‘Alien: Isolation’ Turns 10, ‘Tomb Raider’ Returns, and ‘Metaphor: ReFantazio’ Gets GOTY Buzz | Button Mash

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Ben and Justin Charity tiptoe through the halls of Sevastopol to discuss the 10-year anniversary of ‘Alien: Isolation’ and their experiences with the cult classic. Then they bring on Andy Kelly, author of ‘Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion,’ to discuss the game’s legacy, horror credentials, innovative AI system, and impact on ‘Alien,’ as well as what they hope to see from the newly announced ‘Isolation’ sequel (15:49). After that, Ben and Charity talk about Netflix and Amazon’s big bets on a ‘Tomb Raider’ revival, the history of the franchise, and Ben’s impressions of the new Netflix series ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’ (56:58). Finally, Steve Ahlman and Matt James pop in to give their impressions of ‘Silent Hill 2’ and ‘Metaphor: ReFantazio’ (84:32). Host: Ben Lindbergh Guests: Justin Charity, Andy Kelly, Steve Ahlman, and Matt James Producers: Devon Renaldo and Eduardo Ocampo Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody lies, but most of us don't like to talk about the lies we tell.
0:08.0	Until now.
0:10.0	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Phillips.
0:15.0	In my new podcast, Truthless, I'm talking to people about their best tales of deception.
0:22.0	From changing an entire family history to building an award-winning
0:27.9	Hollywood career on a lie. You can listen to Truthless on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts on October 15th.
0:42.0	Listen to me. We've got to re-establish long-range communications.
0:45.6	You're becoming hysterical.
0:47.6	Get back. I'm warning you.
0:50.1	Tut, Tut, Tut, let's resolve this actively. And then. Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom.
1:25.8	I am Benlinburg, a warrant officer, excuse me,
1:28.7	senior editor at The Ringer rudely awakened from hyper sleep
1:32.3	to make content for the company, including this
1:35.1	episode of But-Mesh.
1:37.1	I have placed a distress call to call in a crew of co-hosts and guests.
1:41.9	So with me first today is a senior staff writer for the ringer
1:45.5	and a perfect podcasting organism, Justin Charity.
1:49.4	Hello Charity.
1:50.6	Why not ask me about Sevastopol safety protocols?
1:54.0	I'm getting hysterical already just thinking about our conversation about alien isolation.
2:02.0	We have a lot on the docket today. We've got something
2:05.0	old, something new, something borrowed, I guess we're missing something blue, but the something
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