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Fear has no form. Fear has no name. But now, fear has an address. Actually it has numerous addresses because how the hell else am I getting candy on Halloween? And I don't give a f*ck if your lights are off, I'm still knocking. So while my neighbors cower in fear from my angry knocking, it got me thinking - what video games take place on this night? And I'm not talking about your Resident Evils or Silent Hills. I mean video games that ACTUALLY take place on October 31st. What we found might scare you more than the slutty Shrek costume you saw someone wear to a party...but sexually confuse you less. Beware, for tonight you enter HALLOWEENVANIA!

The 1999 film "The Blair Witch Project" was responsible for the popularity of numerous trends - found footage movies, viral marketing, fart corners. But did you also know that everyone's favorite goth girl conjured herself not one but three video games before 9/11? I peed my pants just thinking about it! While we wait for them to dry, it got me thinking about other witches. Banjo-Kazooie has one. Bayonetta IS one. And Wario...is Mario with witch powers? Looks like my pants won't be dry anytime soon now and neither will yours after we chat all about other witches (and warlocks) in video games. So grab a broom and be prepared for the most frightenting things a gamer can experience outside of the words deodorant or job!

He's hairy, he drools, he goes to the bathroom every 5 minutes and wherever he wants. No, we aren't talking about my step-dad. But we are talking about cinema's favorite Golden Retriever "Buddy", aka the illegal basketball player AIR BUD! Can and should a dog be allowed to play sports? What about in video games? How many games accept this disgusting behavior? The answer may actually suprise you. On today's episode we see what video games dribble AND drool with animals playing sports. So get ready to sit, stay, shoot and score! But whatever you do, DO NOT PUT A JERSEY ON THAT DOG!

OUTATIME! I know it as what my therapist says when my credit card gets declined mid-session. But you may know it more commonly as the license plate belonging to Doc Brown and his time traveling DeLorean! That iconic car sure has been through a lot of time periods. And weirdly, so have tons of video games! So why should Marty McFly have all the fun? Taking inspiration from "Back to the Future", we go forward, backward and beyond into the world of time travel in gaming. What games use it correctly? What games shouldn't have it? What games have it happen technically only in the manual and no where else? Grab you hover boards folks, because where we're taking you, we don't need roads. But you will need controllers! But also please don't kiss your own mom.

What do guys caught on "To Catch a Predator", the creature in PREDATOR and gaming companies all have in common? If you guessed they go days without showers that's probably true. But the real answer is they are usually always on an abhorrent hunt to trick you. How many times have you bought a video game because it promised something beyond what it can and should deliver. Like the chats Chris Hansen shows up with, we got receipts to prove that ever since the 90s, developers have over promised a lot in their advertising just to get our attention. So take a seat over there and tell us why you're here. Because on today's episode we are catching pre-order predators!

GUNS N' ROSES! In the 80s, they were known as the most dangerous band in the world and the epitome of sex, drugs and rock n' roll. So what's the antithesis of all that? Gaming of course! It repels sex, is more expensive than drugs and the only roll involved is the Totino's Pizza Rolls I'm microwaving. But did you know these two have a lot in common? Did you also know we already did this episode before?? To celebrate our 7 year anniversary we decided to redo our very first episode. Join us as we chat Mega Man, Axl Rose, Guitar Hero, Slash, Angry Birds, Buckethead, GTA San Andreas and more - welcome to the gaming jungle, baby!

We're creating a venn diagram with three circles. One for the oldest surviving work of literature, one for a PlayStation game where a guy has his mouth sewed shut and one for a movie where Jon Berenthal doesn't say "Let me tell you something" but he says it in the trailer. Have you figured out what the common denominator is? On today's episode we chat about the PS1 classic "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. We also impersonate some of Abe's gamespeak, decide if farts are woke now and advocate for podcast episodes to be included in movie box office charts.

STAY HUNGRY! If you're into fitness you know that's the 1976 Arnold Schwarzenegger film where he plays (of course) a bodybuilder. If you're into video games, that is just your lifestyle from Cheetos, Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew Code Red. But what happens when the two worlds collide? Do they make perfect swolemates? Today we do numerous reps in the musclebound world of exercise and gyms in gaming to find out. From the Intellivison all the way to the Xbox Kinect; we work muscles we barely knew we had while chatting about Just Dance, Pokémon, Final Fantasy, and more! Fun Fact - did you know "exergaming" is a real word recognized by the Dictionary? Actually makes me sick.

This year the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary! What better way to commemorate this occasion than to discuss the one time a cat took over the Oval Office. And no I'm not talking about James A. Garfield. Btw did you know he was the last President born in a log cabin? That's both funny and truly pathetic. Anyway, we are talking about the most famous political cat ever and his one video game. Yup, Bill Clinton's cat "Socks" starred in his very own Super Nintendo video game that got cancelled. Or did it? Join us as we take a trip to Washington, D.C. to find out why cats make better presidents but worse gaming mascots.

What famous snoozefest involves misdemeanors and Matt Damon? Give up? It's the 1993 PC classic "MYST". We know it's your mom's favorite video game but was it any good? The short answer? No. The long answer? We don't know. We couldn't even finish the game without wanting to jump in traffic. And that was just the beginning! There are tons of sequels, merchandise and even parodies. And don't even get us started on the lore that invoves a guy stuffing his sons in books and forgetting where he left his wife. Did we mention John Goodman has a connection to the franchise, too? You're gonna want to hear AND see that for yourself. So grab a red or blue book and jump into the surrealistic adventure that will become your world until you get really pissed and use a strategy gui

Quick - name a fruit, any fruit! That was a test. If you were a character in a video game that depended on fruits and couldn't name one, you'd be dead by now. Someone would have to tell Pac-Man's wife and kids why he didn't come home last night. So while we wait for the official autopsy report, let's discuss why fruits show up in video games. For health? As an enemy? To teach us lessons about life? Why not all of the above! On today's episode we take to the streets to discuss all kinds of fruit in gaming and why they are important in Fallout, Legend of Zelda, Elden Ring, Donkey Kong Country and many more. Perfect timing, looks like the autopsy report came back. Well, look at that - Pac-Man died of rabies.

At what age are you too old to know new slang but too young to know old slang? Are we uncs regardless? Help us out because we really need to know before we step into the clunky world of Gen Alpha gaming slang! How do we aura farm in Elden Ring? Can our Call of Duty drip ooze rizz? Does playing Warcraft give out sigma vibes? Wtf does this all mean? How does this effect my grandmoms? On today's episode we embarrass ourselves trying to figure out how to use what and when in a world that already thinks we're cooked. Welcome to Generation XP!

A twisted maze full of deception populated with outrageously gross creatures awaits! Now enough about our podcast, let's talk about the 1986 David Bowie/Jim Henson classic "Labyrinth", just in time for its 40th anniversary. From box office bomb to cult classic, in-between it was also a video game. Yup, there was only one based off the film and we get lost talking about it. Why is there so much text? Is Henson Island worse than Epstein Island? We try to find some answers as well as chat about other maze-like games inspired by Metroid and Castlevania.

A tagline for Disney's The Little Mermaid is "Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy". Unfortunately this does not apply to under the gaming sea. The blue deep there is a dark abyss full of bad controls, intense drowning music and electricity for some reason. And that's not even including that wet stain I have on my pants from all the shark jump scares - that's water I swear. So what makes game developers want to create water levels? On today's episode we go under the sea (figuratively and at some point literally AS Sebastian the crab) to discuss levels in Mario, TMNT, Bioshock, Abzu, Metal Gear Solid and many more!

When you're friends with someone for a really long time you know almost everything about them. Likes, dislikes, fart smells, infidelity stats, etc. But would you know what video game character they were? That question could make or break a friendship so of course we had to find out. Join us as we take quizzes for the other person to see which gaming character they are. Is one of us more Mario or Wario? Cloud or Sephiroth? Lara Croft's butler or giant freezer? Even though there is no winner, there's definitely a loser (both of us).