Hot Zombie Summer: A Resident Evil Retrospective

Join co-hosts Keith and Logan for this biweekly podcast in which they replay and discuss the mainline entries in Capcom's Resident Evil series as released in chronological order. 🎙️ ☣️ 🧟

Hot Zombie Summer: A Resident Evil Retrospective is a leisure podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #25

  Resident Evil 4 (2005), Part 5: "You Say Tomato, I Say Ganado"

  Sep 2, 20261h 35m

  But wait, there's more! We return for part 5 of our series on OG Resident Evil 4. We discuss the bonus content of the RE4 PS2 port (and subsequent editions) including Separate Ways, Assignment Ada, and the Mercenaries minigame. We also discuss Uber drivers, Biz Markie, and look into what the Black Eyed Peas have been up to lately. Time Stamps: 0:00-11:49 Cold Open 12:40-19:50 Episode Overview 19:50-41:55 Separate Ways Village Area 41:55-52:35 Separate Ways Castle Area 52:35-1:14:36 Separate Ways Gunboat/Island Area 1:14:36-1:17:40 Separate Ways Wrap-up 1:17:40-1:23:15 Assignment Ada and Mercenaries 1:23:15- End Final Thoughts (plus a Black Eyed Peas check in) ** Shoutout to Alex Aniel, whose book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil , we consulted during this podcast. Another shoutout to Michael Everette Hensley, the composer of our podcast theme music. This is our fifth of six episodes about Resident Evil 4 (2005). New episodes will be released Wednesdays—every two weeks. Feel free to give us a like, share, or review; thanks for listening!

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  Episode #24

  Resident Evil 4 (2005), Part 4: “CPO: Chief Plagas Officer”

  Aug 19, 20261h 45m

  In episode four of six on Resident Evil 4 (2005), Keith and Logan wrap up the main game with their foray into the game’s island area. The co-hosts critically reappraise this final portion of the game and, in doing so, talk revolutionary and leather daddy ganados, what the average garage door speed was in 2005, why Sadler wishes he was blogging, whether or not Ada is a 1.5 agent, and how Capcom made RE4 a stealth sequel to Nintendo’s Wave Race series. More germane to gameplay, this episode centers both Leon x Krauser fights (QTE knife battle and the Legends of the Hidden Temple fetch quest) as well as the endgame showdown with none other than Osmund Saddler, albeit in mutated scorpion form. Keith and Logan also ask if a degenerated regenerator (AKA the game’s Iron Maiden enemy) is just a generator. ** Time Stamps: 0:00-7:13 – Intro, reflecting on The Green Knight and the films of David Lowery, and an overview of the island 7:13-21:50 – Island Ch. 5-1: Storming the island, why regenerators are scary, RE4 ’s claw machine minigame, and reuniting with Ashley 21:51-32:24 – Island Ch. 5-2: Paper planes and lipstick kisses; Ashley drives a dumptruck; Las Plagas mind control; and “Our Plan,” in which Sadler explains everything on a scrap of paper 32:25-1:12:33 – Island Ch. 5-3: Fighting “It” AKA U3, Krauser, Krauser, Krauser! (and Ada), “Enough talk; die, comrade!”, casting back to Kim Jong Un, and big spoilers for Alex Garland’s Civil War 1:12:34-1:25:53 – Island Ch. 5-4: The return of celebrity / pop culture imitations, the life and death of Mike the helicopter pilot, and the gnarly nature of the Plagas removal machine 1:25:54-End – The Final Chapter: “Would you watch Leon in a Forrest Gump-style movie?”, final fight with Sadler, rocket launcher echoes of RE2 , and wrapping up the base game ** Shoutout to Alex Aniel, whose book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil , we consulted during this podcast. Another shoutout to Michael Everette Hensley, the composer of our podcast theme music. This is our fourth of six episodes about Resident Evil 4 (2005). New episodes will be released Wednesdays—every two weeks. Feel free to give us a like, share, or review; thanks for listening!

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  Episode #23

  Resident Evil 4 (2005), Part 3: “Bi-sexual-noculars”

  Aug 5, 20262h 3m

  We’ve “jacked da line” with this episode of Hot Zombie Summer—this time focusing on the Resident Evil 4 ’s (2005) castle. Keith and Logan make the case for why the Castle of the 8th Castellan is the best area of the game, narrating their playthrough experiences with castle sieges, double Garrador fights, madcap mine cart action, and Crash Bandicoot-style running from a giant Ramón Salazar statue. The hosts also detail vital lore-building memos, recount memorable dialogue from this section, and explain why the castle’s sewer portion actually doesn’t suck. Other topics you won’t want to miss include: Keith revealing that he wasn’t aware of Shreks three through five Why HZS is the #1 podcast for celebrity misinformation What RE4 has in common with Mario Party Logan theorizing why Harrison Ford has never played twins in a movie Bashing The Lumineers The reason Logan and Keith aren’t GereHeads (as in Richard Gere) A brief discussion of Martha Stewart’s favorite catchphrase, “Aw, jeez” ** Time Stamps: 0:00-5:14 – Introductory banter and why we’re so high on the castle 5:15-29:14 – Castle Ch. 3-1: Entering the castle, Leon says “No thanks…bro” to Salazar, Water Room fight, and Ashley getting kidnapped (again) Saturday morning cartoon-style 29:15-1:01:43 – Castle Ch. 3-2 and 3-3: Digressions about LOST and The Bear, whether or not Toad from Mario is a minor, why the hedge maze is reminiscent of The Sims, flirty fighting with Ada, and the last thing Luis Sera hears in his life is his name being mispronounced by Leon 1:01:44-1:34:55 – Castle Ch. 3-4 and 4-1: Why playing as Ashley works; lava rooms, king and queen grails, and breaking news alert memos; Las Plagas armadura fight; “Your right hand comes off?” / “Die, you worm!”; and how putting a Verdugo sticker on the fridge would have been like a video game trophy in 2005 1:34:56-1:51:42 – Castle Ch. 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4: A bizarre introduction to Jack Krauser, the castle’s underground, Dos Gigantes, clock tower enemy rush sequence, and Salazar boss fight 1:51:43-End – Wrapping up: Why speedboats were big in the 2000s, Logan recalls a body swapping story from 6th grade, and previewing the island for our next episode ** Shoutout to Alex Aniel, whose book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil , we consulted during this podcast. Another shoutout to Michael Everette Hensley, the composer of our podcast theme music. This is our third of six episodes about Resident Evil 4 (2005). New episodes will be released Wednesdays—every two weeks. Feel free to give us a like, share, or review; thanks for listening!

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  Episode #22

  Resident Evil 4 (2005), Part 2: “Exploding Barrels and an Interdimensional OSHA”

  Jul 22, 20261h 57m

  Resident Evil 4 + summer in the Western Hemisphere = Hot Zombie Summer is in full swing! We’re back with episode two on RE4 (2005), and this time, we’re actually talking about gameplay in this playthrough of the village. After chatting about RE4 ’s initial scene setting, namely what happened to Umbrella and why Leon is in rural Spain, we talk through the major areas of the village—ranging from the first, iconic set piece to Del Lago to the end-chapter Bitores Méndez fight. Shenanigans ensue as Keith and Logan not only praise the game’s aesthetics and more action-oriented tone but also break down why arms dealer plushies would be bad, reflect on the Shinzo Abe assassination, and examine the place of socialist wellness coordinators and infinite harpoon technology in the world of Resident Evil. Just as critically, the hosts make the case for why the ESRB should’ve rated RE4 “M for Mature” on account of smoking and giant dongs. ** Time Stamps: 0:00-3:40 – Introduction and how Resident Evil 4 is kind of like The Fast and the Furious 3:41-25:18 – Opening cinematic and narrative; first encounter with the Ganados; RE4 control scheme; aesthetics and atmosphere of village 25:19-49:10 – Village Ch. 1-1: First set piece, casting Leonardo DiCaprio as Leon and Matt Damon as Sadler, and meeting Luis and Méndez 49:11-1:15:26 – Village Ch. 1-2 and 1-3: “What are you buying?”, Ganado hierarchies and politics, Del Lago boss fight, and RE4’s memo problem 1:15:27-1:52:59 – Village Ch. 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3: El Gigante’s Hulk jorts, rescuing Ashley, why Sadler probably turned to Kickstarter in the 2023 Remake, siege defense sequence with Luis and Ashley, and the Méndez boss fight 1:53:00-End – Wrapping up and previewing the castle for next episode ** Shoutout to Alex Aniel, whose book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil , we consulted during this podcast. Another shoutout to Michael Everette Hensley, the composer of our podcast theme music. This is our second of six episodes about Resident Evil 4 (2005). New episodes will be released Wednesdays—every two weeks. Feel free to give us a like, share, or review; thanks for listening!

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  Hot Zombie Summer: A Resident Evil Retrospective

  Resident Evil 4: Paxton or Pullman

  Jul 8, 20262h 11m

  It's our first episode on Resident Evil 4 and it's a doozy! We have a lot to talk about covering the development and release of the game, as well as the characters, gameplay changes, and our personal experience with this seminal action horror classic. Time Stamps 0:00-4:25 Intro and Personal Memories 4:25-37:56 Development Notes and History 37:56-47:45 Release 47:45-1:40:08 Cast of Characters 1:40:08-end New Mechanics Shoutout to Alex Aniel, whose book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil , we consulted during this podcast. Another shoutout to Michael Everette Hensley, the composer of our podcast theme music. We'll be back in two weeks to dive into the gameplay and story of the first main area of the game, The Village.

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