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EPISODE · Nov 26, 2025 · 2H 41M

Present Tense: P.T.'s Influence ft. Bobvids

from Brain Lords: Video Games of the Mind · host Cute Monster Props

This week on Brainlords special guest Bobvids helps us on Part Two of our P.T. series discussing the current era of liminal spaces in games. Even Baby Steps and 1000xResist have looping hallways, so are the lessons learned from this ludonarrative only limited to scares? We discuss our hopes for the future of spooky games in this raucous conclusion to our horror retrospective.    Questions, Comments, Suggestions? CONTACT US: [email protected] Kyle - Cute Monster Props Jorge - JMV Special guest - BobVids THINGS DISCUSSED  Lasagna Cat, The Spiritual Successor to Simpson’s Hit and Run, Item Label - Papupi, Silent Hill 2, Devotion, Outer Wilds, Outer Worlds, Undertale, Higurashi: When They Cry, Look Back, Crow Country Despite being a non-existent game, how has PT influenced gaming since its release? (0:17:27) P.T., Amnesia: Dark Descent, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Baby Steps, MiSide, The Blair Witch Project, Nexpo, Chilling Scares, Lethal Company, R.E.P.O, Phasmophobia, Allison Road,  What is the difference between a game influenced by PT and a game influenced by Amnesia? (0:33:57) Alien Isolation, Deltarune, Glittermitten Grove, Frog Fractions 2,   How has the influence of PT become a positive and when/how does it become a negative? (0:44:52) Dreams, PT Trailer, Earthbound, Layers of Fear, Devotion, Silent Hill F, Silent Hill 1, 1000 X Resist, The Stanley Parable,  Game Ratings: Human characters in Silent Hill (1:16:21) Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4, Silent Hill: Homecoming Why do Liminal Spaces work so well in video games? (1:33:39) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Bullet Storm, Call of Duty, Shenmu, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, MyHouse.WAD, Doom, House of Leaves,  What do we hope for the future of horror games post PT? (1:46:49) The Question Zone (1:56:19) Bober Da Bober asks Do you think if you play PT in reverse it would be called TP, and climbing out of the drain of creativity symbolizes Kojima's time with Konami? The Witness, The Looker Gryphoneer, the Universally Beloved Online Icon asks Imagine Jovial Bob himself called you and offered to put you in charge of developing a video game adaptation of any of his properties. What would you pick to adapt and how would you adapt it?   The Park, Fatal Frame, MADiSON,    Dial (The Dude) asks isn't it a bit funny how Resident Evil re-invented itself in a P.T.-like fashion with the original demo for Resident Evil 7, and then the final game was *anything* but that anyways, I personally think it'd be really funny if Norman Reedus played Ethan Winters   Resident Evil: Village, Hereditary   LiminalLongJohnSilvers asks What is the cardinal sin of horror games who attempt to capture that PT and/or liminal aesthetic The Rec Room (2:14:30) Split Fiction, Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein: An Anatomy Lesson, Good Boy, Bring Her Back, Talk 2 Me, Stray Children, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, Super Mario RPG, Eraserhead, Poltergeist, Cave Crave VR

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This week on Brainlords special guest Bobvids helps us on Part Two of our P.T. series discussing the current era of liminal spaces in games. Even Baby Steps and 1000xResist have looping hallways, so are the lessons learned from this ludonarrative...

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