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'Cat People' & 'Resident Evil: Village' (Spooky Season 2025) | Reel Lounge Podcast Talking 'Cat People' And 'Resident Evil: Village'

Spooky season continued on last night as @1upvault.bsky.social and I talked about 1942's CAT PEOPLE & 2021's RE: VILLAGE.

We also talked about the latest in movies (#Roofman, #KissOfTheSpiderWoman, #TronAres) and gaming (#XBox leaving middle-class stores):

🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/podcast03

I’m jealous

Ghost of Yotei Review: Familiar Yet Fierce, and Better in All the Right Ways - Born for Media It may not reinvent the wheel, but Ghost of Yōtei delivers constant thrills with its combat, atmosphere, and a captivating new protagonist.

Ghost of Yōtei kept me hooked for over 60 hours. Atsu is a compelling new lead, the open world feels more alive and rewarding, quests intertwine naturally, and the combat stays flashy and brutal from start to finish.

Here's my full, spoiler-free review 👇

bornformedia.com/ghost-of-yot...

Sorry to hear that

Shipping* (we need an edit button)

Correction on the hoopla regarding Xbox not being sold at Target/Walmart. It’s not that they are pulling the consoles, it’s that Microsoft isn’t shopping any, which is its own set of questions.

Saw Venus again! Apparently it’s not too hard to see for me at the moment

Spooky Season 2025 👻

16 - Cat People
- Tradition
- 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Always blown away by the film, love the pacing, story, and jump scares done right. Has been a great relaxation film for me to watch every spooky season.

a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and the words you heard me behind him ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and the words you heard me behind him

Baker Mayfield is a contender for MVP

Baker baked today

System Shock (1994)

Target and Walmart reportedly trying to get rid of Xbox stock points to two possibilities:

A. Microsoft has told them to get rid of it (least likely as I feel that would have been leaked)

B. The two companies, mainly selling to middle class, don’t have faith people will buy it

[October 12th, 1925] What's Wrong Here?

A photo of Geoff Keighley

RUMOR: Geoff Keighley Signed on to Host Riyadh Game Awards Show

It’ll probably be the straw that breaks the already weak economy

Nvidia is highly overvalued, that is not a nearly $5 trillion company. That burst is going to be painful.

The Snake ☑️
The Oni ☑️

I was thinking about the contenders for my favorite heroes list for the end of the year and realized it’s majority women. Seems like we aren’t talking about this enough. Year of the women in video games?

Media Appearances: Talking 'Condemned!' On THE OSCAR PROJECT Podcast Talking About A Forgotten 1929 Oscar Nominated Film

Major thanks to Jonathan Ytreberg for having me come on to 'The Oscar Project' podcast to talk 1929's Oscar nominated film, CONDEMNED!

🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/top03

I know it’s not game related, but as a Halloween super fan, thanks for checking this out. Also watch M if you don’t mind foreign language films, it’s damn good.

You have a right to have your feelings, especially during tough situations, nothing to apologize for

Why 'Mina the Hollower' Was Delayed Yacht Club Games hasn't given a new release date, but the delay shouldn’t be more than a few months

On Monday, Yacht Club Games delayed the much-anticipated upcoming game Mina the Hollower.

On Tuesday, I visited their studio and saw the game. It made for a rare glimpse at why a video game gets delayed and what "polish" actually means.

This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A spreadsheet containing dozens of entries for different CDs, including their language, date, and associated companies.

We're big believers in making sure the metadata in our library is human-curated and accurate.

Here's a sample from some cataloging we're working on today: We're reviewing about 100 CD-Rs from the art department at GamePro to confirm when they were burned and which companies were involved

I bet we get these in a double pack next year

YouTube video by Game Over Videogames - Classic & Used Games from Atari to Xbox Game Over Videogames - MTV My Gaming Block Austin 2007

Flashback two decades ago, when Sway and I went to Austin Texas with our MTV colleagues to film a show called My Video Game Block Austin

Can't find the full episode, but this clip shows:

- Metroid Prime devs from Retro lifting weights
- Richard Garriott rapping

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNlI...

"The Steam Deck is a wonderful and beloved device – for the relatively small number of consumers who own one."

Yep. And Steam Deck is dominant in PC Portable market share.

So many manufacturers are jumping in to see what happens, but outside of Steam Deck... not a lot has been happening.

Pie Traynor scores a Pirate run in the 2nd inning

Cartoon by Gene Mack for the Sporting News

Oct. 10, 1925: President Coolidge throws out the first ball at Game 3 of the World Series as the action moves from Pittsburgh to Washington. The Senators win, 4-3. Outfielder Sam Rice saves the day with a spectacular 8th-inning catch in which he tumbles into temporary stands. 1/4

My Thoughts on Hades 2 and Ghost of Yotei I’ve said this many times, but for anyone who loves video games, we might genuinely be in the best era of all time right now. There are quality games coming out damn near every week these day…

I'm playing a few sequels right now.

I consider Hades 1 the best roguelite ever. I gave Ghost of Tsushima an 8/10.

Have the sequels done enough for me to view them as better games than the original? My thoughts are here!

bignerdgaming.com/2025/10/10/m...

Pop Vault - Spooky Season (Part 2) Celebrating Halloween Season

Wrote an article with an update on my spooky season watch 🎃 with alot of first time watches. Next week is already planned out and set to be 1UP Vault’s most packed week, so stay tuned. 👇🏽

#halloween #substack

Took advantage as a recent PS Plus subscriber to grab Alan Wake II on the monthly program. Not sure when I’ll get to play it, but definitely happening in the near future.