Spooky Season is almost over but we're sneaking in one final episode before it's turkey time - Psychological Horror games! We have a brief discussion about the difference between psychological horror games and other horror games before getting into the games we played. And we've got quite a bit to talk about with Fire Emblems Warriors, 007 First Light, and Switch Sports. Wait...what was the theme again?

Oh yeah, we actually did talk about some psychological horror games. We get into some discussion about Alan Wake 2, Soma, and the newest Castlevania entry in over a decade. To top things off we have a long tale about a psychologically devastating trip to Little Caesar's.

So while we're sad to see spooky season end already, we are glad to cap it off with one more episode. So grab your...umm, bandages? Crowbar? Not sure...well, grab your headphones for sure and join us - at this look at Psychological Horror games!

We are already half way into spooky season and we've got our first Halloween focused episode here with a special Horror Gaming Tournament! Typically reserved for our March Madness bracket episode, we were feeling extra spooky this year and have put together a full roster of 64 horror gaming things to go head to head. And by 'things' that means it's not just game vs. game - we've got characters, locations, items, songs - a whole bunch of horror related stuff!

If you'd like to follow along head over to Instagram where you can view the bracket (beatofthemonth). And if you'd like to leave us a note about all the stuff we left off the list, send us a note at beatofthemonth@gmail.com. Otherwise if you're all ready to dive in, then grab your Chainsaw Controller, your medicinal green herbs, and your headphones - and join us for this Horror Gaming Tournament!

For this episode of Beat of the Month we've got a deep dive of the latest indie darling, Big Walk! While we usually play single player games for our deep dives, Big Walk required us to play together and test the limits of our friendship. And boy were those limits tested! We played with two separate groups (which has its own backstory...) so we discuss our different experiences with the game, which were quite varied.

We then get into discussions about the characters, the world, the items, and of course - the puzzles! There are a lot of puzzles and everyone had their favorites to mention. If you haven't gone on your big walk yet I recommend taking a break once we get into puzzle descriptions as we do get into spoilers for solutions. Otherwise, grab your walkie-talkie, whatever someone stuck on your backpack, and your headphones, and join us on this deep dive of Big Walk!