Episodes
Today we talk about the second biggest survival horror release so far in 2017: Outlast 2! We've waited a long time to see how Red Barrels follows up with their breathtaking first IP, and we had a lot to say regarding its gameplay, story, and potential successor titles. If you'd like to avoid heavy story talk, there's a spoiler warning at 00:32:00.
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Published 05/20/17
On the latest episode of our podcast, we discuss the surprisingly great The Evil Within 2. Tango Gameworks' survival horror revival series is elevated to a whole new level with its second entry. We discuss what we thought about the game and move into spoiler territory at 32:25. If you want to listen to the episode without spoilers, simply stop at that time. We speculate on the game's story and what's in store for the future. Download the episode to hear our theories!
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Published 05/20/17
Woah, it's been awhile, huh? Well, we're back with the most hotly anticipated topic of this podcast: Resident Evil 7! We spent years talking about what we hoped the sequel to Resident Evil 6 needs to be like. Now we're talking about what we thought of it after playing (some of multiple times).
On this episode we answer your questions, talk about gameplay mechanics, the game's story (spoilers begin at the 00:48:00 mark) and what we hope from the DLC and sequel.
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Published 02/18/17
On this timely episode of the Whispers' podcast, the gang is back from E3 and finally get all of the hype off their chests. A surprising number of horror announcements dropped, and we couldn't have been more excited to be on the show floor this year.
Yes, Resident Evil 7 happened and we talk about it! You can finally stop asking what we think Capcom will do with it.
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Published 06/27/16
On this soulful episode of the Whispers in the Dark podcast, we talk all about Dark Souls 3 (and previous games in the series) extensively. Spoilers are abound for the main Souls entries as we talk about our personal experiences with From Software's latest epic, and how it fits into the series. The lore, mechanics, strategies and speculation are discussed, so strap in for why we love these games.
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Published 05/07/16
On this artistic episode of the Whispers in The Dark podcast, we talk about Layers of Fear. The first half of the podcast is a spoilercast where we talk about the sequence of events, symbolism, and our overall impressions of this new game in the survival horror genre. For the second half of the podcast we talk about Kojima Productions' influence on the horror genre and P.T as an inspiration to indie devs, for better or worse. Alyson Road, Visage, and other inspired titles along with Layers of...
Published 03/12/16
On this fan-service-y episode of the Whispers' podcast, Rourke returns along with our newest editor Bradley, to discuss Resident Evil Zero Remaster and the upcoming Resident Evil 2 REmake. All three of us have played Capcom's Resident Evil Zero Remaster and we start of the show with an evaluation of the game and its fresh new coat of paint.
The latter half of the podcast is us discussing what we would like to see from the Resident Evil 2 REmake, with ideas on how Capcom can leverage the...
Published 02/06/16
On this episode of the Whispers in the Dark podcast, we interview Frictional Games' (Amnesia, Penumbra) Creative Director Thomas Grip on his studio's latest game, SOMA. If you haven't already played the game, be warned that this episode acts as an inside look into the game's development and as a spoilercast. You will have the story spoiled!
Thomas goes over the production and initial design of SOMA, original concepts, gameplay trivia, the SOMA miniseries, player reactions, existentialism,...
Published 12/15/15
On this grounded episode of the Whispers‘ podcast, Kyle and I talk about the portrayal of mental illness in horror games. Prepare for some heartfelt criticism of the genre for demonizing illnesses that still lack full understanding in society. We talk about our personal experiences, examples of poor representation, and resources those suffering can utilize (like Take This). The horror genre needs to get past asylums and “schizos”, right? Better games will come out of leaving those tropes behind.
Published 08/15/15
On this reanimated episode of the Whispers in The Dark podcast, we relaunch the show in a topical format by taking a look at the cancellation of Silent Hills. New voices join myself, Kyle, and Whitney as we discuss the timeline of events leading up to the official confirmation that Silent Hills is no longer in production, our thoughts on P.T. as a piece of interactive content, and what we hope for from the series if it does continue.
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Published 05/18/15
On this studly episode of the Whispers' podcast, the gang talks about the Persona 5 and Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls announcements, The Order: 1886 and Dying Light and their respective reviews, NightCry getting funded, what we'd like to see from Condemned 3, and our early E3 excitement.
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Published 02/25/15
On this natural episode of the Whispers' podcast, the crew talks about the latest three releases (Gat out of Hell, Resident Evil, and H1Z1), what Capcom should do after the success of Remaster, Early Access abuse and consumer accountability, ghost fighting guidos, and NightCry's Kickstarter.
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Published 01/25/15
On this refreshing episode of the Whispers' podcast, we introduce one of our newest editors, Mackenzie. We also talk about what we did and received over the holidays, our latest played games, our GOTY games, how The Evil Within poorly handles mental illness and subtlety, the Five Nights series, and 2015's newly announced horror titles.
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Published 01/12/15
On this sexy episode of the Whispers' podcast, Kyle and I talk about the The Video Game Awards and PlayStation Experience, Reggie and Geoff's chemistry, our Game of the Year nominees, movies we've watched that you should too, space colonization, reboots, and voice actors.
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Published 12/14/14
On this familial episode of the Whispers' podcast, the gang talks about mental illness in horror games as an expanded look on Kyle's article; we talk Resident Evil Remaster; we sacrifice the cast of Sonic; Whitney explains how to get away with murder; Chris Tucker becomes MonoKuma; and for some reason celebrities are brought up several times.
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Published 11/24/14
On this fantastical episode of the Whispers' podcast, the crew returns from their hiatus to talk about Alien: Isolation versus The Evil Within, indie developers hurting their own careers (and how to avoid PR nightmares and take criticism), the fear of mental illness and representation in media, framerate drama, censorship in games, Kyle confesses his love for bad guys, and a whole bunch of other weird stuff.
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Published 11/12/14
On this scaly episode of the Whispers' podcast we talk about the hilarity that is the 90s film Anaconda; Nintendo's struggles with the Wii U; Resident Evil: Revelations 2 plot's and how predictable it probably will be; Danganronpa 2's perfection; the Resident Evil series' poor writing and excessive melodrama; Project Scissors, and our concerns for The Evil Within on PC.
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Published 10/18/14
On this scaly episode of the Whispers' podcast we talk about the hilarity that is the 90s film Anaconda; Nintendo's struggles with the Wii U; Resident Evil: Revelations 2 plot's and how predictable it probably will be; Danganronpa 2's perfection; the Resident Evil series' poor writing and excessive melodrama; Project Scissors, and our concerns for The Evil Within on PC.
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Published 09/28/14
On this manic episode of the Whispers' podcast we talk about the latest film and television that we've seen, why I hate Resident Evil: Revelations, the phenomena that is Fight Nights at Freddy's, e-drama as of late, the Resident Evil Remaster's visual changes, and why we the Silent Hill series.
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Published 08/31/14
On this beautiful episode of the Whispers in the Dark podcast, we talk about Capcom's upcoming Resident Evil Remaster and why it's important, Until Dawn's return, Silent Hills' plural scariness, Matthew Mcconaughey's existential crisis over being on deviantart as someone's husbando, first v.s. third person horror, the plight of Vita owners, and much more!
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Published 08/18/14
On this destined episode of the Whispers' podcast, Kyle talks about Destiny and its divisive nature; we mull over Resident Evil: Revelations 2 details and what we fear, expect, and hope for; the abundance of horror games on the horizon; our review for Danganronpa 2 (which is objectively better than Resident Evil) and Dead Rising; and we also give our thoughts on what we hope to see from the horror genre if its popularity continues.
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Published 08/14/14
On this...OH MY GOD SILENT HILL... episode of the Whispers in the Dark podcast (which is just a partial episode) we talk about the surprise Silent Hill announcement. Whitney, Kyle, and myself talk about the P.T. demo that was revealed at PlayStation's Gamescom conference.
We speculate what Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro's roles will be, when we could possibly expect the game, what kind of horror game it will be, and what were our thoughts on the demo.
Silent Hill is back!
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Published 08/13/14