Ep. 412 - Specdracular 2025

Fearsome Frank Cifaldi, Ash And Bones Parrish, and Brandon Deathfield mash through FMV horror games, nepo babies, and a surprising Alucard cameo in the spookiest episode of the year.

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

1: Colin Spacetwinks asks, what would be the best horror story to turn into an FMV point-and-clock adventure? (01:43)

• The Blair Witch Project (1993)
• Silent Hill f
• Eugene Levy’s Dumbass Golf
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
• Her Story
• Plan 9 From Outer Space
• Journey to the Moon
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Frankenstein
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
• Dracula Unleashed
• J Marian Sims
• The Sims series
• Contagion (2011)
• Pandemic (2016)
• Outbreak (1995)
• The Conjuring (2013)
• Bioshock

2: What are the most unintentionally terrifying video games? (09:01)

• Monster Mash
• Tomb Raider II
• Phantasy Star
• Wizardry
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin
• Super Mario Land
• iMac
• Neopets

3: Where do you stand on large scale open world traversal in video games? (15:00)

• Red Dead Redemption II
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Fallout series
• Grand Theft Auto series
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

4: What role does nepotism play in video games? (21:02)

• Alucard
• Ubisoft
• Yves Guillemot
• Guy Fieri’s Tournament of Champions
• Guy’s Grocery Games
• Luigi
• Sid Meier
• Heavy Rain
• David Cage

5: Which musical artists would you recommend for a triple-A horror game? (28:46)

• Yasushi Ishii
• John Carpenter
• Fabio Frizzi
• Claudio Simonetti
• Trent Reznor
• Tron series
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Halloween (1978)
• John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando
• Joe Hill
• Stephen King
• American Vampire
• Locke & Key
• Spooky Scary Skeletons
• The Golden Girls theme
• Disasterpiece
• It Follows (2014)
• Alf
• Harry & the Hendersons (1987)

6: What are the most successful instances of rebranding in video games? (35:05)

• Sega Sammy
• Atari
• Infogrames Song
• DK Rap
• Snake Eater
• Sonic R
• Eiffel 65 - My Console
• Square Enix
• Namco Bandai
• Coleco
• Sammy Hagar
• Pete Seeger

7: How do games reach an intended audience? (41:32)

• Demonschool
• Tectoy

FRIGHTENING ROUND: The Monster Match (48:26)

Recommendations and Outro (01:06:51):

• Brandon: The Hitcher (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Ash: You can just do stuff
• Frank: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
• Jaffe: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Nope (2022)

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