Tag: Indie Horror
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You should really play Labyrinth of the Demon King
Have you ever played a game, a recently released game, that you really enjoy but are already worried isn’t going to get the recognition it deserves? That’s how I’m currently feeling with the indie horror game Labyrinth of the Demon King! Released a little over a week ago, Labyrinth of the Demon King is a…
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Scratches: Old School Horror
If you’ve been following this blog for a bit, it won’t be much of a surprise when I say a couple of weeks ago I was in the mood to play a horror game! It’s one of my favorite genres after all so I often have at least one horror game in rotation. But this…
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Clock Tower: Rewind – Still a Classic
Okay, so, I know I said we’d take a bit of a break from horror after Spooky Month but I just have to talk a bit about this game as it was honestly quite the surprise for me! For a bit of context, I decided to pick up Clock Tower: Rewind, which is a remaster…
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Which Horror Games are the Best?
Happy Halloween everyone! Uploading the podcast early this week to help celebrate the spooky occasion! Tune in to listen to Ray and I discuss and rank which horror games we think are the best! Listen to us debate about big games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Five Nights are Freddy’s as well as smaller…
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The Simply Charming Fun of Crow Country
I’ve said this in the past but sometimes games do not need to be innovative to be good. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel every time you make a car. Sometimes just sticking to what works and doing a really good job at that is more than enough to catch someone’s eye and that’s…
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You missed the most Horrifying Game of 2023
2023 gave us a ton of amazing horror games to play! Games like Dead Space, Resident Evil 4, Killer Frequency, and Alan Wake 2. However, I’d argue that 2023’s most horrifying game went overlooked by many when it first released in October, myself included! Which is a massive shame since in terms of pure horror,…
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SIGNALIS: Surpassing your Inspirations
It’s kind of crazy to think about how many once great and massive franchises are now dead in the water, seemingly forgotten by those that hold the rights to them. Series like Mega Man, F-Zero, Kid Icarus, Star Fox, Punch-Out, Dino Crisis, Darkstalkers, Killer Instinct, Banjo-Kazooie, and like everything made by Konami. Lots and lots…
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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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Indie Horror Games: Like a needle in a hay stack
With cheaper and more easily available development tools like Unity and the Unreal Engine, making your own games has never been easier! This can be seen pretty easily with the rise of indie games in recent years. Games that are developed by one person or a small group with a small budget and normally without…
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