Hot off the heels of Fatal Frame, we jump straight into the game’s beloved sequel. We talk about the game’s mechanical improvements, its overall scarier tone, and its narrative shortcomings. During our listener questions segment, we talk Fatal Frame compared to Pokemon Snap, and discuss the games that spook us the most.Next time: Alan Wake

The Safe Room returns to the world of survival horror with Fatal Frame! We talk about looking *as* horror, what makes a jump scare effective, and Fatal Frame’s place within found footage.Next Time: Fatal Frame II

Dino Crisis goes to space in this mega episode, where we talk about Majora’s Mask, Dishonored, and answer quite a few listener questions to celebrate the launch of our new Patreon! And avoid talking about a game that we don’t like very much. Also somehow we talk about Tar again.Next Time: Fatal Frame

content warnings: depression, suicide, self-harm, ableism, parental abuseWe (slightly) side-step normal coverage to talk about the twin horror visual novels: Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk and Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk. We discuss the game’s relationship to other visual novels about mental illness, the balance between spelling things out and leaving implications unsaid, and the games’ well-rendered and unsettling voyeuristic qualities. We also chat a bit about Xbox bullshit since Grace got one.Next Time: Dino Crisis 3.

We finally did it… we played a bad video game. In this tangent laden episode, we talk about Dino Crisis’s silly action set-pieces, flat adventure design, and nonsensical plot. We also go off about hazy memories of Resident Evil 5, BioShock’s absurdity, and transferring survival horror ideas into an action game.Next Time: Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of MilkMilk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk

Grace and Rose play the yuri-tinged, sci-fi horror hit and try to identify how the game manages to forge its own path despite its constant barrage of influences. We talk about its tricky and well-telegraphed puzzles, its lack of fixed camera angles, how much of the game is about maps, and what the meat is (don’t worry about it).Next Time: Dino Crisis 2

Content warning: dinosaursIn our first podcast of 2023, our hosts talk about the Capcom survival horror classic Dino Crisis! We discuss the game’s similarities and differences to Resident Evil, the usuage of survival horror mechanics to create tension for the player, and it’s various homages to 80s sci-fi horror films. Afterwards, we take some of your questions, and Rose learns about Deep Blue Sea.

cw: suicide, self-harm, murder, body horror, strong horror themesIt’s a double feature here in the Safe Room, with Japanese-only cult classic Nanashi no Game (The Nameless Game) from Square Enix and itch horror classic Anatomy by Kittyhorrorshow. We talk about the limits, and power, of formal cleverness, the interplay of text and play, and how much it hurts our hands to hold our DSs sideways. We also bring up Tár, The Haunting of Hill House, and rank all the games we played this year in absurd categories.Grace is on twitter @grace_machineRose is on twitter  @bluestrose430

cw: blood, gore, murder, suicide, immolation, parental neglect, possession, entrapment Rose and Grace wander the haunted halls of Silent Hill 4: The Room. There’s much to discuss in this both maligned and beloved entry and we touch on its prediction of modern horror gaming trends, its fantastic terror of places re-contextualized or written over, and goofy enemies and burb.

Rose and Grace won a mansion! But it turns out it was haunted. :( We talk about the beloved Luigi’s Mansion, the survival horror influences it wears on its sleeve, and just how good it feels to use that vacuum. We also take some time out to talk about the recent Silent Hill news, as well as some discussion on celebrity gossip.