The Geeks are back this week where they give their first impressions on games like Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Street Fighter IV, and Killzone 2. And we want to thank our good friend Debo/ Darin for the music in this show.
Esoteric Ebb Leans Into Weirdness and Wins Big
John Breeden II
April 24, 2026
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The premise of the first game is that in September 2013, a strain of the Cordyceps fungus, a real-life organism that can take over the bodies and minds of ants, jumps to humans. People who get infected are disfigured and hungry for flesh; billions die and society crumbles. Many of the game’s missions are built around a search for some suddenly precious item — a gallon of gas, a medical kit. Bullets are scanty and your character is usually outnumbered in battle, so you expend a lot of effort sneaking up on enemies and conserving resources with clandestine stabbings.