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Rian Floyd
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📚 book nerd & SF writer wannabe 🎮 RPG fan 📷 occasional street photographer 🎙️ podcaster @genreblender.net 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇦🇺♾️ he/they www.genreblender.net
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I had an epiphany while editing this video. Turns out I actually LOVE horror as a genre, I just never considered what I was reading/watching/playing to be horror.

Even Mass Effect has horror elements in it (the Reapers are bloody horrific!)

Might expand on this thought in a future video.
Coming at you with a double dose of content this week!

Today Rian and Kris delve into horror sub genres just in time for Halloween!

Gettin' Spooky With It! - Exploring Horror Subgenres
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Gettin' Spooky With It! - Exploring Horror Subgenres
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Guess what Rian finally watched!!!!

Tune in to this months episode of Genre Blender to find out.

With a new format, we get to delve deeper into everything we’ve read, watched and played over the whole month! As well as delve into noteworthy news that excites us!

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Genre Blender - Episode 30: You Can’t Do That To Me In These Episodes!
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I guess I gotta find some time to play The Outer Worlds 2, then. The glowing reviews are piling in. I fell off the first one—loved the concept and the humour but it was clunky AF. Seems most of the glaring issues are fixed.
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Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
My first solo video is out. Might as well start off by admitting something I’m self-conscious about. 😅 Yep, the English lit & creative writing major is scared of big books. It happens!

Or maybe I’m supposed to say something like “I overcame Big Book Phobia and so can you with these 5 easy steps!”
What do you do when the next book on your TBR is 1,211 pages but you’re intimidated by big books? Rian talks about this conundrum and how he overcame it while reading The Stand by Stephen King.

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Overcoming ‘Big Book Phobia’ with Stephen King’s The Stand
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🐺 ARC Sign ups are here 🐺

How many lives will be lost for the sake of a non-existent war?

How many people will be sacrificed in the name of genetic enhancement?

You’ll have to read it to find out!

Want to read this early? Check out the link below!
Look, mum, I’m a real YouTuber now! 😂 Our first non-podcast YouTube-only duo video for the channel, with heaps more coming soon.
It’s newbie vs constant reader in today’s video!

Happy spooky season folks! Let’s chat the glory of Stephen King!

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The King of Horror: Newbie vs Constant Reader
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Iconic artist Drew Struzan, who created the movie posters for Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Back to the Future, has passed away:

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Legendary Movie Poster Artist Drew Struzan Has Passed Away - Reactor
Drew Struzan was 78.
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Of that I have no doubt 😂
Kris has told me about this game on repeat, but I never really got it ‘til this video. Actually, I *still* don’t really get it, but that’s probably a character flaw on my part. 😅
Kris’s first solo video is live!

Exploring his addiction to GrimShire, Kris shares what makes this cozy horror game so dang addictive.

Cozy Horror - What Makes Grimshire Utterly Addictive
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Cozy Horror - What Makes Grimshire Utterly Addictive
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She was having waaaaay too much fun with these edits. And I’m having waaaay too much fun seeing them.
I made the obvious joke and I have no regrets.
Shake dat booooooty
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Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:

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This is the ONLY thing that prevents me from playing Hollow Knight and Silksong. When I try to explain to people that I lack an inbuilt sense of direction, they never really get it. But this is how it manifests. I cannot play these games. I’ve tried. And ultimately, they become very un-fun.
If an overconfident numbskull stacks it in the woods, and nobody is there to witness it, did it actually happen?

The gravel graze on my knee says yes, yes it did.
Now I expect to have a separate collection of copyedit drawings published alongside ALPHA. 😂
Super fun and nerdy conversation, plus this is the last episode in this format. There’s a li’l announcement at the beginning if you want to know what’s changing (all good things, I promise).
Retro gaming is having a resurgence and we are both thrilled!

Genre Blender - Episode 29: The Rise of Retro Gaming | Emulation, gaming handhelds, and nostalgia
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Genre Blender - Episode 29: The Rise of Retro Gaming | Emulation, gaming handhelds, and nostalgia
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It’s time to get cozy with this weeks episode of Genre Blender as Rian and Kris chat about Tiny Bookshop!

This gem of an indie title offers players the chance to give up the hustle and bustle of everyday life to open a book shop in a quaint seaside town.

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Genre Blender - Episode 28: Cozy Gaming with Tiny Bookshop | Clicker, passive, and idle games
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Anyone else overwhelmed after tonight’s Nintendo Direct? 😅 ‘Spring 2026’ will be packed. The older I get, the more I gotta remind myself that I can’t play everything!
Finally finished this monster of a game. 65-70 hours. Lots of thoughts but they mostly boil down to: GREAT setup, they stuck the landing, but the last few chapters just went on and on and onnnn… Just JRPG things, I guess. 🙃
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is jam packed full of heavy and reflective themes about how we as people view art, human nature, decadence, youth and so much more.

Genre Blender - Episode 27: Art and Morality in The Picture of Dorian Gray | Book discussion
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Genre Blender - Episode 27: Art and Morality in The Picture of Dorian Gray | Book discussion
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Have a howlin’ good time on your birthday, my friend. 🐺🎉