For this month’s extra Sunday the Trophy Talk crew gathers around the virtual campfire to reminisce about some of their favorite trophy lists they recommended on Zac’s incredible project, The Record. We each picked three to highlight and covered why we suggested that more people should play them.

Zac starts us off with some that really hit close to our hearts. Then Colin, Max, and Kevin each take turns in sharing some of theirs. One of Colin’s picks is an excellent entry point for a series that most trophy hunters would overlook. Max impresses us with a few lists that seem impossible, but with dedication they can be done. Kevin talks about why he used a duplicate stack for a particular game as a way to show his love for it, and then reveals that another game became a regular obsession for the better part of a decade. Finally, Josh joins in to put the spotlight on some of the best games no one played and we discover a mutual love for one of them.

We hope you enjoy this long-form look at some of the games and trophies we recommend people chase. Happy trophy hunting everyone!

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! This month, we've taken a break from covering a new game for the show and have decided to look back at what we're referring to as "Wave 1" of the show. The first 13 episodes, spanning over a year and a half covered not only some big AAA horror titles like Silent Hill 2 Remake, and Dead Space Remake, but also some smaller indie titles like Crow Country, and Fear the Spotlight. It seemed like now was a great time to revisit these titles and see how we feel about them months removed from the initial recording and play experience. The goal of this episode was to put together a tier list, (ranks S-C) of all the games covered thus far for the show. This way, if anyone is interested in any of the titles they know which ones we held in the highest regard. That isn't to say that the game(s) in C rank of this list are bad games, there's something to love about all of the horror titles we've covered so far, new and old. Anyway, we hope that you enjoy this small trip down memory lane as we prepare for what's to come next this year and beyond. The horror, and survival horror genres are eating good right now with imminent releases of things like Silent Hill f, Alien: Rogue Incursion, Resident Evil: Requiem, Little Nightmares 3, and so many more. You best believe we'll be getting to those titles in due time, along with some surprises and community votes along the way. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll see you in July with our discussion around Silent Hill: Homecoming. Take care!

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Mooglecast! With holiday trips, and schedules being all over the place we have yet another episode for you all where the normally scheduled hosts get shuffled up a bit. This month on Mooglecast Zac is joined by none other than Colin Kolhoven, from Trophy Talk and Surviving the Horror, to discuss a topic that doesn't get enough love in our community, Xbox. Both Zac and Colin have a long history with the ecosystem and consoles, dating back to the original Xbox released on November 15th 2001. It's here that our discussion begins, with the first Xbox console, why we were (or weren't) drawn to it, and what came next. For many trophy hunters, the notion of chasing digital completion lists came with the advent of Xbox 360 in 2005. Xbox for all intents and purposes introduced the world to the notion of "completing" games with achievements that offered in game challenges, a cumulative point system, and a way to brag to your friends and online communities. It seems so strange then that Xbox, which started out it's first two generations so strongly with behemoths like Halo, Gears of War, Morrowind, and Fable, quickly fell from grace in the Xbox One era, and into the early portions of the current gen. As of late though that story has started to change. With multiple massive acquisitions over recent years, Xbox has started to hit it's cadence with regular AAA releases and a plethora of new offerings constantly coming to Game Pass. In essence then, Zac and Colin do their best here to discuss the past, the present, and the future of what Xbox may hold in store. Does its alternate ecosystem to PlayStation perhaps offer a welcome reprieve from constant trophy hunting, and a glimpse into a way that we used to all enjoy games? Maybe so.

For context on the current state of Xbox and the future, the boys also go over some of their favorite announcements from the recent Xbox showcase in June of 2025 comparing that shows style and substance with the most recent Sony State of Play. Lastly, as with any Mooglecast episode you can expect updates on The Record, Platinum Shout outs, and a meaty section centering on what we've been playing. We hope that you enjoy the show. Thank you for listening, and be excelling to one another!

Zac suggested that we include Cult of the Lamb again for our quarterly vote in the Trophy Talk Discord and it won despite no one else we know playing it (as far as we can tell). We cover our favorite weapons and spells to take on the crusades through the dungeons, what it’s like to build a community with the scarce resources we have, and why it feels terrible to leave our little followers alone while rampaging through another ancient god’s lair. Then we get into the weird, funny, and sometimes disturbing things each of our cultists asked us to do. We also cover what can make this kind of game frustrating if you are trying to see and earn everything it has to offer. Sometimes this kind of game can be too much of a good thing.

Warmest of Welcomes everyone and SURPRISE!

State of Play returned and myself (Max) and Kevin joined by special guest Heera couldn't help but have a very informal discussion about some of the meaty games that were shown during the mini showcase. Marvel Tokon looks awesome but has Marvel fatigue softened the impact this game could of truely had? Is 007 First Light going to be IO's biggest game ever?

Max is truely surprised by the unexpected revival of Metal Gear Online 1 originally released as a multiplayer mode for MGS3:Subsistance for PS2. Tides of Tomorrow reminds Kevin that Tides of Annihilation isn't here. Heera premptively jumps straight into the main topic. We hope you enjoy this silly little bonus show.

Be excellent to eachother

Max

This week on the Trophy Talk Podcast, Josh and Max have the keys to the show while Colin is on vacation. The crew does their best not to get cancelled or have the show removed from air as they navigate this week's topics. Josh opens up during "Therapy Time" with Max and we discuss what we've been playing while probably announcing a GOTY pick far too early. Additionally, we tackle wild Patreon write-ins (VR crotch shots?!) and give platinum shoutouts to the communities stand-out hunters. A fun, almost cancelled, trophy-packed episode - Praise Cthulhu and enjoy!

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! Every once in a while a horror game franchise comes around and captures the zeitgeist of the time, causing streamers, content creators and the like to all get involved in examining it. In 2014, one such game came in to being. Following in the footsteps of indie horror darlings like Slender, Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's released in August of 2014 and quickly became a cult hit. With ports in the same year for IOS and Android, Five Night's or FNAF, captured the imaginations and hearts of many a content creator and horror enthusiast. Blending together tight but simplistic gameplay, a rich dosing of lore, and terrifying animatronics, FNAF was the full package. Now, over ten years since it's initial creation, the FNAF franchise boasts over 12 games, a movie, several books and countless hours of YouTube content dedicated to its lore. FNAF is one of those franchises that seemingly keeps giving, and garnering a community of people who love it. Having never played any of these games before, it seemed only right that at some point we (Josh and Colin) had to get to FNAF.

The lore for these games is tricky though, with a story spanning several decades and told non-chronologically through the games. We figured we'd need a little help to really parse through some of this stuff in our freshman outing. For this reason, we brought on special guest Kade, AKA TheGreenGorillaGamer. Kade is a long time fan of FNAF, being first introduced to the series as a kid. His breakdowns of lore, mechanics, and overall themes helped immensely as we tried to navigate our first five (really seven) nights at Freddy Fazebear's Pizza as a security guard. Can we make it through all seven nights? Is our battery management good enough to not be constantly on edge? Only time will tell. Come along with us though as we explore the topic of FNAF in what will undoubtedly be the first of several later episodes to come on the franchise. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

Jordan and Zac have finally convinced Kevin to play Untitled Goose Game and they all sit down to talk (and laugh) about it. They cover all of their favorite antics that the player can take part in as the goose wreaks havoc through this small “Sim-like” neighborhood. Zac makes a case for why this is a game that EVERYONE should at least try, and how it’s the perfect length for what it is. If you know what you’re doing, you could even finish it in the time it takes to listen to this podcast, but we recommend not ignoring the faultless sound design and music that adds so much character to this experience. There’s another mischievous bird out there besides Woody Woodpecker causing just as much trouble. So watch out and thanks for listening.

Warmest of Welcomes everybody

This month on the Mooglecast, Max and Zac share a one to one episode with no guest chair, no scripts, just a general chat about a variety of topics including trophy hunting burn out (R.I.P Gary), Dissidia NT 7 years later and series of games we overlooked in our lives.

for the pre show we discuss the mystery of socialising aswell as usual run of the show, plat shout outs and a Tomb Raider focused entry of The Record. As Max over explains Tomb Raider has multiple era's that are suitable for retro and classic gamers and modern gamers

Max and Zac both gush about GOTY contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and list some games that have completely been missed by them including Persona, Sly Cooper and The Evil Within. Lastly Zac has come up with a fun and mysterious new data-tastic way to tackle his backlog that compromises on finishing games and still earning some trophies, have the boys entered a new chapter in the trophy hunting meta game? Only one way to find out, as Aerosmith once said, 'Just Push Play'.

Next month Colin and Zac will be taking the Mooglecast in an Xbox Direction but until then be excellent to eachother.

Max

Well hello there everybody, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk. This month we're back to basics with just Colin and Josh so grab a beer , settle in and join them in some long and winding discussions surrounding a cadre of gaming topics. As we do these shows on a monthly cadence now a lot can happen between episodes, and this was definitely the case over the last four week period. Not only did we have the major reveal of Bungie's new extraction shooter Marathon, but we were also greeted with a shadow drop of a beloved 360 era RPG Oblivion, a full state of play on Borderlands 4, and a new trailer and firmed in release date for Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yotei. It truly is a wonderful year to be a gamer, (price increases on hardware and software withstanding). So, as this is a lot of news, and a lot of potential trophy lists and Platinums to earn we naturally spend some time talking about all of these reveals. Perhaps most relevant to all of us though, is that Oblivion now has a Platinum trophy, and one that seemingly doesn't look to difficult to obtain. Oblivion Remaster boasts the kind of list that allows you to play the game how you want to, as any class, race or skill build and still be able to earn the Platinum. While some people may find this type of list to easy, Colin and Josh feel like it's right at home in the open world RPG genre.

After our news related topics and discussions we of course jump in to what we've been playing. Josh waxes poetic about a few games on the Xbox side (with parody in PSN trophy lists) as well as continuing to defend his Brick Master title with The Lego Movie 2 Videogame. Colin continues his hiking journey across the post-apocalyptic United States in Death Stranding (and still absolutely loves it even after 60 hours), and dabbles back with an old classic in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. Lastly of course we have our Discord / Patreon write ins as well as our Platinum shout outs. We cover a good deal of topics in this episode with some really great conversation, even if we do go on tangents from time to time. Regardless, we hope that you all enjoy the episode. It was a blast to record as always. Thank you for listening, and take care.