Chapter Select: Season 5, Episode 6 – Resident Evil 3

Episode art generated by DALL-E 2 with the following prompt written by Max Roberts - "Resident Evil 3 Tyrant chasing Jill Valentine in a fiery Racoon City diorama at night"
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It is the end of an era. Max Roberts and Logan Moore say so long to the city they’ve called home for the first half of this season. Has Capcom’s relentless pursuit of sales delivered another smash hit or does Resident Evil 3: Nemesis belong in a body bag?

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Resident Evil 3

Metacritic – 91/100 and 7984/100


This episode was originally recorded on February 3, 2023.

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Chapter Select: Season 5, Episode 5 – Resident Evil 4

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The reinvention of Capcom’s horror series begins! Los Illuminados members Max Roberts, Logan Moore, and special guest Dustin Furman embrace the Las Plagas to find out if Leon’s mission to the Spanish countryside is all it’s cracked up to be. Can saving the President’s daughter really make for the best Resident Evil game ever made?

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Resident Evil 4

  • Developer – Capcom (Armature for RE4VR)
  • Platforms – GameCube, PS2, PC, Wii, iOS, PS3/360, PS4/X1/Switch, Quest 2
  • Release Date – January 11, 2005 (RE4VR was Oct 21, 2021)
  • Game Director – Shinji Mikami
  • Producer – Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Composer – Misao Senbongi

Metacritic – 96/100 (85/100 for RE4VR)


This episode was originally recorded on November 1, 2022.

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Chapter Select: Season 5, Episode 4 – Resident Evil 2

Episode art generated by DALL-E 2 with the following prompt written by Max Roberts & Logan Moore - "police station in the middle of a busy city at night where a semitruck flipped outside that is surrounded by zombies and fire diorama"
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Thud, thud, thud…Rookie cop Max Roberts and college dropout Logan Moore team up with motorcycle racer Ricky Frech to skulk around a disheveled police station. Did Capcom’s plan for bigger and better sequels pay off or did this adventure in Raccoon City bite off more than it can chew?

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Resident Evil 2

Metacritic – 89/100 and 91/100


This episode was originally recorded on January 21, 2023.

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Chapter Select: Season 5, Episode 3 – Resident Evil 0

Episode art generated by DALL-E 2 with the following prompt written by Logan Moore - "destroyed train in an abandoned forest at night diorama"
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All aboard! Co-op duo Max Roberts and Logan Moore team up to exterminate pests and meet the founders of the Umbrella Corp in Resident Evil 0. Do the adventures of Rebecca and Billy chug along or does this prequel derail the origins of the series?

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Resident Evil 0

  • Developer – Capcom
  • Platforms – GameCube, PS3/360, PS4/X1/Switch
  • Release Date – November 12, 2002
  • Game Director – Koji Oda
  • Producer – Tatsuya Minami
  • Composer – Seiko Kobuchi

Metacritic – 83/100


This episode was originally recorded on January 13, 2023.

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Chapter Select: Season 5, Episode 2 – Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Episode art generated by DALL-E 2 with the following prompt written by Max Roberts - "Resident Evil 7 Baker House in louisiana swampland filled with junk and fungus diorama"
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Fear takes on a whole new perspective in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Max Roberts and Logan Moore immerse themselves in the moldy Baker Estate to find out if Capcom’s gamble to reinvent the franchise – and the company – panned out. It’s time for Resident Evil to come home.

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Metacritic – 86/100


This episode was originally recorded on September 24, 2022.

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Chapter Select: Season 5, Episode 1 – Resident Evil

Episode art generated by DALL-E 2 with the following prompt written by Max Roberts - "Resident Evil 1 Spencer Mansion surrounded by a haunted forest diorama at night time horror"
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It’s time to turn out the lights and lock the door. S.T.A.R.S Agents Max Roberts and Logan Moore creep through the Spencer Mansion to explore where Resident Evil began. Do ink ribbons and static cameras still hold up or has survival horror outgrown its restricted roots?

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Resident Evil

Metacritic – 91% (same for GameCube)


This episode was originally recorded on August 30, 2022.

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Chapter Select Season 5 is Resident Evil

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Welcome to Chapter Select Season Five!

Logan Moore brings Max Roberts under Capcom’s horror umbrella and guides him through this nightmarish franchise. Have over 25 years of innovation and reinvention turned this survival horror series into a husk of a corpse or kept gamers on the edge of their seats? Clear out your inventory. Turn off the lights.
It’s time for…Resident Evil!

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For the season’s structure, Logan and I sat down and custom-tailored the order for Resident Evil. Given the nature of RE-makes, we wove in old and new together based off platform accessibility. Here is the order we have for Season 5:

I am fairly new to the Resident Evil franchise. I entered the fold with RE7 because of PSVR. When Village hit shelves, I snagged it thanks to expiring credits at Best Buy. I never went beyond dabbling with the series classics, although I have longed for the iconic chainsaw GameCube controller.

In contrast, Logan is a long-time S.T.A.R.S agent, originally getting into the series all on the GameCube. He claims that Resident Evil is up there with Metal Gear Solid.

All of the art this season was generated by the DALL-E 2 AI art generator. We felt there was something eerily ironic about a corporate AI mashing together existing creations for us about a game series where an evil corporation makes zombie bioweapons. You know I’ll be digging in deep to the how to in this season’s Behind the Scenes post later this year.

It’s time for you to make a Jill Sandwich, put on your headphones, and pack up some green herbs for Season 5: Resident Evil! The first episode will be launching next Wednesday – January 11, 2023 – with new episodes following in a fortnightly manner. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!

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Announcing Chapter Select Seasons 4 and 5

There’s a first time for everything, right? I wanted to experiment with announcing the season topic well in advance for Season 4. As we ironed out the next few seasons, we ended up with a pairing in Season 4 and 5 that compliment each other quite well. So why not announce them both at the same time?

Season 4 is The Fast & The Furious

Yes. We are branching outside of video games. That’s actually been a goal from the show’s inception. And the first film series I wanted to do it with was The Fast & The Furious.

Logan has never seen these movies, outside of the first one, which he watched for the first time last year. I have been watching them since my aunt rented 2 Fast 2 Furious from Blockbuster in 2003. I have always wanted to share these movies with Logan. It’s going to be great.

I wanted the season to be a true bouncing back and forth, but Logan wasn’t into the idea of narrative whiplash.1 Instead, we are watching the movies in chronological order. Logan is very curious why Tokyo Drift is the fifth movie in this order.

We have three guests lined up for the season so far, but would love more. If you are interested, shoot me a message on Twitter.

The beauty besides Logan’s introduction to the Fast Family is the time commitment. Movies are (generally) much shorter than games. According to reddit, the total runtime of the entire franchise is just over 21 hours. That’s the length of one Paper Mario game. Saving all this time is allowing us to work on an ambitious, longer Season 5 for you all in the front half of 2023.

Season 5 is Resident Evil

It feels like there is no better time to make a season on Resident Evil than right now. RE4 Remake is out in March 2023, three games just got next-gen patches for free, Resident Evil Village is getting a third-person mode and DLC in October 2022. We are in a golden age for the franchise.

Logan has been a fan since playing them on GameCube. My introduction to the series didn’t happen until Resident Evil VII in VR. I’ve played others in chunks or in whacky orders. Speaking of which…

This season’s order is also not a traditional bouncing back and forth. Logan and I cooked up a special order given his knowledge of the lore and the versions we anticipate on playing.

  • Resident Evil (Based off 2002 GameCube remake)
  • Resident Evil VII: Biohazard (2017)
  • Resident Evil 0 (2002)
  • Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019)
  • Resident Evil 4 (2004)
  • Resident Evil 3 Remake (2020)
  • Resident Evil: Code Veronica (2000, PS2 Version)
  • Resident Evil Village (2021)
  • Resident Evil 5 (2009)
  • Resident Evil 6 (2012)
  • Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)

I included the years of release to help paint the picture we want to present. We are bouncing back and forth through the years, versions, and remakes. We paired RE1 and RE7 for their similarities, according to Logan. We then have this Raccoon City chunk with RE0 through RE3R. Then its the modern-ish era of Resident Evil to round out the season. Placing the remakes throughout with the modern PS4/Xbox re-releases of the older games should give us interesting discussion with controls, design, etc.


We don’t have premiere dates locked in on the calendar yet. When these seasons are ready to premiere, you’ll find trailers in the podcast feed and posts here at Max Frequency. If you are interested in playing (or watching!) one of these titles with us for an episode, send me a message on Twitter and we can try to make it work.

Our best work is ahead of us and I cannot wait to share it with you all.


1. I think there are some interesting pairings when bouncing back and forth.