Replay or Replace

It seems like such a simple concept: you take something that is fun and friendly for kids, make it a little uncanny, and then make it kill the player! So why are so many Mascot Horror games dog water? This month Jeramey and Aiden have a spooky time trying out a smorgasbord of free Mascot Horror games. Is there a diamond in the rough? Or is it all an exercise in futility?

Music:

Borderlands 2 - T.K. Baja's Bloody Harvest

Banjo Kazooie - Mad Monster Mansion

A Hat in Time - Subcon Village

Sanitarium - Circus of Fools

Luigi's Mansion - Mansion (Exterior)

This month Jeramey shared how he finds My Friendly Neighborhood to be a kinder Mascot Horror game and Aiden talks about his second try at Hollow Knight: Silk Song is going better than his first. Questions of the month: Is it unfair for a game to be too hard?

Music: Nujabes - Dawn on the Side

Slowerpace - Haircut Experts Remastered

Slowerpace - A New Day Remastered

Macroblank - 部分的に

Here is a little sneak peek at the organization that goes into Replay or Replace. This was supposed to be the episode released in July to celebrate the 4th. Dates got mixed up and we wanted to get to Mixtape while it was fresh and so our "patriotic" episode got pushed back to September! But if you can ignore all that, join Jeramey and Aiden as they explore North Korean occupied America in Homefront: The Revolution. Why do you think so many of the games we do are sequels?

In this little chill episode Jeramey and Aiden talk about The Metro series, pirate videogames, and how we should all strive to be lifelong learners! Music for this episode was by Dreamcastle. The songs were Pirate Mini Figures (Sea mates), Buried Treasure, Sunken Ship (Imperial Flagship), Battle Cove, and Enchanted Island. Find more of their music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXP76ayq5g0&t=2431s

Do you know what anemoia is? It's the feeling of nostalgia for a time you never lived through. Join Jeramey and Aiden as they see if they can reconnect with a bunch of crazy kids living through the last summer of their teens in Mixtape! Can they find the gameplay inside of the game?

A month between episodes is a long time to wait to hear us so we are dropping these into the rotation: short little episodes where we talk casually about games we like! Usually, they will be games we mentioned in our regular recording, replacements for the bad games, but sometimes it will be just about something we are interested in at the moment. These will be shorter, less edited, and are meant to be a casual time. This month Aiden talks about his love of the Alien Franchise and the game Alien isolation, and Jeramey talks about the unfinished but quirky The Coin Game. Re-edited too hopefully sound better! Enjoy!

How long do you think the script for Borderlands 3 was? How many times do you think they mentioned poop? Would the Twins have turned out better if their dad had been Danny DaVito? All these questions and more go unanswered in this month's episode!

A month between episodes is a long time to wait to hear us so we are dropping these into the rotation: short little episodes where we talk casually about games we like! Usually, they will be games we mentioned in our regular recording, replacements for the bad games, but sometimes it will be just about something we are interested in at the moment. These will be shorter, less edited, and are meant to be a casual time. This month Jeramey talks about Simpsons Hit and Run, a game he has never finished, and Aiden talks about the Little Nightmare series. Enjoy!

Do you have a license to drive through that wall? This month Jeramey, Aiden, and Krystine drive through the floor in Flatout 3: Chaos and Destruction. This is the game that was the worst rated on Steam for a very long time. But is it actually a hidden gem of the racing genera? No. Probably now.

Join Jeramey, Aiden, and Krystein as we trapse through Fallout 76's post-apocalyptic Appalachia as we try to find the answers to burning questions like "Why does this place feel so empty?" and "You want me to pay how much?!"