The vessel that formerly belonged to the human Adam Sladek returns to close out Spooky Mechanics 2021 by talking about John Carpenter's The Thing. We also talk about The Thing (2011), Blade Runner, and Roman goes on about Swedish Chef a little bit. Just for fun.

The Things by Peter Watts

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

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Your favorite shock jocks are back to talk about your second favorite blob monster! Maybe third. Depends on how much you like The Blob, I guess. Either way, there's a new blob on the block and their name is...well, I don't know actually. Never got their name. I'm getting sidetracked. Are you happy now?!

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A new Metroid game is out on the Switch… the galaxy is at peace.

This week Roman and Mike share their first impressions of Metroid Dread so you better engage your speed booster and shinespark on over here the episode is starting!

Articles:

Metroid Dread Is Already Running On Switch Emulators by Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/metroid-dread-is-already-running-great-on-switch-emulat-1847833403

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In my restless dreams,

I see that pod.

Surprise Mechanics.

You promised me you'd take me

there again someday.

But you never did.

Well I'm alone there now...

Waiting for you...

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Hocus Pocus, or whatever witches say. Do they say anything? Didn't do any research before I started typing and backspace is for cowards.

This week on Spooky Mechanics, Spichael and Roman talk about Bloober Team's Blair Witch, the Blair Witch film franchise, and end the whole dang thing with a pitch for their take on this beautiful woodland elder. Come on inside and we'll get started! Also please stand in the corner, great now face the wall, that's perfect thank you. 

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This week Michael and Roman talk Song of Horror, and I don't mean the freaking monster mash! Stop asking about the Monster Mash! It's not gonna happen, okay?! 

Matthew "TS" Rao joins Michael & Roman to discuss Evil Dead (2013). These freakish friends talk practical effects, spooky deadites, and gorgeous character deaths. Then at the end they wrap it up with a general discussion of zombies. You know how these things go.

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Articles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_(2013_film)

EVIL DEAD 2013 And The Politics of Tree Rape

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/04/04/evil-dead-2013-and-the-politics-of-tree-rape

Sam Raimi Regrets THAT Tree Scene In The Evil Dead

https://screenrant.com/evil-dead-movie-tree-rape-scene-sam-raimi/

This week we're talking about the very cool, very free Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021. Don't sleep on this collection of indie demos made by a bunch of really talented folks from the Haunted PS1 community!

Also, sorry about Roman's audio. Some ghosts got in there and changed his mic input. Yeah, that's it! It was ghosts! Can't be helped, I guess!

Download & follow the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 on itch.io!

https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2021

The spooky season is upon us, folks. To get this thing started we've invited Adam Sladek back to talk about Creative Assembly's survival horror game Alien Isolation. Those tricky xenomorphs are at it again!!

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Articles

Revisiting the AI of Alien: Isolation by AI and Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7d5lF6U0eQ&ab_channel=AIandGames

Why Sigourney Weaver Returned as Ripley in Alien: Isolation

https://www.polygon.com/2014/10/7/6936885/sigourney-weaver-alien-isolation

Spooky Season, as we all know, starts next week! We're celebrating by rebranding to Spooky Mechanics. For two whole months we'll be talking all horror all the time babyyy. Hear us talk about some of our favorite horror stuff to get ourselves in the mood.

Titles mentioned:

Halloween

In the Mouth of Madness

Prince of Darkness

Let's go Play at the Adams

Crossed

Doom

Quake

The Color Out of Space

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Darkwood

Granny

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Articles:

https://tornightfire.com/tales-from-the-backlist-lets-go-play-at-the-adams/