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The Game Show

Creepy Moments in Non-Horror Games

Oct 22, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 12 segments

Games that weren’t supposed to scare you, but did. Jess and Break go through the creepiest moments in non-horror games: Big Boo’s Haunt, Lavender Town, Sonic CD’s hidden message, the Broodmother, the…

Games that weren’t supposed to scare you, but did. Jess and Break go through the creepiest moments in non-horror games: Big Boo’s Haunt, Lavender Town, Sonic CD’s hidden message, the Broodmother, the Bottom of the Well, SA-X, the Phantom Train, Skyrim’s House of Horrors, the Happy Mask Salesman, Shinra Mansion, 2300 AD, Stardew Valley’s dark shrine, the Guardians, the Rat Man dens, Ravenholm, and the Harvest Moon mad scientist with a mermaid in his basement. Also this week: EA shuts down BioWare and cancels Mass Effect, Fight Night returns, the next Xbox reportedly runs 1,200 to 1,800 dollars, Final Fantasy Resonance and Switch Sports Resort release, and Fenris sent the Pokemon save. Next week: the Halloween episode. The crew plays Phasmophobia together on air for the first time. It may be Thursday instead of Wednesday. The Game Show has been covering gaming since 2002. New episodes Wednesdays at 9 PM Central on the BreakmanX YouTube channel. Pokemon Crystal with Jess and Break streams Mondays at 6 PM Central.

Games that weren’t supposed to scare you, but did. Jess and Break go through the creepiest moments in non-horror games: Big Boo’s Haunt, Lavender Town, Sonic CD’s hidden message, the Broodmother, the…

Speakers: Breakman XHostJessHost

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Top entities: The Legend of Zelda×12 BioWare×14 Satan×2 Final Fantasy Resonance×3 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time×10

Gaming Industry News6:12 – 14:25

6:12

So let's get in.

6:14

It feels like every day.

6:15

It never used to be like this back in the old days.

6:18

But now it's like every week is some terrible thing.

6:21

So do you like Bioware? Your first one

J

JessHost

6:22

is like so personally devastating.

J

JessHost

6:25

I literally got a text from my friend that's like super into it too.

J

JessHost

6:29

And she was like, oh my God, I screamed.

J

JessHost

6:32

I was like...

6:33

So, yeah.

6:34

So, y'all out there, do you like...

6:37

Do you like Bioware? Because if you did, it's gone.

6:43

Electronic Arts EA shut down Bioware today, October 21st.

6:48

Mass Effect 5 is cancelled.

6:53

And some more information about it.

6:54

Bloomberg puts the layoffs at about 400.

6:55

About 3% of the company.

6:57

And...

7:05

Basically, they're cutting things that they're passionate about and focusing on their quote, biggest opportunities is what they're saying.

7:16

And they said that BioWare's work is something to celebrate and remember.

7:22

Respawn and DICE are working on a new Star Wars Battlefront.

7:26

But a lot of this goes back to the Saudi sale.

7:29

So the EA led by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund with Silver Lake and Affinity Partners closed in August.

7:36

It was a leveraged deal, which means the new owners took on a lot of debt to buy the company and now need to cut costs to service it.

7:44

BioWare is the first big studio to go into the new ownership two months in.

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BioWare Studio ClosureVideo Games > Video Game Industry > Electronic Arts
Mass Effect 5 CancellationVideo Games > Video Game Industry > Electronic Arts > BioWare Studio Closure
Electronic Arts Ownership and Cost CuttingBusiness > Entertainment Business > Video Game Companies
Saudi-Led Leveraged BuyoutBusiness > Entertainment Business > Video Game Companies > Electronic Arts Ownership and Cost Cutting
Console Generations and PC StreamingTechnology > Consumer Electronics > Video Game Hardware
Project Helix Price EstimatesTechnology > Consumer Electronics > Video Game Hardware > Console Generations and PC Streaming
Western RPGsVideo Games > Video Game Genres > Role-Playing Games
BioWare Games and Dragon AgeVideo Games > Video Game Genres > Role-Playing Games > Western RPGs
Horror and Unsettling Game MomentsVideo Games > Video Game Content
Creepy Game Locations and CharactersVideo Games > Video Game Content > Horror and Unsettling Game Moments
Lavender Town, Ravenholm, and Other ExamplesVideo Games > Video Game Content > Horror and Unsettling Game Moments > Creepy Game Locations and Characters
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Role-Playing GamesVideo Games > Video Game Genres
Entertainment BusinessBusiness
Video Game IndustryVideo Games
Electronic ArtsVideo Games > Video Game Industry
Consumer ElectronicsTechnology
Video Game HardwareTechnology > Consumer Electronics
Video Game CompaniesBusiness > Entertainment Business
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Business
Video Games

Gaming Industry News6:12 – 14:25

6:12

So let's get in.

6:14

It feels like every day.

6:15

It never used to be like this back in the old days.

6:18

But now it's like every week is some terrible thing.

6:21

So do you like Bioware? Your first one

J

JessHost

6:22

is like so personally devastating.

J

JessHost

6:25

I literally got a text from my friend that's like super into it too.

J

JessHost

6:29

And she was like, oh my God, I screamed.

J

JessHost

6:32

I was like...

6:33

So, yeah.

6:34

So, y'all out there, do you like...

6:37

Do you like Bioware? Because if you did, it's gone.

6:43

Electronic Arts EA shut down Bioware today, October 21st.

6:48

Mass Effect 5 is cancelled.

6:53

And some more information about it.

6:54

Bloomberg puts the layoffs at about 400.

6:55

About 3% of the company.

6:57

And...

7:05

Basically, they're cutting things that they're passionate about and focusing on their quote, biggest opportunities is what they're saying.

7:16

And they said that BioWare's work is something to celebrate and remember.

7:22

Respawn and DICE are working on a new Star Wars Battlefront.

7:26

But a lot of this goes back to the Saudi sale.

7:29

So the EA led by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund with Silver Lake and Affinity Partners closed in August.

7:36

It was a leveraged deal, which means the new owners took on a lot of debt to buy the company and now need to cut costs to service it.

7:44

BioWare is the first big studio to go into the new ownership two months in.

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