Historically, when a boxer sensed defeat after soaking up blows, and his side wanted to stop the fight, they would throw in a towel in the ring to indicate surrender. The idiom evolved around the boxing ring. ![]() ITunes/Apple, Sticher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Linktree for additional streaming services.A pugilistic (boxing) phrase, it means to give up, to quit, to avoid further humiliation or domination when facing defeat in a contest. Safe Room is a weekly horror video game discussion podcast with new episodes every Monday on What are your favorite horror games of 2022 so far? – Jay Krieger ![]() As we typically do, we have gone to great pains to highlight AAA horror behemoths and lesser-known, but no less potently horrifying, indie gems.įrom unmissable entries such as Elden Ring to Evil Dead: The Game to off the beaten paths delights such as Nightmare of Decay and Silt, 2022 has had no shortage of horror delights, and we’ve got another six months of releases to still contend with!Īs fleeting as time is, there suddenly seems not to be enough to get around to playing everything, right? You can also unlock hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon) - from deep dives into uncollected King works to Dark Tower detours to King commentaries.īefore diving into this week’s GOTY 2022 (So Far) episode, be sure to catch up on last week’s episode of Safe Room in which Neil and I chatted about Steam Next Fest & Tribeca 2022 demos!Īs we have reached the halfway point of the year, Neil and I have each picked five 2022 horror games that have stood out to us amongst the lot! A games of the year (so far) chat if you will. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. Stream the episode below and stay tuned next week when the Losers revisit Mick Garris’ 2004 adaptation of Riding the Bullet starring Jonathan Jackson, the late Cliff Robertson, and Scream star David Arquette. Also, how did that whole e-book thing pan out? Along the way, they touch on how King’s accident informs “Riding the Bullet,” as well as the question of whether we even want to see a finished version of The Plant, one of the strangest relics in the King canon. ![]() Join Losers Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, Jenn Adams, and Rachel Reeves as they unpack the stories alongside the DIY boom of the early Internet age. In fact, it’s the only unfinished King work that’s available to the public. “My friends,” he said at the time, “we have a chance to become Big Publishing’s worst nightmare.” In an accompanying letter, he asked readers to kick him a dollar per “episode,” saying that he reserved the right to “cease publication if a lot of people steal the story.” Of course, that’s exactly what people did and The Plant remains unfinished to this day. Later that year, he went solo with The Plant, a novel-in-progress he released in 5,000-word installments via. And then came “Riding The Bullet”, which Simon & Schuster released as “the world’s first mass-market e-book.” The novella, a “ghost story in the grand tradition,” was riddled with glitches upon release (and instantly hacked by keyboard warriors) but the gambit was enough of a success to pique King’s interest in digital publishing. He spent the latter part of the ‘90s experimenting with publishing formats, first by serializing The Green Mile and then by releasing Desperation and The Regulators as companion books. All across culture, the Internet was changing the way creators disseminated their work. But, somewhat serendipitously, upheaval was also gripping his industry. He was struck by a van the previous summer and the resulting injuries required rest, rehabilitation, and the complete upheaval of his writing routine. As the ‘90s turned into the 2000s, Stephen King was learning how to write again.
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