The Hills Are Silent: Recent Episodes
TwoTonetheArtist & Mitch the Peach
Cousins TwoTonetheArtist and Mitch the Peach chop it up about the video games of yesterday, today, and tomorrow
00:00-Intro00:43-Recent game pickups11:57-Fallout game series memories30:25-Recently played games36:55-Xbox 360 Xbox Live Arcade memories42:36-Cloud save technology is awesome
00:00-Intro
00:37-Favorite 2022 Game Releases Intro
01:44-Mitch favorite 1: Chained Echoes
06:13-TwoTone favorite 1: Quake Champions
08:42-Mitch favorite 2: The Quarry
12:40-TwoTone favorite 2: Evil Dead the Game
17:13-Mitch favorite 3: Marvel Snap
22:25-TwoTone favorite 3: Signalis
24:32- 2022 Game Releases on Our Backlog
25:00-Mitch backlog 1: Sifu
27:11-TwoTone backlog 1: Sniper Elite 5
31:25- Mitch backlog 2: Kirby and the Forgotten Land
35:10-TwoTone backlog 2: Scorn
36:30-TwoTone backlog 3: Dying Light 2
38:00-Mitch backlog 3: God of War Ragnarok
40:30-Gaming on a Projects
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:50-Persona 3 Reload vs Persona 5
16:00-Xbox’s Un-exclusives
33:35-TwoTone’s TV repair
00:00-Intro00:50-Sony State of Play Silent Hill Announcements10:50-Game pick ups30:01-Recently delisted games39:15-Games Done Quick speedrunning organization
0:00-Intro
1:01-Recently Played Game: Cocoon (Xbox Game Pass)
13:14-Recently Played Game: Resident Evil 4 (Xbox Series X and PS4)
27:58-Recently Played Game: Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 (PlayStation 2)
35:45-Physical Games/Media News: Best Buy removing DVDs/Blue Rays from shelves, Microsoft disbanding physical media department, Ubisoft exec interview, Limited Run Games quote
00:00-Intro
01:00-Hyperkin releasing a remake of the OG Xbox S controller
11:30-Recently played: Paranormasight the Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Nintendo Switch)
21:58-Limited Run Games pickup
25:55-New Year's resolution: buy less stuff
31:20-Recently played: Combat Arms: The Classic (PC)
40:30-Recently played: Combat Arms: Reloaded (PC)
00:00-Intro01:17-Games we played together during the holiday break03:24-Recently played: Mario Golf (N64)06:50-Recently played: Mario Tennis (N64)07:58-Tennis games are actually really fun!10:50-How many Mario Tennis games are there?13:00-Recently played: Diddy Kong Racing (N64)14:32-Recently played: Goldeneye 007 (N64)15:45-Recently played: NBA Courtside 2 with Kobe Bryant (N64)18:20-Cartridge based games are slowly failing and won't boot up22:43-Our 2023 Steam year in reviews41:27-Recent game pickups43:15-Storytime: getting sick in a game store44:50-Recent game pickups continued
00:00-Intro01:15-Our trip to the Mega Replay video game store in Peoria,IL17:10-Going through video game reseller Swanee's inventory26:00-Mitch's holiday game pickups42:20-The Halo 2 map pack disc and memories of playing local multiplayer46:10-TwoTone's holiday game pickups01:00:25-Mitch picked up an Xbox 360 console!
00:00-Intro01:25-Recently played: Metal Slug 3 (PS Vita)08:55-Fortnite experimenting with completely new game modes11:45-Fortnite: Rocket Racing13:50-Fortnite: Fortnite Festival19:50-Fortnite: Lego Fortnite 24:30-Our thoughts on these new Fortnite game modes29:30-Silent Hill easter eggs in Hideo Kojima's new OD game trailer 36:00-Mitch's surprising Xbox "Year in Review" stats
00:00-Intro01:12-Recently played: Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo Switch)12:39-Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer breaks Youtube viewership record15:36-Grand Theft Auto 5 role-playing mods and servers19:33-Video game trailers we were personally most hyped about20:13-Most hyped trailer 1: Gears of War "Mad World" trailer27:29-Most hyped trailer 2: Doom 3 on the original Xbox33:28-Most hyped trailer 3: The Last of Us Part II E3 reveal40:44-Most hyped trailer 4: George A. Romero's City of the Dead
00:00-Intro
00:53-Silent Hill Ascension
12:55-Escape room IRL
25:50-Recenlty played: Resident Evil Village Shadows of Rose DLC
35:25-Recently played: Dead Space remake
46:00-Stumbling upon a House of the Dead 2 arcade machine in downtown Atlanta
0:00-Intro
5:45-Game Pickups: Ebay, estate sales, Facebook Marketplace, Geek Alliance, Mega Replay, and GameStop
50:13-PlayStation Vita chargers: Real vs knock off
57:35-Recently Played Game: Tales of Arise
In this week's episode we cover:0:00-Intro
01:07-listener comments
10:12-Post wedding rock band jam
16:19-listener responses: did you enjoy Starfield?
17:39-listener responses: what mobile games do you play?
18:25-Mitch used to have a Playstation Portable (PSP) & handhelds discussion
27:50-TwoTone finally finished the Original Resident Evil PS1 game
35:08-Trying to game on a plane
40:10-TwoTone's honeymoon at Sint Maarten
43:10-Gaming on an island - where digital games are more practical than physical games
51:48-Activision shutting down GameBattles esports platform and service
In this week's episode we cover:
0:00-Intro
0:36-Game Pickups @ Press Start Games and Videos
21:32-Recently Played: The Last Exterminator (Duke Nukem spiritual successor)
29:07-What other games would you like to see “spiritual successors” to? (NBA/NFL Street & Def Jam discussion)
42:26-Halo 3 Mountain Dew Citrus Cherry is making a comeback & Halo 3 remastered maps coming to Halo Infinite
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:40-Silent Hill Ascension news, releases Halloween, October 31st
7:06-Game Pickups
31:54-Mike's Bachelor Party Weekend!
37:54-Guitar Hero rumored comeback discussion
48:43-Recently Played: Calisto Protocol (PS4)
In this week's episode we cover:00:00-Intro00:46-Wii U/3DS Online Services Shutting Down09:36-Handheld console grip accessory discussion13:00-Open-source project "Pretendo" discussion20:45-Netflix is releasing two new animated series - Tomb Raider: Legend Lara Croft & Devil May Cry27:14-Limited Run Games: Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden announcement40:27-Recently Played Game: Starfield (Xbox Series X)
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:44-Listener comments
07:00-Resident Evil 4 Remake DLC
12:20-Putting a value on base games and DLC
19:38-Apple announces new Iphone can play AAA games
26:55-Have you ever played mobile games on your phone?
41:06-Recently played: Devil May Cry 5
48:30-Recently played: Party Animals
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:42-Game pickups
28:55-Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake coming to Switch
34:35-Tomb Raider I-III Remaster coming soon
37:19-Thoughts on upcoming Metal Gear Solid remaster collection
44:50-Unity game engine pricing model changing
59:42-In-house game engines vs. licensing a 3rd party game engine
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:46-Recently Played Game: F.I.S.T (Forged in Shadow Torch) (Xbox Game Pass)
18:24-Recently Played Game: Prodeus (PS4)
24:12-Level Editors & Community Made Content Discussion
34:42-Dragon Con Parade - Mike shows footage
42:41-Most Psychedelic Games Discussion - The Beatles: Rock Band, Katamari, and LSD Dream Emulator
01:00:32-MEGA Xbox 360 Collector Set Announcement
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
01:31-The Resident Evil games we still need to finish
02:20-Recently played: Resident Evil Village (PlayStation 4)
18:00-Recently played: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Xbox Game Pass)
31:38-Dead by Daylight's DLC
42:00-What horror icons should Dead by Daylight license next?
52:07-Playstation Plus price increase and the difference between PS Plus Essential, Extra, & Premium
01:03:41-Game developer Volition shuts down
In this week's episode we cover:
0:00-Intro
0:48-Recently Played Game: Live A Live (Nintendo Switch)
17:16-Sometimes you have to let a good deal slide by (PlayStation 3 3D Display & PlayStation 4 VR discussion)
34:39-Recent Pickups: Octopath Traveler 2 (PS4) & The DioField Chronicles (Xbox One)
45:08-Resident Evil: Death Island animated movie discussion
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
01:13-Recently Played: Arizona Sunshine (PlayStation 4 VR)
11:15-Recent Pickups: Hitman the Complete First Season (PS4), Trials Fusion (PS4), Call of Duty: Vanguard (PS4), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 (PS4), FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE (PS4), Marvel's Spiderman Miles Morales (PS4)
31:39-Recently Played: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, 2009 (Xbox 360), Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360)
41:45-Xbox 360 Digital Storefront Shutting Down July 202459:08 Xbox Introducing a New Strike System
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
0:40-Listener comments
3:20-Recently Played: Marvel's Midnight Suns (Xbox Series X)
16:44-Recently Finished: Max Payne (Playstation Vita)
17:54-Recently Finished: Binary Domain (and multiplayer w/ Mitch) (Steam/PC)
22:35-Recently Played: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin HD (Playstation 3)
24:51-Storytime: Getting my games stolen at the mall
28:20-Hitman series discussion
36:15-Recent Pickups: Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes (Nintendo Switch)
42:20-Southern Fried Gaming Expo
0:00-Introduction 0:38-Recently Played Games: Resident Evil 3 Remake (Xbox Series X) 13:15-Game Pickups: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Nintendo Switch) 22:45-Reminiscing about Xbox's Platinum Hits and PlayStation's Greatest Hits 27:41-Guitar Hero and Rock Band game and peripheral collecting + repairing
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:38-Recently Played Games: Halo Reach (Xbox Master Chief Collection Xbox One)
21:30-Recently Played Games: Skyforce Anniversary (PlayStation Vita)
26:25-Mitch's New ASUS ROG Flow
36:25-The Sunsetting of Xbox Games with Gold and Introduction of Xbox Game Pass Core
In this week's episode we cover:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Recently Played Games: Picross 3D Round 2 (3DS)
9:09 Recently Played Games: Original Max Payne (PlayStation Vita)
20:00 Discussing IGN article about how classic games are not commercially available
40:20 Antstream Arcade: A collection of over 1300 classic games
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
1:05-Recently Played: Binary Domain (PC/Steam)
10:50-Recently Played: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (Xbox Series X/Game Pass)
27:40-Gulf Shores, AL game pickups
44:40-Mitch's new TV
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
1:40-Recently Played: Psychonauts (PC/Steam)
14:50-Recently Played: Guitar Hero (PS2)
20:54-Recently Played: Shadow Warrior 3 (PC/Game Pass)
26:25-Embracer Group closing studios and cancelling games
35:20-3rd party Switch Controllers
50:02-New Playstation handheld system. Project Q
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
0:48-Recently Played: Diablo IV
21:30-Recently Played: Atomic Heart
31:20-The Xbox Showcase
58:10-Xbox Black 1TB Series S Announcement
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
1:03-Recently Played: The Last Campfire (Switch), Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4), Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Steam)
32:04-When are we going to get some cheap Switch Games?
39:00-Are GameStop "Deals" worth it anymore?
46:50-Chose a game for the other person to play to cover in next week’s episode - Mitch’s choice for Mike: Shadow Warrior 3 (Game Pass)
Mike’s choice for Mitch: Psychonauts (Steam)
51:17-Mike and Mitch discuss their personal experiences with Facebook Marketplace
In this week's episode we cover:00:00-Intro
00:40-Another Gamestop employee walkout
16:05-Recently played: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
26:20-Game launcher inception (Steam, Uplay, EA Play, ...)
30:00-Yakuza series overview
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
01:10-Recently played games: Deceive Inc. (PC)
11:40-Recently finished games: Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2)
21:00-Recently played games: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Elite Beat Agent, Beat City (Nintendo DS)
30:50-Disney MMO ToonTown is back! ToonTown Rewritten
46:20-Happy Mother's Day! Best gaming gifts from Mom
01:01:25-Thoughts on the Asus Rog Ally and other handheld PCs
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
01:00-Recently played games: The Red Star (PS2)
12:30-Recently played games: Dredge (Xbox Series X)
26:00-Fishing in video games
33:45-Fishing horror story
36:04-Realistic fishing games. Who plays these!?! and Dreamcast fishing controller
44:50-Arcade games for bars
51:45-Delisted games alert!
In this week's episode we cover:
00:00-Intro
00:50-Recently played games: Resident Evil: Outbreak (PS2), Vampire Night (PS2)
23:20-Putting together a PS1/PS2 CRT TV light gun setup
38:30-The Xbox 360 Live Vision camera
52:40-Xbox Kinect on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently played games: Resident Evil Code Veronica X HD (Xbox 360), Need for Speed II (PS1)
- Mitch the Peach's Xbox 360 played games list & memories
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently played games: Back 4 Blood, finished Signalis, Metal Hellsinger
- Rhythm games (Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Parappa the Rapper, Dance Central, Fuser, etc.)
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Resident Evil 2 Remake
- Games With So Much Potential but Fell Flat (Blade 2 and Battlefield: Hardline Discussion)
- Stories About When Video Games Kept Us Out of Trouble
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: finished Tomb Raider 2013 (PS4), finished Inversion (Xbox 360)
- Difficult games that aren't Soulsbornes: Ninja Gaiden 2, Cuphead, Hollow Knight, Devil May Cry 3, Red Faction, The Thing
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Forza Horizon 5 (Xbox Series X), Signalis (PC), & Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
- EA Delisting Battlefield Games From Digital Storefronts & Shutting Down Servers
- Counter-Strike 2 Announced
- Our History With the Counter-Strike Series
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U), Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PS Vita), Resident Evil 4 Remake Chainsaw Demo (PC)
- Xbox Design Lab Custom Controllers
- Steam Spring Sale and What's on Mitch the Peach's Steam Wishlist?
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Fez (PC)
- Echoes of the Living Developer Responds to TwoTone's Positive Feedback
- Nintendo Wii U and 3DS eShops Shutting Down
- Did Mitch's Wii U Suffer From the Recently Reported Console Hardware Failure?
- TwoTone Fails at Modding his Gamecube
- TwoTone Fixes his Nintendo 3DS XL
- The Hunt for the Logitech Wireless OG Xbox and PS2 Controllers
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: A Way Out (PC), Payday 2 (PC), and Hi-Fi RUSH (PC)
- Shinji Mikami's Legacy and Leaving His Game Studio Tango Gameworks
- What's Your Favorite and Least Favorite Resident Evil Game?
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch), MechWarrior 5: Merceneries (PC), Echoes of the Living Demo (PC)
- What’s a game in your Steam library that you’ve never played, and probably never would. Well I challenge you to play it!
- The Black Hole of Weird Steam Games
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Hogwarts Legacy and Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Video Games in other media: Tomb Raider (2018) movie and The Last of Us TV Series
- Games leaving the Xbox 360 online marketplace
- Hyperkin to re-release the Xbox 360 controller for the console's 17th Anniversary
- The Hyperkin Duke controller modeled after the OG Xbox controller
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Helldivers and Inkulinati Discussion
- Premium Controller Discussion (PS5 DualSense Edge and Xbox Elite Controller Series 2)
- What’s the Best Games Where You Play as a Non-Human Character?Why Don't We See Many Non-Human Protagonists in Modern Games?
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Chained Echos and Tomb Raider (2013)
- Have You Ever Started a Game+ (where you beat the game and all of your stats and upgrades roll into a new game)?
- How Long Should Games Take to Beat? Does it Depend on the Genre?
- Xbox/Bethesda Developer Direct Discussion (Hi-Fi RUSH and Redfall highlights)
In this week's episode we cover:
- What are the Worst Sequels (Second Game) in Gaming? Evil Within 2 and Getaway: Black Monday Discussion
- Part 2 What are the Best Sequels (Second Game) in Gaming? Call of Duty 2 and Aliens vs. Predator 2 Discussion
- Games You Can No Longer Get Digitally - Aliens vs. Predator 2, Clive Barker’s Jericho, Way of the Samurai 3 and Super Mario 3D All-Stars Discussion
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, High on Life, and Persona 5
- Do You Obsess About Frame Rate and/or Resolution?
- NerdKungFoo.com Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney T-Shirt and Game Discussion
- What's Your Best GameCube Memory or Game? Resident Evil and Animal Crossing Discussion
- What are the Best Sequels (Second Game) in Gaming? Resident Evil 2 and Halo 2 Discussion
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (PC Game Pass), Warhammer 40k: Darktide (PC Game Pass), A Way Out (PC Game Pass), and Persona 5 (PS4)
- Are you into visual novels? And what exactly is a visual novel?
- Video games turned into other forms of media: Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Assassin's Creed
- Nvidia announces yet another new graphics card
- The best free Playstation Plus Games Sony has given away
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Soulcalibur VI (Xbox Series X), As Dusk Falls (Xbox Series X), Control Ultimate Edition (PS4) and The Order 1886 (PS4)
- The failed epic InPlay arcade in Peoria, IL
- The woes of Complete/Ultimate/Game of the year editions coming with download codes instead of the DLC being on the disc
- Awesome licensed Resident Evil shirts
- Playstation 4 remote play on the Playstation Vita
- Remote play on the Steam Link
- The Steam Controller
- Gears of War Xbox 360 console crate
- Ultra rare limited edition Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 for sale
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games: Marvel Snap (Steam/Mobile), Unit 13 (PS Vita), Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PS Vita)
- Unreal shutting down old game servers (Dance Central, Rock Band, Unreal Tournament)
- Unreal Tournament 3 re-releasing as a free game
- The Game Awards - Steam Deck Giveaway
- The Game Awards - Hades 2 Trailer
- The Game Awards - Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Trailer
- The Game Awards - Tekken 8 Trailer
- The Game Awards - Street Fighter 6 Trailer
- The Game Awards - Warhammer 40K: Space Marines 2
- The Game Awards - The Lords of the Fallen Trailer
- The Game Awards - Armored Core VI Trailer
- The Game Awards - Judas Trailer
- The Game Awards - Forespoken Trailer
- The Game Awards - Post Trauma Trailer
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently Played Games - Signalis, Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, Triangle Strategy, Omega Boost
- Best Christmas Memories
- Cliff Bleszinski's Book - 'Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games'
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently played games: Finishing Plague Tale: Requiem, Theme Park on Sega Genesis
- Consoles breaking, raging and throwing controllers, and failing memory cards
- The new Steam charts: Top Selling and Top Played games
- Discussing this year's Black Friday Deals
- Great aggregate websites to find game deals
- Thanksgiving: what we are thankful for in the gaming community
- Xbox live is coming back to the original Xbox with support for 25 games
- What other games we would like to see return to the original Xbox online
In this week's episode we cover:
- Recently played games: Prey 2017, Yakuza 4, Plague Tale: Requiem, The Order 1886, Inversion
- First memories of buying a game that turned out sucking
- Spooky Spectacular: Resident Evil Village Gold Edition and other upcoming horror games
- New Silent Hill Announcements
- New line of Nvidia graphics cards
- Missing games fiasco
In this weeks episode we cover:
- The new Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory dedicated servers
- Goldeneye 64 coming to Xbox Game Pass and Switch
- The hunt for a Nintendo 64 controller for PC emulation
- The Nintendo 64 transfer pack
- The value of Xbox GamePass
- The state of Halo
- Playstation 4 VR in 2022