Late to our own funeral
Retroid’s fifth episode was dedicated to Horror games, and it’s finally ready for your listening pleasure. I was joined by Conor Elsea, Aaron Yost, and Joanna Mueller, and we talked about horror-themed games like Resident Evil and Friday the 13th. We soon discovered this topic is just too broad to cover on one show, so we’ll be revisiting the genre at some point in the future. You can give it a listen below or download the episode directly from SoundCloud.
This episode was very nearly a Radio Destructoid reunion, butM. Randytold me he had to go camping with his family. I haven’t heard from him since, so I assume he was sliced to ribbons by a beefy hockey zombie. In his memory, we talked for a bit about the revival ofFriday the 13thon PC and consoles. Our interlude at 15:30 is theretro Jason musicfromFriday the 13th: The Game,by chiptune artist Mitch Murder.
From 16:10 to 27:30 we talked about several retro horror titles, including the NES version ofFriday the 13th,Haunted Houseon the Atari 2600,Shadowgate,The Uninvited,andPolybius.The musical interlude at 27:30 isJenny and the Giantsfrom this year’s PS4 titlePolybius,performed by RAM.
From 28:10 to 46:10 we touched onUntil Dawn,then transitioned intoEternal Darkness.And we couldn’t talk about retro horror games without discussingResident EvilandAlone in the Dark.I realized partway through our conversation that the humble GameCube might just have been the best horror game console ever made. Our musical interlude at 46:10 is thebackground music from the first floor of the mansionin the originalResident Evil.
From 46:55 to 57:00 we continued talking aboutResident Eviland moved intoSilent Hill.After a brief discussion ofLuigi’s Mansion, our musical interlude is the main theme.We finished by answering your questions beginning at 57:40 and as always,our outromusic isNESMetroidEnding – arrange versionby nicoMS0122 on YouTube.
There are several games and franchises we didn’t get to in this episode, but we’ll definitely swing around and cover this topic again in the future. Our guests have several other projects you can check out, including Normal Human Podcastand theBlood Booze and Reviewspodcast.You can also read Joanna’s writing atCliquist.com.
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