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Game of the Year 2022: Volume 2 by The Save Room

Game of the Year 2022: Volume I by The Save Room

Save Room Reviews: God of War Ragnarök by The Save Room

We may be halfway through the November, but we’re still longing for October and our favorite spooky time of the year. So much so that we sat town around the Jack o lantern and talked about (nearly) every movie we saw during the 31 days of Halloween. That’s right, we’re doing a big Halloween grab bag of some of the best and worst horror movies we saw: from the new Hellraiser to V/H/S/94 to Terrifier 2 to the Grimcutty. It’s a round robin conversation of found footage, slasher movies, body horror, and some of the nastiest video nasties we saw. So grab the candy corn and prepare yourself for a Halloween treat.

Save Room Plays: Survival Horror Hootenanny (Make Us Whole Edition) by The Save Room

The boys are returning to Haddonfield for Halloween Ends, the final entry in David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy. Bullies, Scarecrow dance parties, and romantic melodrama are abound in this whimper of a conclusion to Michael and Laurie’s 44 year bout. Where Halloween Ends maybe fails to stick the landing, it does excel at boldly introducing a new character and newish concepts that will undoubtedly make this one of the most talked about and divisive entries in decades. It was an interesting take that had us watching with open mouths while wondering: when will that Michael guy show up?! While Halloween Kills beat into us that Evil should and will die tonight, Ends instead proves that Evil is a presence that is still alive and well so long as you stare into its eyes for long enough.

Episode 133: Get Ready for a Whole Lotta Witcher by The Save Room

For the first time in the history of podcasts, Save Room Reviews is doing a double feature! That's right, roommates, we saw two horror movies that we just had to talk about back-to-back for you all. That's twice the movies with twice the scares if you do the math. In one corner is Zach Cregger's Barbarian which is a careening roller coaster ride of a movie with surprises around every corner and doors that you don't want to go through. In the other corner is Ti West's period character piece slasher combo, Pearl, which sees Mia Goth dancing, slashing, and shining in the main role. Both, while wildly different, exhibit the ways that horror stretches the parameters of the genre to extremes and prove that in 2022 horror fans are eating good with original concepts. In true Save Room Reviews fashion, this is a full-on spoiler cast shit show, so if you haven't seen either come back when you have and get ready for creepy basements, Justin Long freak outs, and endless buckets of technicolor blood.

Save Room Reviews: The Last of Us Part I by The Save Room

After a lengthy summer vacation, Save Room Plays is back! True to the namesake, we're running through all the games so strap in as we give impressions on Rollerdrome, Cult of the Lamb, ULTRAKILL, Xenonblade Chronicles 3, and more! We also bring our worst best Italian accents to talk through the Gamescom gabagool, and its many world premieres.

If it bleeds, you can podcast about it. Nick (of twitch.tv/makemonsters fame) joins Kevin to discuss the latest Predator movie -- a prequel set in the early 1700s. For all of the up's and down's this franchise has suffered, Prey marks one of its highest points thanks to the amazing Amber Midthunder and Trachtenberg's focused direction. Will it piss off chuds? Who cares? The movie rules.

Zootopia fans rejoice! I mean -- REjoice! Kevin and Nick (of twitch.tv/makemonsters fame) suffered through all 8 episodes of Netflix's frustrating adaptation of RESIDENT EVIL. Long story short: it kind of works, except for all the times it doesn't, which is often. Very, very often. But, man, Lance Reddick really lands it as Wesker. And who doesn't love a CG licker?

Episode 132: Wet Hot Summer Gamesgasm by The Save Room

Backtrack: The Lost World: Jurassic Park by The Save Room

Save Room Plays returns and this week we’re running through Sony’s latest State of Play (spoilers: it fully exceeded our expectations). From reveals and deep dives of Resident Evil 4 Remake, Street Fighter 6, Callisto Protocol, Final Fantasy 16, and Stray—Sony brought a little bit of everything for the gamers. We also dissect the latest footage for Sonic Frontiers, and talk Evil Dead: The Game and Death Stranding: Director’s Cut.

Episode 131: Starfield Falls Out of 2022's Orbit by The Save Room

Welcome back, Roommates! This week the boys are talking about all the latest head-turning happenings in gaming news. From SquareEnix selling their Western IPs to invest in NFTs, the FTC investigating Sony, and Bungie standing up for human rights in the face of gamer nerds—this episode details that between corporate greed, litigations, and rights issues there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes for the games we play. In support of Bungie’s statement around pro choice, human autonomy, and opposition to Roe V. Wade being overturned—please consider visiting the website for URGE (Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity) to read up on their mission and make a donation if you can at : https://urge.org/

Save Room Plays: Baby Got Backlog by The Save Room

Episode 129: Nintendo's Fair Treatment of Contractors Is in Another Castle by The Save Room

Episode 128: Jim Ryan’s Pale Promise for Playstation Plus by The Save Room

If you liked this week's episode and stand in solidarity with the Trans community, then please considering making a donation to The National Center for Transgender Equality at: https://transequality.org.

This week is all about delays! From Forspoken to Gotham Knights, it was predictable that some of the more anticipated titles are getting pushed out for later release windows. We also talk on Sony’s State of Play focused around their 2nd and 3rd party Japanese partners, and cap the episode off with a discussion on the great UI/UX debate and lack of accessibility in Elden Ring.

Save Room Reviews: The Batman by The Save Room

Save Room Plays is back with a jam packed open world opus of a podcast. This week we’re giving full impressions of Horizon Forbidden West AND Elden Ring. Also: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were announced, Call of Duty is skipping a year in its annual release slate, and Street Fighter 6 is punching its way towards next gen.

Save Room Plays is back and it’s our big sports episode! Strap in for some Nintendo Direct thoughts, Resident Evil 4 Remake hopes, and our heavy impressions on Sifu.

The episode where Sony buys Bungie and Herman Hulst threatens to build a Games as a Service empire! Also: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Delayed? We’re getting a GTA 6?? Pokémon Legends Arceus is fun??!

Episode 124: Microsoft's Massive Move to Buy Activision Blizzard by The Save Room

Our gargantuan Game of the Year episode is finally here! From eternal death loops to co-op platformers about divorce to horny horror, 2021 was an eclectic year for games. A year in which no two gamers had the same GOTY pick. But we couldn't shoulder the weight of this 2021 recap alone. Chelsea Heckabad returns to put video games in their place, and be very tall while doing it. For your own safety, do not ingest this podcast in one sitting.

Episode 123: Symphony of the Blockchain by The Save Room

Our official Spider-Man: No Way Home spoiler cast is finally here! ----------------------------------------------------- "Spider-Man: No Way Home theme" courtesy of Michael Giacchino and Sony

This Save Room Boys return with a full rundown of Geoff Keighley's latest winter award show and world premiere machine: The Game Awards 2021. While there were a few eye popping moments of game reveals, well-earned awards, and uh, commercials--we found the overall show left a bit to be desired. (We're looking at you, Geoff.) We also talk the latest rumors regarding Sony's rumored Game Pass competitor, Spartacus; the Raven Software walkouts; and the latest news behind the scenes of Bungie.

Save Room Reviews: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City by The Save Room

Save Room Plays: Wake Up, Spartan, It's Time to Finish the Fight by The Save Room

Episode 121: No NFT November (Taylor's Version) by The Save Room

Save Room Plays: You Wouldn’t Download a Metroid! by The Save Room

Save Room Reviews returns to celebrate the spooky season with the latest installment in David Gordon Green's Halloween Trilogy: Halloween Kills. -------------------------------------------- Intro: "Halloween Kills (John Carpenter 1978 Synth Cover)" by Mono Memory

Episode 120: It's Time for Konami to Shit or Get Off the Pot by The Save Room

Save Room Plays: Deathloop by The Save Room

Welcome back to Save Room Plays! Did you miss us? This week we’re covering Sony’s long-awaited PlayStation 2021 Showcase. It has been nearly 365 days since the last showcase, and aside from State of Plays and sweet nothings from Herman Hurst, not much has been known about what lies ahead for the future of PS5. That was until September 8th. Sony showed up for their 50 minute showcase and pulled out all the stops—that is once they got past that weird opening commercial (What was that even about? Play?). They delivered a showstopper full of second party titles, AA titles, and an impressive reveal of all new Sony first party games including Spider-Man 2, Marvel’s Wolverine, and God of War: Ragnarok that fueled the fire of the console wars even more. While Sony brought the hype and basically asked Phil Spencer to hold their beer, it does leave a lot of questions still. Like will Sony ever grow to be more than a first party AAA machine? Will their ecosystem ever be consumer friendly? And does it even matter when you’ve got Wolverine and Spider-Man? Questions aside, we were thrilled by some of these reveals and remain excited for PS5’s future ahead.

The Save Room is back with our BIG Summer Movie Bash. That’s right, we’re tossing the video games aside and talking all the movies we saw this summer. From big marquee titles like F9, A Quiet Place Part 2, Green Knight, Luca and Black Widow to streamable movies like Nobody, Phantasm, and Fear Street. If we saw it with our eyes, you’re gonna hear about it with your ears! This episode is full of debauchery and is our longest episode to date, so grab a beer put your feet up, and join in on the fun with us because movies are back, baby! ———————————————- Intro track “Phantasm Theme (Nightcrawler Remix)” courtesy of NewRetro Wave

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Episode 118: The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit by The Save Room

Episode 117: The Steam Deck Enters the Fight by The Save Room

Episode 116: Is EA Bringing Dead Space Back from the Dead? by The Save Room

It's E3 2021! After a year hiatus, E3 returns in an all-digital format to bring gamers all the video game commercials they can dream of. While it wasn't the "year of dreams" there was at least a little bit of something for everyone. Tune in to hear our top moments and what we think E3 needs to do to stay relevant and evolve.

Episode 114: Geoff Keighley's Hot Game Summer by The Save Room

Episode 113: AAA Trailer Season Is Upon Us! by The Save Room

Episode 112: IGN Staff Pens Open Letter in Response to Censorship by The Save Room

Save Room Reviews: Resident Evil Village by The Save Room

Save Room Plays: Live, Die, Returnal by The Save Room