Tag: Horror
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The return of Spooky Month and the struggles of recommending Horror Games!
It’s that time of the year again at long last! And just like last year, all month long I will be writing about horror games. This is the perfect time of the year for it and I’ll always take an excuse to gush about one of my favorite genres of video games! Unlike last year…
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Mundaun: A true Hidden Gem
Now, I did not plan this. When I reviewed Layers of Fear and talked about how terrible of a game it was, I did not plan to review another indie horror game right after it. This is just a happy accident. A very happy accident because Mundaun is an amazing game and the perfect thing…
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Review: Layers of Fear is this year’s greatest sleep aid
2023 has been an amazing year for games! We got great remakes like Dead Space and Resident Evil 4, awesome sequels with Tears of the Kingdom and Street Fighter 6, and even games being localized for the first time like Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and Like a Dragon: Ishin! And while we’ve…
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Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse – The game we were robbed of…
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile you’ve probably noticed that I really enjoy survival horror games. And you’ve also probably noticed that I really enjoy Fatal Frame in particular when it comes to that genre! So you can imagine just how excited I was when it was announced that after nearly 15 years…
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Dead Space Remake: If it ain’t Broke, do Fix it
So the long awaited Dead Space remake has finally released and to rave reviews as well! Everyone seems to agree that EA Motive, the developers of the remake, completely knocked it out of the park. And I’m going to go ahead and tell you right now that this review is going to be no different.…
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What justifies a Remake?
With the long awaited remake of Dead Space finally releasing today, I thought now would be a perfect time to discuss remakes in gaming once again! Previously, I had talked about remakes and when the right time to remake a game was, this time though I’d like to discuss what makes a remake feel justified.…
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The Callisto Protocol: Within Striking Distance of Greatness
It’s no secret that I love horror games. From indie horror games made by a single person to AAA produced horror games from a big publisher and developer, I play and love a lot of them! As such, you can probably imagine I was pretty hyped when the Callisto Protocol, a new game from one…
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Games That Never End
If you’ve been following the blog for some time now you may remember a few posts I did discussing the length of games. How long or short a game is can be very important to the overall experience. You can have an amazing game with some great game play but if that game lasts way…
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Psychological Horror – Horror that sits with you
To end this month of horror game related posts, I thought I’d talk about what might be my favorite kind of horror, and that’s psychological horror! Unlike with shock horror, that mainly focuses on things like jump scares and freaky imagery, psychological horror generally requires a bit more thought. It focuses more on dread and…
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Co-op Horror: Putting Fear into Friendship
Horror games are easily some of the most creative kinds of games around. This mainly stems from the fact that developers are always trying to find new ways to scare people! And through that drive we tend to get some pretty creative ideas. But there’s one kind of horror game that people really don’t seem…
Games for Thought 