After a way-too-long hiatus, Playing Dread is back, and we're looking at a big one for our tenth episode. Just in time (and by that, I mean 3-months after the fact) for DooM: The Dark Ages, we look at the original, 1992 release of DooM. We discuss its history, its place as a horror-action game, and Lamont's aversion to Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. There's something for everyone, really!

We also talk so much about Wolfenstein 3D, this may as well be considered our episode of Wolfenstein.

Super Mario Bros. 3 PC Demo (Ideas from the Deep):

https://archive.org/details/vimeo-148909578

Stop Skeletons from Fighting & DooM Ports:

https://youtu.be/9lERDl_czTM?si=hrOY0qMIJlX6SMrc

Masters of DooM on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155

DooM Guy on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Doom-Guy-Life-First-Person/dp/141975811X

Action Button Reviews DooM (Tim Rogers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zduHkwGcc

John Romero is So Sorry About Trying to Make You His Bitch (Briash Ashcraft for Kotaku):

https://kotaku.com/john-romero-is-so-sorry-about-trying-to-make-you-his-bi-5541406

John Romero's About to Hope You're Doing Well (Matthew Kumar):

https://bsky.app/profile/mathewkumar.com/post/3ljbm2mngxc2d

Doom: A Classic Game Post-Mortem (John Romero for GDC):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkCujnYNSo

The Romero/Petersen Feud on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Civvie11/comments/1j0lo80/the_sandyromero_hatemance_continues/

Lamont and Adrian head into uncharted territory; the United Kingdom! But also indie games, new games... so many firsts! Hollowbody is a PS2 throwback with its own identity and actually made by a solo developer. But how does it hold up in the estimations of our hosts?

Notes & Sources

Hollowbody - Launch Trailer

https://youtu.be/tFAld1NiYkY?si=iobpmuhAT_bQZ_Rp

Hollowbody - Devlog

https://youtu.be/OGgEWCu2ijU?si=2HXRqb4j9nLFFyIx

Indies in Depth - Interview w/ Nathan Hamley

https://youtu.be/YKfVUhGJ-FU?si=I2itxB8FLiUa7otZ

For our first (and only?) holiday episode, we look at Squaresoft's foray into the horror genre, Parasite Eve! Lamont and Adrian talk about having a nice time at the opera, untangle the connection between the game and its original source material, struggle to comprehend the junk science nessecary to understanding the game's plot and do a deep dive into the evolution (heh) of Square's approach to battle systems. Is there a direct line between Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? Does posing the question itself automatically answer the question? You tell me!

Notes and References:

Parasite Eve (Novel)
https://a.co/d/20GK6ba

Parasite Eve (Film)
https://archive.org/details/ParasiteEve

We forgot to mention directily in the podcast, but big shout out to I Finished a Video Game for their exhaustive (as much is available on the internet anyway) research:
https://youtu.be/feCqT1S5pxI?si=J-dkAwJyPc4vzRfp

The shot of the sewers we kept mentioning:


And, of course... Ghostbusters 2:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.36a9f72d-a523-0e10-9741-fe2e7a3a121c?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb