Hyper-Bolic Game Chamber

On this Halloween night, the Game Chamber boys venture back into the world of survival horror with the fourth mainline Resident Evil game, Code: Veronica!

Three months after Raccoon City, Claire Redfield takes the fight to the headquarters of the evil Umbrella Corporation, only to find herself captured and shipped off to Umbrella's secret prison on Rockfort Island. Shortly after her arrive, a new outbreak of the deadly T-Virus turns the island into another zombie-filled nightmare. Claire battles legions of the undead, along with a deranged prison warden, twisted mutants, and a less than helpful teenaged sidekick as she races to find away off Rockfort Island!

Our stay in the Spookchamber gets even spookier as we attempt to survive the terror of NIGHTCRY!

This spiritual successor to Clock Tower follows the story of a group of students on a luxurious cruise in the Caribbean. But the party is quickly interrupted when a supernatural monster armed with massive scissors appears! And the monster isn't alone. This game also has a cult, multiple ghosts, sorcery, and yes, even a killer vending machine. Sadly, it does not feature a coherent narrative, but c'mon. MULTIPLE GHOSTS!

In this trip into the Hyperbolic SPOOKchamber, we finally finish off the saga of F.E.A.R.

The Wade Family legacy continues to terrorize the city of Fairpoint as the tortured spirit of Alma is back at it again, but this time, she's pregnant. Her sons, the ghostly cannibal Paxton Fettle and the mute protagonist known only as Point Man, descend into the chaos of the ruined city to find their ghost mom before the evil company Armacham does. What is their goal? What is Armacham's goal? How does a ghost pregnancy work? Many questions like these will not be answer by FEAR 3!

Content warning: Sexual assault is a plot point in this game, and we do talk about it.

Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/HyperbolicGameChamber

And pick up Jared's new adventure novel at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9JYZTQ

Buckle up, kiddies, because it's time to return to the Spookchamber! And while we're there, we'll get our heads examined at the Sanitarium!

Max is confused. He wakes up in an asylum not knowing how he got there, why he's been admitted, or even who he really is. To make things worse, he begins to venture to other strange unreal places and witness horrific deeds and monsters. Can Max find the truth while surviving encounters with deadly plants, powerful cyclopes and even ancient gods? Or is it all in his head?

Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/HyperbolicGameChamber

And pick up Jared's new adventure novel at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9JYZTQ

For the first time ever in this jumbo sized episode, the boys take on a proper entry in the legendary Final Fantasy series, starting with FF8.

What is Final Fantasy 8 about, you may ask? Well, the simple answer is that its about emotionally traumatized child soldiers trying to assassinate a sorceress. At least, it's about that for a little while. Sometimes its about a goofball's journey from soldier to vagabond to president. Other times, it's about space ships. And the whole time, it's somehow about time travel, too.

FF8 just kinda owns.

The boys finish off this year's Listener Request Summer with a dive into the diabolical with the bizarre adventure game Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller.

It's the grim future. Hell is real and spilling onto earth. A totalitarian government called the Hand of God Party rules the United States. Gideon Ashanti and Rachel Braque are agents of ARC, a police force that specializes in virtual reality crimes. But when a government hit squad breaks into their apartment, Gideon and Rachel suddenly find themselves searching for truth on the wrong side of the law.

Also, Dennis Hopper is there for some reason.

ALL HAIL SHAAAADOW! We continue reveling in our Listener Request Summer with the very silly and scattered storytelling of the iconic Shadow the Hedgehog.

When an army of diabolical aliens attack, the world is powerless to stop them. Except for one hedgehog. No, not Sonic, although he's there, too. Our only hope is the fearsome power of the brooding loner, Shadow the Hedgehog. But Shadow is suffering from amnesia, and these aliens seem to be his only hope to learn the truth of his existence. Will Shadow side with the invaders or defend the Earth? Well, kinda both.

Listener Request Summer Continues as we tackle the criminally overlooked Okage Shadow King.

Ari is an unlucky and unremarkable young boy. Until his shadow is possessed by the Evil King Stan, then he's even more unlucky! Stan seeks to conquer the world, and Ari is powerless to stop him, so he gets pulled along for the ride. Stan's quest for domination has a very simple goal: eliminate all other Evil Kings so he can reign supreme! Joined by a quirky cast of weirdos, Ari sets off on a wacky adventure that is basically a mix between A Nightmare Before Christmas and Highlander

Now with Fixed Audio! We begin our yearly Listener Request Summer with a modern cult classic in Cavia's NIER.

NIER is an action RPG set roughly 3000 years after an apocalypse devastated the Earth. The upside is magic is real now, the downside is everyone is dying. Resources are scarce, monsters called Shades roam the land, and a deadly magic disease called the Black Scrawl is running rampant.

Nier is a big burly guy trying to do right by his daughter, Yonah. He stumbles across a talking book who just might be able to cure the Black Scrawl, but only if he can find all the Sealed Verses. So Nier departs on a journey across a blighted land into a sea of depression. It's better than it sounds.

Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/HyperbolicGameChamber

Happy birthday video games! It's that time of year again, when trailers drop and hopes skyrocket. And this year was pretty solid!

We discuss our reactions to a bevy of big announcements at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. We talk about demon hunters, wandering samurai, archaeologists turned murder machines, and yes, even Solid Snake himself. And most importantly...DOOOOOOOM!!!