Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Joe looks at RE2 in this year's Halloween special!

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Title card by Dean Stahl! Check him out at deanstahlart.com headlocksandheadaches.com and facebook.com/deanstahlart
Theme song "Crash Course" by Dya: dyamusic.bandcamp.com
SNDG logo by behance.net/devinrogers
Excerpt from An Itchy, Tasty History of Resident Evil by Alex Aniel: polygon.com/2019/1/21/18187446/resident-evil-2-history-capcom-hideki-kamiya
1998 Kamiya/Sugimura interview: shmuplations.com/residentevil2
CarcinogenSDA's RE2 PC speedrun: youtube.com/watch?v=h1jiEu7mDiQ
Box art archived by mobygames.com
Magazine ad archived by flickr.com/photos/132169585@N04/albums
Console photography by Evan Amos: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evan-Amos

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