Chris and Pete dive back into ReBoot with Season 1, Episode 4, “The Medusa Bug”—an unusual entry that notably doesn’t feature a game at all. Before getting there, though, the conversation takes plenty of detours.

Chris has been playing Scorn, set in an unsettling world inspired by the biomechanical style of H. R. Giger, which reminds him of the 1992 point-and-click classic, Dark Seed. That memory leads to a childhood story involving a bee that proves not all horror is virtual.

Chris also talks about playing Indika, reflecting on its Russian-cinema influences and how he’s increasingly drawn to games that are conceptually challenging rather than mechanically difficult. That opens the door to a broader discussion about the state of the industry, the console wars, and the perception that Xbox has effectively conceded ground. The brothers also reminisce about the communal excitement of playing a new release everyone’s talking about, recalling their experiences with Cyberpunk 2077.

Finally, they return to Mainframe to unpack “The Medusa Bug”—how the absence of a game changes the pacing, what it does for character development, and how it compares to the storytelling structures common in kids’ TV of the 80s and 90s

Noobs by C.G. Regan

Cover Art by Charlotte Regan

Music by Peter Regan