Hyper-Bolic Game Chamber

Note: Due to a recording goof, this episode contains some echo issues that we were unable to eliminate. We apologize, but hope you enjoy it regardless.

East meets Wild West in this bizarre little known title called simply Samurai Western. The boys learn about the true heart of the warrior as they recount a revenge tale set in two genres that actually have more in common than you might think. Gojiro Kiryu has sailed across the Pacific to seek out his renegade brother in a small town in the American west. But when he stumbles across a villainous landowner and his gang of deadly thugs, his samurai honor gets him roped into a fight far bigger than he anticipated.

Also, there's zombies maybe?

In this episode, the Game Chamber Boys go lookin' fer cattle rustlin' varmints in Call of Juarez: Gunslinger.

Gunslinger follows the notorious bounty hunter Silas Greaves as he recounts his quest for revenge to the eager ears of fellow bar-goers. Silas's saga of tall tales takes him all across the Wild West as he run afoul of dang near every famous outlaw you can think of; Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Curly "Bill" Brocious, even Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Silas squared off with 'em all (or at least he says he did), and all while hunting down the evil men who murdered his brothers. Is there any truth to the tale of Silas Greaves? Find out in this olde timey episode!

This episode, the boys return to the Sengoku Era and the fight against demon lords in Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny!

Picking up shortly after the first game, finds medieval Japan in a rough time. Nobunaga Oda has become the new lord of demons and his using his supernatural army to conquer the land. But still there are those who stand against him. People like our progatonist Jubei Yagyu, son of an Oni woman and a human man, who can wield sacred powers against the forces of evil. And also people like Magoichi Saiga, who has a gun.

Onimusha 2 is a timeless story of heroes, villains, and orbs. But how does it stack up to its predecessor? And who truly is the greatest swordsman of all demons? Find out in this episode!

This year's Spookchamber comes to a close with what can be charitably described as a video game, Nightmare Creatures 2. But the boys also discuss the original Nightmare Creatures, and the oeuvre of one Robert Zombie.

Nightmare Creatures 2 follows Herbert Wallace, a young man kidnapped and tortured by the mad scientist/undead wizard Adam Crowley. As Crowley's diabolical schemes and fiendish monsters spill out onto the streets of London, so to does Wallace, and he begins his quest for vengence. Also, he learns how to drive.

The chills and thrills continue in the third entry in this year's SPOOKCHAMBER. The ghostly boys take a look at Clock Tower 3, the fourth game in the Clock Tower series.

Clock Tower 3 follows Alyssa, a skittish young woman who receives dire news on the eve of her 15th birthday. Her mother is missing and her home is now occupied by a sinister man in black. To make matters worse, Alyssa has a grave destiny, and it manifests around her as she is forced to contend with deadly forces, both supernatural and...well, mostly supernatural. Can Alyssa solve the mysteries of phantom killings and save her mother before the clock strikes midnight? Also, where's Grandpa at?

Featuring The Scissor Dance from the Clock Tower 3 OST and Tyran Castle again.

CONTENT WARNING: This game contains a scene of sexual assault, and due to the nature of the show, we have to talk about it.

The Spookchamber continues as we revisit the world of tactical ghost combat in FEAR 2. Coinciding with the end of FEAR 1, a second team of F.E.A.R. agents deploy to apprehend the CEO of Armacham, the sinister company responsible for all the ghost shenanigans plaguing the city. But when the team is knocked out by a devastating explosion, they become wrapped up in a desperate ploy to stop Alma, the powerful tortured spirit wreaking havoc across the ruins.

Also, SNAKE FIST!!!!

Featuring the Snake Fist theme from FEAR 2 and Tyran Castle from Chrono Trigger

Brace yourself for chills and thrills, it's time once again for the Hyperbolic SPOOKchamber!

This episode, the BOOys take a look at Siren Blood Curse, a bizarre remake of PS2 cult classic SIREN. When a small American TV crew goes poking into a mysterious lost Japanese village, they soon find themselves caught up in an unending nightmare. Cults, monsters, and strange new powers plague a group of desperate survivors as they attempt to escape the twisted remains of Hanuda village. Also, a doctor with a shotgun is there, and he's mostly just grumpy.

Featuring SOS from the Siren Blood Curse OST and Tyran Castle from Chrono Trigger

This episode, the boys accidentally break time as they take a look at Quantum Break. Made by Remedy Games in 2016 for the Xbox One, Quantum Break is a third-person action game based around a tale of time travel, conspiracy, and 20-Sided Dice.

Quantum Break follows Jack Joyce as he seeks to help his childhood friend Paul Serene with his latest scientific breakthrough. Unforutunately, Paul time machine has a nasty side effect for breaking time itself! Now, Jack has to use his newfound time powers in a mad chase to fix time as he struggles against the mysterious Monarch Corporation, lead by evil future Paul. Also, maybe get to the bottom of a potential undead employment crisis?

Featuring the Samurai Jack theme and Jazz in Paris

The boys get RUTHLESS in this episode about the Platinum game Anarchy Reigns, released in 2012 on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Anarchy Reigns follows two men as they venture through the ultra-violent post-apocalypse. Jack Cayman is the best bounty hunter in the world, armed with a chainsaw arm and a surly attitude. Leo Victorion is a cyborg police officer from Milvallen City who's limbs can turn into laser blades. Though they exist on opposite sides of the law, they are both after the same man: Maximilian Caxton, the most dangerous outlaw in a wasteland filled with mutants, monsters and madmen.

Also, there's a kraken.

Featuring the songs RUTHLESS and WHEN MIND, both from the Anarchy Reigns OST.

Listener Request Summer wraps up with a 2013 point and click adventure game called HYPNOSIS!

Hypnosis follows Maya Anderson, a hypno-therapist with the ability to directly enter the minds of her patients. One day, she receives a call that her former mentor and ex-boyfriend, Mark, has disappeared, and the police want her to assist questioning and treating the patients he has left behind. While exploring the subconscious of Mark's patients, she discovers that there is far more going on at this facility than anyone had realized. And we're not just talking about the highly unflattering Native American stereotype character.

Featuring Frontier Therapist by the Avalanches and our old friend Jazz in Paris