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The Best Year For Horror EVER? (feat. Jen Simpkins Interview)
Season 2
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In this Halloween special, we share our spooky nicknames, discuss horror game highlights for 2022, and chat to Jen Simpkins, Editorial Manager at Media Molecule, about the suitably spooky Land of Lost Dreams event. Also, we discover we are not good at figuring out what acronyms mean. Don't forget to use #PodSquad to send in your comments and questions!
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