Episode 635: Five Nights at Freddy's (Patreon)

Nadia: This week, you WILL believe…that an antimatronic menagere containing a bear, a chicken, a rabbit, and a wily old fox is capable of making you pee your pants a little. Five Nights at Freddy's is officially 10 years old this month, which means it's retro by law. Join Nadia and special guest Mat Bradley-Tschirgi as they talk about the unlikely horror phenomenon that spawned several games (okay, a lot of games) and a movie that only just recently brought in a lot of money, proving "FNAF" is a cultural touchstone for a generation. It probably helps that around the same point in time, kids realized they liked watching other people play games–and inventing weird horror theories about them. This isn't your parents' Chuck E. Cheese!–actually, you know what, it's not dissimilar.

Edits by Greg Leahy; art by Nick Wanserski

06:45 - TekWar (TV Series): Title Theme

13:05 - Chuck E. Cheese: "Together We've Got It" (1989)

23:10 - Five Nights at Freddy's: Main Menu

29:09 - FNaF 2: Hallway Ambience | Christopher Lee: "The Toreador March"

42:19 - Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator: 240 Bits Per Mile

49:04 - FNaF 3: Bonnie's Lullaby

55:21 - Arcade Fire: "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"

Closing - The Living Tombstone: "Five Nights at Freddy's" (Film ver.)