It was October, so of course, I had to do a theme minisode on Horror Games. This was the hardest minisode to set up yet. Mostly because October is a notoriously […]
NPC – Non Play Criticism: The Paradox of Horror
October 31, 2014 | Filed under: External Sources, Recent Posts and tagged with: Horror Games, Non Play Criticism, Philosophy It is a truism in video game circles of serious thinkers that video games are a young […]
A Cultural History of Horror
Horror stories are meant to be dark reflections of ourselves or rather more importantly a dark reflection of what we fear most as a society at the time. This isn’t […]
‘Silent Hill 2′: The Oppression of Atmosphere
Also known as, Experiencing the Atmosphere First Hand. I close out horror month with the big fish, the granddaddy of all horror games: Silent Hill 2. So much has been written […]
October ’12 Round Table Entry – Thinking on Horror
It’s the end of the month and that means it’s time for BoRT. Being October, this month’s topic suitably fits the season, Fear and Loathing in Game Spaces: “Since their inception, […]
The Fear is Gone: Reconsidering the ‘Left 4 Dead’ Series
It’s October and so begins a month talking about horror games. It seems only fitting. First up are the Left 4 Dead series. Always one to be oh so punctual, I […]
Horror Games – Top 25
So, I wrote a piece for Gameranx called Top 25 Horror Games of All Time. Not the most enthralling piece I’ve written, but then that isn’t the purpose of top x […]