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509: Stephen King's Influence on Games

Retronauts

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Nadia Oxford chants the names Andrew Vestal and Shane Bettenhausen three times in reverse to summon them into an episode recording circle dedicated to exploring the influence of acclaimed horror author Stephen King on video games. We all ’cast down here…

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0:00.0

This week on RouterNots, what kind of world-class author can't spell Cemetery anyway?

0:04.6

Hello boys and ghouls and welcome to RouterNots, I am your host for this week Nadia Oxford.

0:31.8

I am here to talk about horror-author Stephen King's Influenza video games.

0:38.8

I'm sure I'm going to do that along because that's some scary shit right there.

0:42.8

Joining me are my good friends, Andrew Vestal and Shane Bettenhausen.

0:46.8

Say hi, fellow overlooked caretakers and introduce yourselves briefly.

0:49.8

You first Andrew.

0:51.8

Hi my name is Andrew Vestal.

0:53.8

I have a long and story history in the RPG corners of the gaming internet.

0:59.8

I'm also an inveterate book nerd who has read a lot of Stephen King in my childhood.

1:06.8

That's probably what twisted also on the end is what it into.

1:10.8

Yeah, the whole point of Stephen King is that you have to read him when you're in fourth grade and should absolutely not be reading Stephen King.

1:18.8

That's the ideal age to come to this one.

1:20.8

Oh absolutely.

1:22.8

My mom, you can't watch violence on TV but read all the Stephen King you want.

1:26.8

You're not my daughter, you're not re-saving King.

1:29.8

You imbue this book and you get out of my house.

1:31.8

That was my childhood.

1:33.8

I'm parenting my daughter the same way.

1:35.8

I told her she couldn't watch season two of Demon Slayer because it was too violent but she's allowed to read the manga and she's reading.

1:40.8

So you know, whatever.

1:42.8

Whatever it takes to encourage your children to stick their nose in a book.

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