Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror!

On this month's episode, as we inch closer and closer to the start of Spooky Season, Josh and Colin look far back into the era of the late 90s to tackle one of the most well regarded titles in the Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Originally conceived of as a spin off title, Re3 Nemesis is unabashedly more action centric than its predecessors with greater weapon variety, a dodge mechanic, a quick turn, and of course the persistent enemy known as Nemesis.

As neither Josh, nor Colin had ever played the original title, but did have experience with the Remake from 2020, this was a fun one to look at and explore. Having played both versions of the game now, do Colin and Josh agree that the remake fell way short of its potential? Is the Clock Tower a truly necessary set piece that absolutely needed to be included? The answer to these questions and more, is just behind the play button. Thank you for listening!

Krissy (Flora) and Kipp (FullLore) join Kevin to talk about the adorable but deep souls-like Another Crab’s Treasure. Though the game has a great story, this is absolutely not a spoilercast. Instead the three of them get into topics like how well the souls-like formula is implemented here, how well the shell system works, and what their favorite umami (magic) spells were. They also had to talk about the sense of humor on display here and the variety of ocean-related puns that are peppered throughout the game. It also wouldn’t be an episode about a souls-like game without covering boss fights, so they go through a list of just some of the best and worst that gave them so much trouble. They also touch on the accessibility options that make this one of the most approachable games in the very intimidating genre and why anyone should at least try it. One of these options takes the concept of accessibility in a unique direction and they touch upon just how ridiculous it is. Throughout the episode Krissy also schools them with the staggering breadth of her oceanic knowledge and how many excellent real-life references there are here. If you haven’t played Another Crab’s Treasure by the time you’re listening to this episode, we sincerely hope this gets you to at least try it.

Warmest of Welcomes Everyone

For Septembers episode the boys once again find themselves recording during the same week as TTP, so the show is once again slightly altered. However the boys are joined by Fauxrambo aka Ben for the return of Mini Topics Volume 4.

The boys start with another crack at the A-Z challenge where Max redeems himself for his last performance, pulling out games such as Bright Memory Infinite and Tak & The Power of JuJu.

With the year fast coming to a close the boys once again stack on some more Cactuar Vs Tonberry challenges for each other where Max issues Zac a challenge to dive deep into the past and Zac asks Max to kick some ass!
Ben has some meaningful challenges to add to the stacks.

In what we’ve been playing Max finally returns to the world of odd and Zac once again takes the souls form in the divisive sequel and Ben becomes a filthy casual that continues to play a live service game thats already been platinumed.

The boys each bring a topic to the table as is tradition with Mini Topics, they discuss what they would like to see for Insomniac after Wolverine, which old games they’d like to see receive DLC and the constant rake stepping Sony is doing with Playstation and what Max and Zac would do different if they were co-CEOS.

Enjoy the fun and we’ll see you in October, Until then…

Be excellent to each other

Max

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk!

This month Josh and Colin gather around the digital fireplace to discuss a whole slew of topics related to PS5 and trophies of course. We begin the show with the recent news surrounding GTA 6, namely the leak and how we felt about it before diving into custom set of trophies we created for the game! Will any of our misc. trophies be close to what's in the actual GTA 6 trophy list? Probably not, but it's a fun way to creatively think about what the mammoth game from Rockstar may have in store for us.

From there we move on to Platinum shout outs of course, pulled straight from our Trophy Room channel in our Discord community. As always we continue to be impressed by the breadth and difficulty of games being completed by our community. Ya'll are awesome.

Lastly, we close the show with what we've been playing! Both Josh and Colin have spent a great deal of time the last few weeks on Big Walk, a game which never fails to surprise and delight us with its take on the co-op gaming experience. Colin also touches on Quake: Dawn of the Machine, the new DLC for a 30 year old game, in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Josh on the other hand maintains his push, and struggle to complete AC: Shadows, and gets a couple other easier completions out of the way with Kao: The Kangaroo, and Goat Simulator 3. Thank you all so much for listening, and enjoy the episode!

In this very special episode of Trophy Talk Kevin and Max team up to talk about games that are still only playable on PlayStation 3. Throughout the episode Kevin gets a little trigger-happy with the soundboard and Max goes through a few beers to quell the frustration of Sony’s hubris.

First they run through some special plat shoutouts, and then Max sprints at a record pace through the list of games mentioned in the previous PS1, PS2, and PSP episodes of the Mooglecast.

Starting off the main topic of the show they each talk about the many obvious games like the Resistance, Infamous, Motorstorm, etc. They also bring up some of the other lesser talked about games like Puppeteer and Mod Nation Racers. Then there are loads of 3rd-party games to talk about like Wet and Castlevania Lords of Shadow. While many of them can be played on the current XBOX, we still want to play the games with the feel of a Dualsense in our hands and to earn a few trophies while basking in the greatness of what was the PS3. They also talk about the many indies that were released only as downloads when these were Sony’s first steps into the digital frontier.

Stay through to the end of this very long episode because Kevin has a very special message to relay from composer and game developer Jerrel Dulay. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode!

In this episode, we dive into Total Chaos, a psychological-horror FPS from Trigger Happy Interactive and Apogee Entertainment. Originally a Doom II total-conversion mod, Total Chaos evolved into a full standalone game set on the sunny island of Fort Oasis.

Many of the mechanics in this game are unique and are not expressed to this extent in many other survival horror games. Theres a decent crafting mechanic and a lot of different meters to manage to keep our main character Tyler happy and healthy on this island.

We will break down the journey through Fort Oasis chapter by chapter and discuss major enemies, locations, NPCs. story beats and dig into the game's symbolism and lore as best as we can. Theres a lot of fun to be had in this underrated indie-horror, come listen and join us on the beaches of Fort Oasis.

Warmest of Welcomes everybody

Augusts episode came quickly for the Mooglecast boys, reunited after only 2 weeks since last recording, the boys decide to record without a guest chair and tackle a topic that is spin off of the PS Premium classics series, with games we wish to see ported to Playstation from other platforms.
We list games such as Banjo Kazoo, Command & Conquer, Silver, Golden Sun, Lost Odyssey and Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection.

The front of the show comes with a new game to replace platinum shoutouts, The A-Z game where the boys get the brain juices flowing, Zac kills but Max is already starting to feel the effects of beer, an advance apology to the audience as you’ll most likely be screaming at Max whilst we play this game. As per usual the boys dive into The Record and Cactus Vs Tonberry where Max and Zac discuss Joshuas newest challenge issued to both of them.

During the recording of this episode Zac was recording his audio through his webcam so the quality will be noticeable different this episode, but the content remains the same.

We’ll see you in September, but until then… Be excellent to each other.

Max

This time Jordan and Krissy join Kevin to talk about Bramble: The Mountain King. This game starts out very innocent looking, but quickly takes a very dark turn into material akin to Grimm’s fairytales. The three of them all talk about why that makes the game so interesting and how the game iterates on the nordic stories it is based on. Then they do a quick run-through of the story and break down each of the monstrous bosses that our young protagonist Olle encounters. From Näcken, the fiddler at the lake, to Skogsrå the forest changeling they marveled at them all and you’ll hear why. They also all agree that this game has one of the best versions of “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and makes incredible use of it. If you haven’t played the fairytale Bramble: The Mountain King, we hope hearing about our experience gets you interested.

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk!

Can you believe it? The time has finally come to talk about Halo: Campaign Evolved, as Master Chief makes his debut on PlayStation. Does Halo: CE now 25 years old still hold up all these years later? How did the change to UE effect the overall look and feel of the game? What are our hopes and dreams for future Halo projects that could come to PlayStation? Well, Josh and Colin cover all of that, and a good deal more as they camp out on Spartan 117 for quite some time.

In addition to the Halo conversation, the crew of course takes some time to re-touch on the ongoing analysis of PlayStation's move away from physical disc production in 2028. Is the proposed blackout of the PSN from August 23rd - August 30th the right way to send a message to PlayStation, and make a difference? Or ultimately, are the die already cast as we march inexorably forward towards a digital only future? Only time will tell, but Josh and Colin do have some thoughts on the matter, and suggest ways to maybe alter some of the more popular methods of protest.

On top of all of that there is of course a discussion on what event is coming up next for the Discord and when it begins, a Trophy Talk edition of Cactuar vs. Tonberry, Plat Shout Outs, and what we've been playing. We hope that you all enjoy listening to the episode, and thank you for your time.

This week on Surviving the Horror, we're wrapping up the year by revisiting every horror game we've covered, debating where they truly belong on our Wave 2 tier list while also seeing how Wave 2 compares to Wave 1. From surprise indie gems and blockbuster sequels to divisive remakes and unforgettable scares, we're ranking all of the adventures we faced over the year. Is horror gaming in a great place? What were our favorite and least favorite games? What's to come for horror gaming and the future of Surviving the Horror? Join us for one of our favorite recap episodes as we explore those topics.