The Safe Room

The Safe Room takes a detour into the surreal and absurd with 2024’s Indika. We discuss the game’s commentary on religion, the unique and entertaining formal choices the game makes, and the second han...

22 Feb 20250s

cw: suicide, death, the plague Grace and Rose enter the plagued town and explore its thematic shades of death and life, roles and personhood, ease and difficulty that permiate its walls and earth. Fin...

6 Jan 20250s

I wanted to get a Handheld Talk episode out for the holiday but unfortunately, due to my own carelessness, my files for that have been lost. Instead, enjoy this little playlist I threw together featur...

25 Dec 20240s

cw: suicide, bullying, animal/pet cruelty, animal/pet deathIn this episode of The Safe Room, Grace and Rose discuss the cult classic 2006 survival horror game Rule of Rose. We talk about the game’s no...

24 Nov 20240s

cw: suicide, sexual assault, domestic abuse, alcoholismIt’s time. We delve into the Silent Hill 2 Remake and discuss its handling of the originial game’s themes, the new (and pretty good) combat syste...

26 Okt 20240s

We talk the toy-like and immaculate Crow Country. We discuss the game's elegant take on survival horror, its consideration of childhood, nostalgia, and its characterful writing. After some listener qu...

29 Sep 20240s

Content warning: general gore and violence, body horror and limb dismemberment, ableism, misogyny.In this episode, we strategically dismember both versions of 2008 classic Dead Space. We talk about di...

2 Sep 20240s

Content Warnings: general violence, suicide, discussion of abuse and child sexual assault from 59:00 to 1:06:00Grace and Rose explore the at-once simplified and maximalist survival horror action of Ki...

1 Aug 20240s