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The Ringer&#039;s Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion reminisce about &#039;Red Dead Redemption&#039; and react to the trailer for &#039;Red Dead Redemption 2&#039; (1:10). Then they bring on their colleague Victor Luckerson to recap his all-day marathon with the newly released SNES Classic, weigh in on which 16-bit classics have held up the best, and forecast the future of retro gaming (7:10). Lastly, Ben and Jason bring on Kotaku&#039;s Stacie Ponder to discuss how the notorious (and recently rereleased) &#039;Night Trap&#039; holds up 25 years later, her love-fear relationship with horror games, and the endless porting and remaking of &#039;Resident Evil&#039; (27:35).
 
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Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

The SNES Classic, Revisiting ‘Night Trap,’ and Gaming Fear (Ep. 54)

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