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For our belated Halloween special, we thought it'd be great to revisit a horror genre classic! Instead of actually doing that, we watched Rob Zombie's foul-mouthed, white trash reimagining of Halloween. Some love the grounded approach that focuses on what makes a killer tick. Others think it's a slap in the face to the original's legacy. But everybody else loves hearing "Tom Sawyer" as a man poops.

Blood, wax, and Paris Hilton. No, we're not talking about an episode of The Simple Life gone wrong. We're talking about the 2005 re-remake of House of Wax! A film described by its own director as "not really a remake of House of Wax." Amid the glut of early 2000's horror remakes, this one is truly the waxiest.

It's the big Starfield episode! That's right, Spacers, this week we're giving our 20 hours-in impressions of Todd Howard's greatest vision (well, sort of) and talking the many lows and middling highs we've had with it so far. And because we can't just talk about one game - we also deep dive on some games we actually love: Sea of Stars, Mortal Kombat 1, and Armored Core 6.

But before the gaming feast - we run down the September 13th Nintendo Direct (not sure why we continue to cover these), Sony's State of Play (goddam that was some good stuff), and the big Unity controversial (woof!).

Enjoy!

Mr. Frederick Krueger. Sir Jason Voorhees. Fans have long dreamed of a nightmare where these two titanic slashers went head-to-head, and Hollywood long dreamed of making money off those suckers.

Journey to 2003 with us as we review the trashy and thrilling ode to these horror icons: Freddy vs Jason!

Mr. Frederick Krueger. Sir Jason Voorhees. Fans have long dreamed of a nightmare where these two titanic slashers went head-to-head, and Hollywood long dreamed of making money off those suckers.

Journey to 2003 with us as we review the trashy and thrilling ode to these horror icons: Freddy vs Jason!

It’s been a year since our first episode, but the internet’s biggest retrospective series, Backtrack, is back! And this week: we’re deep-diving on Final Fantasy XIII.

In a summer where Baldur’s Gate 3 and other bigger releases are happening: why are we talking about one of the most divisive Final Fantasy entries, you ask? Because we had the itch for more Final Fantasy after FFXVI, and well, because we’re sick, of course.

Released in North America in 2010 on the PS3 and Xbox, FFXIII split the fandom and had us asking pivotal questions: Why is it so linear? What the hell is a L’cie? What accent is Vanille using? Is this the death nail for Square?

It’s a confusing and fascinating game of terrible lows, bad story beats and character work, but it also holds many things worth praising: cutting edge graphics, the music, and new turn-based combat elements with the stagger and Paradigm systems. (We’re a big fan of gameplay here at the Save Room and the Paradigm system had its hooks in us).

The game spawned two sequels and the stagger-based combat system has been a franchise staple since so even with the negativity around it, it’s impact has been lasting. While it’s nowhere near our favorite entry we still find a lot to love and talk about and made it our focus to subject you, the listener, to it. Enjoy!

When you think of James Wan and haunted dolls, the first thing that comes to your weird mind is Annabelle. But Wan brought us a more troubling first draft of "doll horror" back in 2007 featuring two things that scare us more than anything: ventriloquists and Donnie Walhberg.

The curse of the early oughts continues with Dead Silence!