In what amounts to a backdoor episode of Watch Out for Fireballs!, this listener-demanded discussion of the Return of the King game for Game Boy Advance has us mostly talking about how we would have enjoyed having this portable Diablo-like back in the day. We also talk about the Lord of the Rings’ cinematic legacy, and put 60 seconds on the clock for a Rebuttalfield about not being a weird crank about Trick or Treating teens.

We're back to the Monster Blitz, bb! 2 whole monsters, they said it couldn't be done!

In this episode we go to church and interrupt some smuggling.

Other Segments:

• Deities and Demigods: Illmater

• Combat and Tactics: Elemental Series (Myrmidon)

• Sage Advice: Damage resistances

Wow, now THIS is blue.

Having broken a Great Rune somewhere in the Shadow Realm, we now head south toward the Cerulean Coast, a beautiful region littered with gigantic stone coffin ships. But the path leading there is anything but obvious.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Diablo IV: Vessel of Hated, TCG Card Shop Simulator, RoboCop: Rogue City, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: RoboCop: Rogue City. Beat Saber. Half-Life: Alyx. TCG Card Shop Simulator.

• Moxie: Castlevania: Dominus Collection. Cult of the Lamb.

• Dennis: Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred. Inscryption.

• Kole: Silent Hill 2 Remake.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s the most you’ve been spooked by a non-horror game?

The End Boss:

• New Pokemon leak contains bawdy folk tales.

• Teen “completes” the NES Tetris port.

• Some maniacs did Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online.

• Disco Elysium team splits into feuding spiritual successor studios.

Watch out! It’s the Phantom! Don’t let him… do whatever he does. Nobody knows, except maybe the people in the near future of 2040. But even they are kind of scratching their heads about this one.

Gwen likes to watch games where the contestants don't know the rules and that's why she likes Dropout's Game Changer, Gary does his annual trip to the Lovecraft Film Festival, and Kole didn't do shit, but did play some Final Fantasy XIV. And then we hang out with the Gang!

What terrifies the soul of man? Bright lights? Loud noises? Light gun games? Why not all three? Join us as we explore the horrors that game developers crafted to send chills down our spines in a bright room with lots of company.

Games Covered:
* Splatterhouse
* Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
* CarnEvil
* Zombie Revenge
* Dark Escape 4D
* Luigi’s Mansion Arcade
* Left 4 Dead: Survivors

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M&M’s Beach Party for the Wii is one of the more anemic minigame collections we’ve covered, and we’ve already done deep dives into M&M’s lore… So this week we pitch a new M&M’s character: a grey M&M with a cashew sticking out of it, named Hercules PoundClit. He’s a sensitive, masculine man who exists to make the ladies swoon.

Greetings, Listener. Dare you... continue... to be in THE LABYRINTH?!!!