Since I’m planning to eventually review every single episode of the series (probably a never ending task, as I think about it) I’ve been avoiding covering AVGN episodes on release – as nice as it would be to hit them while they are hot, I feel like I might wind up, down the line, running into my previous coverage and just repeating myself for the reviews – in fact, covering new episodes is the reason I decided to start reviewing the classic ones, and while I could keep them going in tandem, it just wouldn’t be worth it, I think, down the line.
We’re coming up on Halloween, however, and this year James gave us something a little more intense for his Halloween AVGN episode: a 6 part mini-series covering the urban legend of Polybius, a game that is rumored to have existed for a very short time in the 80’s, and mysteriously disappeared after many strange events happened surrounding it.
This episode goes a bit into the lore of the game as well as real stories related to the early days of gaming which may have inspired the legend of Polybius.
All in all, a good episode, and a good game related horror story, worth sharing in these last few days of October.
Enjoy!