For this special 5th Sunday of the month all five of us got together for a special Megacast episode (term coined by Josh) where we make up our own dream Sony showcase. We bring to it some of our dream game ideas for rebooting a number of dead game IPs. Along with us you can imagine what it would be like to see Sony host a blockbuster game showcase on stage like they used to in years past. Many of these might seem like lofty ideas, but this is the showcase of our dreams after all.

Over the two and a half hours you’ll hear just some of our ideas come out. Colin takes a beloved IP into an unexpected genre. Josh shocks us with one of the funniest sequels to a favorite series to someone out there (probably). Max points out a few obvious holes in Sony’s current repertoire. Kevin shows that he may be watching a little too much Critical Role. Zac catches us off-guard with a possible horror game that takes a turn we weren’t expecting. And much, much more.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you do please jump into our Discord and let us know, because we only had time for some of our ideas and this kind of special Megacast could happen again if enough people like the concept. And SIE, we hope you’re listening too.

Zaclre from the Mooglecast in the Trophy Talk Network joins us for a journey to AR-Y26, a new planet that the Kindred Corporation has sent us to in order to assess if it is viable for colonization. Unfortunately they didn't plan a return trip for us, so it's up to the player to find a way home while exploring and cataloging everything on the planet. It's still nice though that Kindred sent us a lot of entertaining commercials for us to watch. We share stories about our favorite animals and antics while exploring, reminisce about the few times we tried to squad up together, and talk about our successes in speedrunning this hilarious game. Zac and I also both point out that we view this game through different histories and recognize different inspirations that went into it. Because of that, we each bring our own recommendations for other games like it, but agree that you should take a Journey to the Savage Planet and we hope you enjoy the trip with us.

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Welcome back to Surviving the Horror. In this month's episode, Josh and Colin are delving back into the world of Resident Evil with the community voted game of Resident Evil: Code Veronica X. Originally meant to be the true sequel and follow up to Resident Evil 2, Code Veronica later became a non-numbered title due to development time and another project moving more quickly (this project would later become Resident Evil 3: Nemesis). Code Veronica follows the story of Claire Redfield, still searching for her brother Chris following the events of Resident Evil 2. Her journeys take her to the Umbrella labs in Paris, to Rockfort Island, and even to Antarctica, battling vicious BOWs, solving elaborate puzzles, and uncovering shocking truths about the founding of Umbrella and the storied and tragic family of the Ashfords. Claire's story is full of all the fantastic things that we've come to expect from the Resident Evil franchise, including tank controls of course, but it wasn't until this playthrough that both Colin and Josh realized how much of the later games were set up and based on interactions between characters that occur here in Code Veronica X. This is truly an underrated and underplayed game in the Resident Evil franchise that we think is well worth your time and effort.

Initially released on the Sega Dreamcast in 2001, Code Veronica later received ports for both the PS2 and the GameCube. The version that both Josh and Colin are playing is a port of the PS2 version, played through the PS5, and while the version might have some technical inferiority when compared with the Xbox 360 port of the game, that doesn't stop the boys from having a blast and gushing about the detail and lore that this title provides.

Thank you so much for listening and we'll see you next month when we talk about Dead Space 2!

Warmest of welcomes everybody.

In this months Mooglecast; Max and Zac are once again reunited with Josh to continue through our premium classics catalog wishlists focusing on the Playstation Portable (PSP).

This time around around the crew took a more focused look at some of the handhelds exclusives that flew under the radar for many folks. whilst gamers had fond memories of Dissidia Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Acid and GTA, many of us had no idea that games such as Chilli Con Carnage, Infected, Brandish and Dead Head Fred were even a part of the PSPs library of games.

Of course we dive into what we've been playing and this months Trophy Talks Record is highlighting the Yakuza series. Finally for the Month of April we will be talking about some of our favourite boss fights from video games, but until then, be excellent to each other!

Hey there folks, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk! This week Josh and Colin and joined by none other than Skrilus, hot off of his recent acquisition of the Devil May Cry platinum, to discuss all things trophies, statistics, and PlayStation. We start off the show talking about the recent news surrounding WB Games and the closure of three of their primary studios including Monolith. What does this mean for the future of the IP under the WB banner and do we think the closures were justified? From there we move in to Platinum shout outs pulled from our Discord community before jumping into a whole slew of questions.

How do we feel about our current backlog for 2025? Is there one particular game that we already have the platinum in that we want to go back for the DLC and 100%? What are our thoughts on Shuhei Yoshida's departure from PlayStation and Sony? All of these questions fill up a good chunk of time and discussion. Additionally, the crew takes a stab at (with no research) compiling the list of the top 6 most difficult games to Platinum. As you can imagine, there are some familiar names there but some of the nominees might surprise you!

Lastly we get into what we've been playing across the month of February. Skrilus goes into more detail on his journey to conquer Devil May Cry, and just what bosses and strategies ended up making the difference for him. Josh earns a staggering 13 Platinum trophies across the month but focuses primarily on Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Pacific Drive, and Colin finally completes Star Wars: Outlaws before jumping into another boomer shooter classic in TimeSplitters.

Thank you as always for listening to the episode, we hope that you enjoy!

Warmest of welcomes everybody and surprise!

In this special rawdoggin style episode, Max and Kevin give their high level thoughts on the February state of play and name off some of the games they're most excited for!

We're all excited for Tides of Annihilation and the beautiful women within the game, does Lost Soul Aside deserve a second look despite its stiff looking gameplay? is a Days Gone remaster a win in the era of PS5 remasters?

No need to drag this write up out, please enjoy the ramblings of 2 average dudes with mics and as always, be excellent to eachother!

Warmest of welcomes everybody,

This month on Mooglecast, Max and Zac are back to the series they know and love as they attempt the mammoth task of creating their very own Final Fantasy masterpiece, Final Fantaay XVII.

Armed with years of knowledge and experience, they will attempt to establish a world, make characters and write a skeleton storyline that would impress even the greatest of literary minds. What will they summon up? There is only one way to find out.

With platinum shoutouts from the community, an extensive what we have been playing and the introduction of a new segment based around The Record, the completion tracking spreadsheet made by Zac, there is something for everyone.

Next month we'll be joined by SluggerJD for pt3 of our Premium classics catalogue wishlists focusing on the PSP but for now, settle in, enjoy the show and like always, be excellent to each other.

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror. In this month's episode, Colin and Josh sit down to discuss yet another indie horror game from a two person development team. There seems to be something in the special sauce that shines with this combination. Fear the Spotlight marks the third game we've done for this show developed by a two person team, and inspired by the aesthetic and horror games of the PS1 generation. We've covered Crow Country, Signalis, and now Fear the Spotlight, all of which highlight the passion and effort that goes into the creative process with indie titles, and how when done correctly the results truly shine.

We start off this episode, as we always do by providing a bit of development history for the game as well as some context behind the publisher and development team. Fear the Spotlight was the first effort of Blumhouse Games Publishing, a studio and brand that formerly had a great deal of success in the horror movie space. Blumhouse saw something special with Fear the Spotlight and offered the development duo Cozy Game Pals more time and resources to flesh out their original idea, and boy are we glad they did. With the help of Blumhouse Cozy Game Pals added a full second chapter to Fear the Spotlight and was able to bring the game over to consoles in addition to its PC release.

Fear the Spotlight is the tale of Vivian Singh and Amy Tanaka, following them as they break in to their high school and participate in a séance gone wrong. Heavily inspired by things like Goosebumps, and Fatal Frame, Fear the Spotlight aims to be an approachable entry point for horror enthusiasts, and those new the genre. Josh and Colin think that in this regard, the game truly succeeds. We hope that you enjoy this episode and deep dive, thank you for listening and take care!

Rachel Saalfeld from Critically Tipsy joins the Game Club to talk about Bee Simulator, an endearing indie game that was surprisingly educational at points. We talk about the many ways it gamifies bee activities and tries to show life from their perspective. We also fly by a few of the buzz-worthy facts the game tries to teach. Did you know that bees can fly at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour? Or that they have five eyes on their head? After a few plat shoutouts from the Trophy Talk Discord we land on some of our favorite movies about bugs and any other games that you might like to check out if you liked Bee Simulator. Hope you enjoy hearing about this adorably bee-autiful game!

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Welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk! In this episode, Josh and Colin break down the news and game release information from Xbox's most recent Developer Direct, as well as other news of Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5. What does this mean for your trophy statistics and backlog? Well, namely there's a shit ton of trophies coming our way. If games from Xbox Studios are any indication, the coming titles like Forza and even Master Chief Collection will keep their exact same trophy lists / achievements lists. On the one hand that's great, you have many many many trophies to potentially earn. At the same time this thinking is a bit sloppy. Trophy lists were never and are never designed in this same way on the PlayStation side. The end result is something like MCC which contains 700 achievements potentially coming over to PS5. Is that really what we want? Or is there a better middle ground where games are brought over with trophy lists designed in a thoughtful way.

On top of all that we of course have platinum shout outs and rage gods shout outs brought to you from our Discord! Josh takes the reigns with hosting this episode and does a fantastic job highlighting the smaller and more obscure titles that our community has been chasing Platinums in. Finally, listener inquiries and what we've been playing round out the show. Josh has been chasing his dream of becoming the new drummer for a rock group in his recent VR adventures, as well as chancing survival in multiple games with exclusion zones, (Pacific Drive, and Stalker). Colin continues his incredibly long grind with Resident Evil: Revelations, as well as chats Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and his first 20 hours or so with Star Wars: Outlaws. Thank you so so much for listening to the episode, we hope that you enjoy!