“This game actively pissed me off"—Logan

"I would have quit the game if not for this podcast"—Keith

Hot Zombie Summer faces its biggest challenge yet in Resident Evil Ø, the last of the Classic REs. In this first of three episodes on Capcom’s prequel title, the co-hosts narrate Zero’s complicated development cycle (shoutout to the Nintendo 64DD) and express their frustration with new gameplay mechanics: character zapping and leaving your shit all over the floor (AKA the removal of item boxes).

After going deep into the bench of REØ’s cast of characters—did you know rear security S.T.A.R.S. member Edward Dewey’s favorite hobby was dancing?—we navigate the Ecliptic Express, the iconic and inexplicably old-timey train section of the game. After our protagonists Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen escape the t ...