Release the emergency question valve! We're drowning in here!

Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about PowerWash Simulator 2, Tormented Souls II, Q-UP, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: 9Kings. Q-UP.

• Kaye: PowerWash Simulator 2. Tormented Souls II.

• Moxie: Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess. No Man’s Sky. Hades 2.

• Dennis: Hades 2. ARC Raiders.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s your favorite fan nickname for a game character?

The End Boss:

• Regime uses AI photos of Trump in Master Chief armor to recruit gamers for ICE, Microsoft says, does, nothing.

• We’re getting a Halo remake nobody asked for.

• The speculative Counter Strike skins market crashes.

We read your responses to:

• Silent Hill 2 (2024)

• Cryptmaster

• F.E.A.R.
  
  Upcoming Games:
  November:

• November:

• Monster Train 2

• Unpacking

• Hitman: Blood Money (Premium)

December:

• Wasteland 3

• PRGE Live Episode (Premium)

Way back in 2016, I started this yearly Halloween Reading tradition by performing "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers, the first story from The King in Yellow. Now, all of these years later, I bring you the final of the four horror stories that open that book.

An aloof painter has a grudge against a nightwatchman at the church across from his studio, a strange man who disturbs anyone who sees him or interacts with him. This includes his favorite model, Tessie. As he learns more about his and Tessie's dream regarding the man, they discover that they've long been doomed by the Yellow Sign and the grim omens it portends.

Music used: "Varklärte Nacht, Op. 4 - Boulez" by Aldan Schoenberg, and "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno.

Other Halloween Readings:

• "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers

• "This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield

• "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• "The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers

• "The Tower" by Marghanita Laski

• "The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti

• "In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers

• "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka

• "Shiva Open Your Eye" by Laird Barron

It's 2:17 AM. Do you know where your children are?

Zach Cregger follows up his smash hit Barbarian with a tale about perspective, societal loss, and violence. It can be a bit hard to describe what Weapons is about without giving away the plot, but being along for the ride is most of the fun.

Next Month:
Beau is Afraid (2023, dir. Ari Aster)

Look: A lot of this one is about the Cutthroat Kitchen reboot. Sorry!

I don’t believe we’ve covered a game from Lithuania on the network… until now. Extreme Sprint 3010 is a literal Running Man game, if running man was about dumpy little guys ambling lazily toward the camera. We also talk about War-Torn Portland, and Gary’s fascination with the show and phrase “Farmer Wants a Wife”.

The Kettlemans are really causing our buddy Jimmy a real headache.

Paxton Fettel isn't going to catch himself, operative. That's why you're on a squad with the unlikely name of F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), to hunt down the psychic commander of an army of clones. That's Paxton, the commander. F.E.A.R. does not hold up as a horror game because it's way too modal, but it's a very solid first person shooter with enemy AI that is still spookily good.

For our highlight this week, we have a time sensitive call to action: Save the date for Saturday, November 9 at 9:00am Eastern. That's when our fans at catgirls.cam will be holding a 24 hour live stream to raise money for the Mockingbird Meadows & Chicago Food Depository. The event is called BD4PP and it's addressing an urgent need for people dealing with food scarcity in Chicago.

Featuring… THE GAME! OF! NAMES!