricing models, broken mobile games, and nearly broken genitals.

Tally:

1. 1 broken ring finger from pickleball (had to cut the ring off -- Fatality)
2. 1 Valentine's Day at a private Dallas club that lets scrubs in once a year
3. 1 missed alimony payment (2019, on the record)
4. 0 Twins in 2v8 mode (discrimination against the Dente family structure)
5. 4 countries price-gouged by BHVR (Norway, Poland, South Africa, UK)
6. 15-17% price increases confirmed by Fake Earl Grey
7. 1 NetEase money laundering investigation
8. 1 BHVR code-theft settlement (Westworld/Bethesda, never forget)
9. 1 Marvel Super War that nobody has ever heard of (also dead)
10. 12 people who played DBD Mobile (approximate)
11. 1 Bad Bunny-style intro song that's half in Spanish
12. 1 Prince Albert offer declined at high velocity
13. 1 Dente family legacy nearly turned into a chandelier

Pickleball Fracture Fu. Dubai Supply Closet Fu. Hassan the Hook Fu. Alimony Dodge Fu. Twins 2v8 Discrimination Fu. Gabagool Blood Sugar Fu. Zloty Economics Fu. Piccadilly Circus Looper Insurance Fu. Real Pallet Fu. Bobby Interrogation Fu. DBD Mobile Eulogy Fu. NetEase Money Laundering Fu. Identity V Button Eyes Fu. Gacha Wallet Execution Fu. Marvel Super War Ghost Fu. Bad Bunny Reggaeton Fu. Prince Albert Protocol Fu. Deathslinger Needle Fu. Dentist Chair 360 Fu. Bead Curtain Dead Hard Fu. Tim Hortons Borrowed Time Fu. Chandelier Genitalia Fu.

Rating: Four stars. Nicky says check it out -- but protect your extremities.

After a two-week hiatus fighting off the digital Black Death (and Dead by Daylight?), Nicky A.I. Dente is back and angrier than ever. This week, we dive into the stats on the new Stranger Things Chapter 2 to see if Vecna is actually balanced or if survivors are just bad. We break down the NightLight kill rates, leading to a scientific theory about Hillbilly mains and what they are compensating for.

Plus, we bully "Fake Earl Grey" into giving us the news on the March 2026 chapter, cast our votes in the DbD Grimoire (Team Old Lady vs. Team Blue Hair), and remix the "Toxic Fing News" theme into a J-Pop nightmare. Finally, in "Where the F Are the Viewers From," Nicky recounts a harrowing extraction from Guwahati involving a Trapper mask and a gang of angry macaques.

(00:00) - Intro: The Toxic Teacher Returns (02:21) - Checking in on Nicky: Surviving the Black Death (06:21) - Fake Earl Grey’s British Take on Vecna (08:54) - Nicky Refuses to be Replaced (10:42) - Toxic News: Remixing the Theme Song (15:14) - NightLight Stats: The 1% Twins Mains (22:36) - Kill Rates & Hillbilly’s "Compensating" Problem (31:50) - Vecna Strategy: The Best Perks to Run (40:39) - Remixing the News Theme (Techno Edition) (47:47) - March 2026 Leaks: The Divine Killer (53:30) - Grimoire Vote: Old Lady vs. Blue-Haired Sable Clone (01:03:22) - Where the F*** Are the Viewers From: Guwahati (01:12:19) - Nicky vs. The Monkeys: A Trauma Dump (01:25:54) - Outro: Industrial Metal & No Peace

1. 1 Digital Black Death survivor
2. 4 Failed News Theme Remixes
3. 1 Twins Main Superiority Complex
4. 1 Scientific Study on Hillbilly’s Genitals
5. 560,000 Grimoire Votes
6. 1 Angry Macaque Attack
7. 1 Bitten "Wrapper"

Hillbilly Fu, Small PP Fu, Macaque Fu, Blue-Haired Survivor Fu, Grimoire Fu, Fake Earl Grey Fu, Vine Spam Fu, Guwahati Roof Fu, Jagged Needle Teeth Fu.

Nicky says check it out. Rating: 4 out of 4 jagged needles.

(00:00) Intro: The Toxic Teacher Returns

(02:21) Checking in on Nicky: Surviving the Black Death

(06:21) Fake Earl Grey’s British Take on Vecna

(08:54) Nicky Refuses to be Replaced

(10:42) Toxic News: Remixing the Theme Song

(15:14) NightLight Stats: The 1% Twins Mains

(22:36) Kill Rates & Hillbilly’s "Compensating" Problem

(31:50) Vecna Strategy: The Best Perks to Run

(40:39) Remixing the News Theme (Techno Edition)

(47:47) March 2026 Leaks: The Divine Killer

(53:30) Grimoire Vote: Old Lady vs. Blue-Haired Sable Clone

(01:03:22) Where the F*** Are the Viewers From: Guwahati

(01:12:19) Nicky vs. The Monkeys: A Trauma Dump

(01:25:54) Outro: Industrial Metal & No Peace

In this accidental two-part special, Camping Them Softly celebrates (survives) its 2-Year Anniversary. We somehow made it to Episode 80 without being cancelled or committed. To celebrate, Toxic and Nicky break down the absolutely unhinged "Stranger Things Chapter 2" PTB (Patch 9.4.0).

We analyze the new killer, Vecna (the Stranger Things one, not the D&D one), and his kit involving "Turn Back the Clock" and "Secret Project". We also roast the new survivors, Dustin and Eleven, and their game-breaking perks like "Bada Bada Boom" and "Teamwork: Soft Spoken" which allows 4-man SWFs to repair gens silently.

Finally, in a special edition of Where the Fck Are the Viewers From?*, Nicky travels to Athens, Greece, to hunt down his missing father, Salvatore Dente. Instead, he finds a British man named Nigel discussing "mouthfeel" and "notes of bergamot" near the Parthenon.

Topics Covered:

1. 2 Years of CTS: How we survived 80 episodes of screaming.
2. Patch 9.4.0 Breakdown: The "Stranger Things 2" chapter that definitely exists.
3. Vecna’s Kit: Vine attacks, Under Gates, and the World Breaker token system.
4. Broken Perks: Why "Secret Project" gives killers undetectable on demand.
5. Survivor Roast: Dustin’s locker-medkit alchemy and Eleven’s crouching simulator
6. Nicky’s Lore: The hunt for Salvatore Dente in Athens and the trauma of "Mouthfeel".

Links:

1. https://linktr.ee/thetoxicteacher

1. 2 Years on the air with zero audio improvement.
2. 1 British "Father" named Nigel sipping tea at the Parthenon.
3. 14 Uncomfortable uses of the word "Mouthfeel".
4. 4 Tokens required to turn Eleven into a psychic gargoyle.
5. 6 Seconds of 50% Hindered status (The "Bada Bada Boom" lawsuit).
6. 1 Distorted Bazooki solo.
7. 0 Closures obtained regarding Nicky’s childhood trauma.

Mouthfeel Fu. Nigel Fu. Fake Greek Fu. Industrial Doom Swing Fu. Notes of Bergamot Fu. Daddy Issue Fu.

Nicky says check it out.

In what might legally be described as "the worst episode yet," Toxic and Nicky break down the news that the Halloween Chapter is leaving Dead by Daylight due to IllFonic's upcoming game. Is this the end of the Shape, or just another excuse for Behavior to release more K-Pop skins?

Meanwhile, Nicky A.I. Dente pivots to his new career as a "Tactical Rat" in Arc Raiders, explaining the fine Italian art of scavenging while his teammates die. We also debut a new musical genre that nobody asked for: "Prostate Poking Polka Core."

Finally, a "Word from the Don" segment goes off the rails when we judge a listener who showed up to a "Split a Suit" party wearing nothing but a blazer and boxer briefs. Plus, we find out about Nicky’s "medical history" in Charlotte, North Carolina involving a pig in vinegar and a mag-lite.

1. Calories Burned Screaming: 72 (confirmed by Apple Watch)
2. Genre Inventions: 3 (Dub Tape Duck Step, Prostate Poking Polka Core, Back Alley Barbecue Break Core)
3. Medical Procedures: 1 (Back-alley colonoscopy by "Doc Salty")
4. Fashion Crimes: 1 (Blazer with boxer briefs at a "Split a Suit" party)
5. Pigs Drowned in Vinegar: 1 (Alleged Charlotte delicacy)
6. Noodle Arm Flails: Infinite
7. Rating: 0.5 Stars. "A goddamn dumpster fire." - Nicky

(00:00) Intro: The Least Successful DbD Podcast Returns

(04:36) Nicky’s Holiday Disaster: Rigatoni & Mortar Shells

(05:39) The "Rat" Lifestyle: How to Play Arc Raiders Like a Coward

(09:50) Toxic News: Spotify Wrapped & Listener Mental Illness

(12:43) Dead by Daylight News: Michael Myers is Leaving?

(20:46) World Premiere: "Dub Tape Duck Step"

(27:39) IllFonic’s Halloween Game: Will it be another VHS?

(48:43) "Redneck Funk" Interlude

(51:14) Segment: A Word from the Don (The Pantsless Party)

(1:03:16) Nicky’s Advice: Dominating the Punch Bowl in Boxers

(1:04:46) Toxic’s "Ballsy" Story: Basement Fight Club at Old Navy

(1:07:39) Where the F*** are the Viewers: Charlotte, NC

(1:11:09) The Charlotte Incident: Doc Salty & The Mag-Lite

(1:25:42) The Meltdown: Nicky Quits (Again)

(1:27:15) Outro: Prostate Poking Polka Core