Video game documentarian and podcaster Ian Ferguson joins the panel to assist in the slaying of that vile creature that haunts this very night, Gamer Dracula. Original music by Kurt Feldman. Mashtlevania by Max Hully.

Castle Gamer Dracula:

1. What’s the best way to orient a video game player in a space and provide direction? (02:46)
2. What’s the worst NPC in a video game? (07:49)
3. How do you create good interior design for locations in video games? (13:10)
4. What are the worst attempted comebacks in video games? (18:29)
5. Improv Zone: Monster Mash (23:50)
6. Dirtbag Triple Dive - Dusty: DeLorean of Video Games? Spencer: Do you watch the credits? MoxBagel: Shareware boom today? (28:38)
7. Which two unrelated video games would you Frankenstein together? (34:25)
8. How do video games evoke horror in a way other media cannot? (39:24)
9. What competitive game could you beat Death at? (44:32)
10. What are the greatest boss battles in video games? (48:00)

FRIGHTENING ROUND: 13 Spooky Game Names (53:26)

Recommendations and Outro (57:35)

If you don’t discuss this episode in the forums, it’ll haunt you for all your days!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Hirokazu Yasuhara
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Kim Swift
• Quantum Conundrum
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
• Killer7
• D
• Beedle
• Exile
• Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
• NieR
• Yakuza 3
• Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods
• Grandia
• Demolition Man
• Whiplash
• Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
• Duke Nukem Forever
• NBA Playgrounds
• Bubsy
• Ulililia
• Strider (The Metroidvania one)
• Strider 2
• Final Fight: “Streetwise”
• Final Fight Revenge
• Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
• Shinobi (the PS2 one)
• Golden Axe: Beast Rider