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Fulfilling a promise set in stone eons ago (it was last year in the Crimson Butterflies episode) Thomas Wilde and Will Borger return to talk about Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. This cult hit on the gamecube was the sophmore follow-up from the team that created Blood Omen (ignore that half the switched studios to make Soul Reaver), Eternal Darkness was the first M-Rated game published directly by Nintendo. It's a mind-bending, globe-trotting, time-bending tale of eldritch horror never since attempted. Is there a reason such horrors were left buried?

Also this episode might as well be considered a double-feature about Silent Hill 2.

00:32 - The Scream Team Reunites

Watcha Playin'

02:04 - Golden Wiiklies October League

08:03 - Fear the Spotlight (2024)

18:23 - Straftat (2024)

23:16 - The Bridge Curse 2: Extraction (2024)

30:18 - Signalis (2022)

Variety Minute

40:14 - The Great Silent Hill 2 Debate

Game of the Week

1:18:35 - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)

2:04:40 - Plugs and Farewells

On this prelude to All Hallow's Eve, Bro and Murph have a bad idea and decide to talk about FNAF on the internet. Specifically the trilogy of Five Nights at Freddy's 1,2, & 3.. To help them in this endeavor they recruit the Champion of Bad Ideas, Froo from This Podcast is a Bad Idea. Deep lore is shared (not about the games, but the guests) and a dissection of Freddy's appeal is attempted.

00:57 - Froo is Here!

05:20 - What kind of Gamer is Froo?

Watcha Playin

07:39 - Cookie Clicker (2013)

09:14 - Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom (2024)

15:05 - Crow Country (2024)

20:40 - Dead Rising: Deluxe Remake (2024)

25:00 - Townscaper (2021)

29:00 - Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (2024)

32:16 - Astro Bot (2024)

34:57 - Roblox: Dress to Impress (2024)

42:34 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023)

Variety Minute

51:35 - Video Game Merchandise

Game of the Week

1:15:58 - Five Nights At Freddy's (2014)

1:30:10 - Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2014)

1:40:20 - Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (2015)

1:52:24 - FNAF Bonus Talk

2:10:00 - Plugs and Farewells

Normally we have a Castlevania episode for October, but this year Bro and Murph wanted to give host to a very different kind of vampire, one that wavers much further from already thin line between living and dead that his kind walk. Legacy of Kain expert Brendan Hesse is summoned to talk about Soul Reaver, the immediate sequel to Blood Omen (there's also a Blood Omen 2, but don't worry about that). This cult classic of the Dreamcast is known for it's gothic mood and superb writing, but can all that sustain the number of sliding block puzzles you must do?

This episode the typical variety minute has been eschewed for extended discussion of current fighting games and how our hosts have progressed with them.

0:33 - Brendan is Back!

Watcha Playin'

2:55 - Warhammer 40K BattleSector (2021)

20:45 - UFO 50 (2024)

28:24 - The Plucky Squire (2024)

36:56 - Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024)

1:06:33 - Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023)

Variety Minute: Fighting Game Shop Talk

1:30:00 - Marvel vs Capcom Collection (2024)

1:46:02 - Terry in Street Fighter 6

1:52:35 - Guilty Gear Strive (2021)

2:12:00 - Tekken 8 (2024)

Game of the Week

2:16:00 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (1999)

3:14:22 - Plugs and Farewells

The gang is back together! This time Aesir has come back for the gang to discuss old school platforms and the legacy of the Sly Cooper trilogy. Where did the thievius raccoonus peak?

0:35 - Aesir is back!

5:20 - Shadow of the Erdtree (2024)

30:05 - Castlevania Dominus Collection (2024)

34:37 - Age of Mythology: Retold (2024)

45:15 - Fear & Hunger 2: Termina (2022)

50:08 - Voices of the Void ver. 0.8 (2024)

59:58 - Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)

1:08:15 - Variety Minute: Platformers of the PS2

1:39:52 - Game of the Week: Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004)

2:13:00 - Plugs and Farewells

It's time for the second episode of the world famous DayCrawlBanterCast. Murph, Brendan (The Crawl), Tucker, and Abram (Backlog Banter) assemble to give takes and take names from PAX West 2024. Come for the first impressions of Echoes of Wisdom, stay for the ten minute ass tangent.

It's time for another banger. It's banger season. Murph, Bro, and freelancer/IGN writer Brian Barnett team up to dissect some pretty amazing games.

00:35 introducing Brian Barnett

13:00 Hatsune Miku Logic S

16:45 World of Goo 2

22:45 World of Goo 2 spoilers

24:35 End of Spoilers

28:00 Doom 1+2 Remaster

32:00 2XKO

48:00 Eastward

54:30 Frog Monster

1:02:30 Balatro

1:16:35 Lost Judgment

Variety Minute

1:30:00 Variety Minute: Metroid Games

Game of the Week

2:09:00 Super Metroid

LETS GET IT ON NOW.

Freelance writer Will Borger and IGN video producer Ronny Berryer join Bro and Murph in a fight-centric episode to discuss EVO and determine the best fighting game: Garou or Street Fighter 3: Third Strike?

There is no whatcha playin', only blood.

0:00 - Intros and EVO

Variety Minute

16:00 Fighting Game Mains

Games of the Week

36:30 - Street Fighter 3: Third Strike

1:02:45 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves

WHAT A WILD RIDE! Murph and Bro are back in space to talk about Star Wars Battlefront II.We talk about a lot of other stuff too though. There was a Steam Nextfest. Murph played the first Yakuza RPG. We also talked about Devil Spire, Nightmare Kart, Fallen Aces, and Skald!

Our game of the week is an interesting one because if you grew up in a specific era, this was a ubiquitous crowd pleaser. Murph wonders who HASN'T played this game.

Whatcha Playin

Devil Spire 1:15

Nightmare Kart 4:45

Fallen Aces 11:00

Skald 16:45

Yakuza: Like A Dragon 20:30

Variety Minute

Steam Nextfest demos 37:00

Game of the Week

Star Wars Battlefront II 1:39:00

Podcasting Never Changes.

Bro and Murph find themselves in a double-stuffed wasteland as they tackle the original Fallout games from Interplay and Black Isle. The wastes are full of atomic terrors, so they recruit STACKonteur Stephen to help them out. Do these legendary games hold up to modern sensibilities, and did you know there is a car in Fallout 2?

On the way we'll go over some releases raging from the hellish to the multiversal. Take your radaway and hunker down friends, this is a long one.

Whatcha-Playin

1:38 - Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga (2024)

9:55 - Hades (2018)

14:38 - Slay the Minotaur (2024)

25:09 - Guilty Gear: Strive Slayer Update

28:35 - Street Fighter 6 Akuma Update

38:00 Multiversus (2024)

51:04 - Dragon's Dogma II (2024)

1:02:49 - Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door Remake (2024)

1:10:36 - Little Kitty, Big City (2024)

Variety Minute

1:16:34 - Dialogue Options in Video Games

Games of the Week

1:36:03 - Fallout 1 (1997)

2:10:30 - Fallout 2 (1998)

In our cosmic journey in the space between spaces we've came across a luminous being. It's David Punch from the Twin Geeks network! We all missed him, and now it's time to catch up on all the games he's played. Mainly, Balatro and Boktai.

Murph and Bro talk Animal Well, while Bro talks Crow Country. Murph carries a gunbrella, ella, ella, ey, ey, ey.

The variety minute is physical gimmicks or mechanics in gaming, a lot of it is about controllers or add ons but there's some pretty interesting gems in there.

Whatcha-Playin

2:20 - Balatro

17:00 - Gunbrella

23:25 - Crow Country

36:00 - Animal Well

Variety Minute

45:30 - Real life gimmicks and mechanics in gaming

Game of the Week

1:14:00 - Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand!