Tag: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

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We Have No Mouths and We Must Scream

Just one day after Halloween, out comes our two many podcast discussion on the classic adventure game I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. In the beginning we lament that we have to warn about spoiling the game, including puzzles. In fact, a large portion of the podcast could constitute a walkthrough because of the integrated nature of them regarding the thematic content. The puzzles aren’t divorced from the story like many traditional point and click adventure games and on that alone I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream comes out far ahead of much of its genre. | more

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A Truthful Execution of Horror: ‘I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream’

We recorded a podcast on I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, it will go up soon and, in the meantime, I decide to look into it with what it does with horror. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream isn’t horrifying in the traditional sense of the genre, but then we tend to use horror, terror, frightening and scary as interchangeable when really, they are subtly distinct emotions. The game really isn’t scary. You won't be screaming or whimpering or see YouTube videos of people making fools of themselves. | more