The Pitch

The episode of the podcast of the Malleus Monstorum of the entry of the Guardians of the Crystalizers of Dreams.

It's an early work of feminist literature, and an early psychological horror story. Like Frankenstein, its horror results from the depiction of extreme medical malpractice. Gilman wrote the story to protest the way women's psychological and emotional health were being treated by a chauvinist, male-dominated medical profession.

The narrator and protagonist of the story is a woman suffering from an unnamed mental illness, and her doctor husband insists that the best treatment is rest therapy. She remains confined in a room covered with hideous yellow wallpaper, and over the course of weeks, she slowly unravels.

I fell in love with this story when I first read it in college, and I'm excited to share it with anyone who hasn't read it yet.

The music used in this presentation is from the soundtrack to Rule of Rose, a 2006 survival horror game.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the PlayStation Classic lineup reveal, Super Mario Party, and we ask you about the dumbest ways you’ve died in video games.

• The PlayStation Classic game roster is underwhelming.
• Harmonix is working with Twitch to make a streaming karaoke game.
• No Man’s Sky goes under water with The Abyss.
• Resident Evil 4, the REmake, and Resident Evil 0 are coming to Switch.

• What’s the dumbest way you’ve died in a game?

• Dennis: WipeOut Omega Collection (VR). Darkest Dungeon. Frozen Synapse 2. Atlas Reactor.
• David: Middle-earth: Shadow of War. EXAPUNKS.
• Ben: Super Mario Party. Red Dead Redemption 2.
• Kole: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.

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This might surprise you, but we think Sailor Moon is cool and good. This game, however, is very very bad.

These worms just want to see Robocop.

The title is a lie. Rocky and Bullwinkle have no friends.

And the goat says: You want it when!?