{"id":255,"date":"2026-08-02T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-07-31T01:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:23:32","slug":"issue-54-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/issue-54-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 54 &#8211; November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaminginsurrection.com\/archives\/ISSUE54FINAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-256 \" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Issue-54.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Issue-54.png 1152w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Issue-54-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Issue-54-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Issue-54-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Issue-54-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 54: Monster Mash (4Q2025) \u2014 November 2025 (31 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Feature: Monster Mash \u2013 GI\u2019s favorite monsters in gaming<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Vampires: Demitri, Alucard, Raziel<\/li>\n<li>Demons: Dante, Blackheart, Jedah<\/li>\n<li>Frankenstein\u2019s Monster: Frankenstein &amp; Igor (Castlevania), Victor<\/li>\n<li>Werewolves: Jon Talbain, Sabrewulf<\/li>\n<li>Witches: Bayonetta, Tessa<\/li>\n<li>Zombies: Lord Raptor, Witch (Left 4 Dead)<\/li>\n<li>Others: Morrigan (succubus), Anakaris (mummy), Rikuo (merman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beat.Trip.Game<\/strong>: ClayFighter: Tournament Edition (SNES)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cry of War<\/strong>: We love monsters and campy horror<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reviews<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSOne, GoI)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein (SNES)<\/li>\n<li>Frankenstein: The Monster Returns (NES)<\/li>\n<li>House of the Dead (Arcade)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tech Geeks<\/strong>: Snowball ICE microphone (new version)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Retro Game Corner<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Main story<\/strong>: Favorite monsters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Torture of the Issue<\/strong>: Splatterhouse (Arcade)<\/li>\n<li><strong>DDR Spotlight<\/strong>: 20, November (Heavy), It\u2019s Raining Men (Almighty Mix) (Heavy), Justify My Love (Heavy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Systems<\/strong>: Animal Crossing (GameCube)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mortal Kombat Mobile<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Character analysis<\/strong>: Ace of Knaves The Joker (Diamond), Demolition Sonya Blade (Gold), Kano Prime (Silver)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Team Synergy<\/strong>: Klassic Movie Team<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shao Kahn\u2019s Tower matches<\/strong>: Matches 46-48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arcadia Journal<\/strong>: Player 1UP (Rock Hill), Transmission (Columbia), Lost Ark: Arcadia Manor (Greensboro), Radioactive Pinball (Aiken), Super Abari (Charlotte)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Strip\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Property Review<\/strong>: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strip Talk<\/strong>: Representation in media matters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anime Lounge<\/strong>: Tomo-chan is a Girl! (Episodes 1-13)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Otaku Corner<\/strong>: Devil May Cry anime episodes 3 and 4<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top 5 List<\/strong>: Our favorite monsters in gaming<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marvel Character Highlight<\/strong>: Dormammu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 54: Monster Mash (4Q2025) \u2014 November 2025 (31 pages) Feature: Monster Mash \u2013 GI\u2019s favorite monsters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[381],"tags":[395,91,396,344,397,394],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-381","tag-4q2025","tag-brandon-beatty","tag-issue-54","tag-lyndsey-beatty","tag-monster-mash","tag-november-2025","wpcat-381-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/archivedissues\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}