Review by Matt S. There is a fine line between creating a homage and creating something derivative, but it makes all the difference. A homage is a celebration of something people love. It’s a stylistic call back to what people loved about the thing that it’s based on, but it…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. World of Horror is an indie horror game that you’re going to hear a lot more about in the weeks and months ahead. It’s one of those games that is wowing everyone that has played it, and the world of mouth promotion of this one is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Resident Evil 3 is both really well made and not good at all. As a big action gorefest it gets the job done, and like a Michael Bay film Resident Evil 3 barely gives you a second to breathe before it kicks into high gear. What’s…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Moons of Madness claims to be a Lovecraftian-inspired horror game, and it certainly has the tentacles for it! Unfortunately, it largely misses the mark at what cosmic horror aims for, replacing it with jump scares and an emphasis on the grotesque. In this video I talk…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I don’t know if H.P. Lovecraft would be particularly fond of Moons of Madness. It bills itself as a “Lovecraftian game” because it has space tentacles in it, but it largely misses the nuance and intellectual depth of Lovecraft’s body of work. Push past that and…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. It’s technically in “Early Access”, but you may as well go invest in World of Horror now. This rather remarkable indie effort manages to be the best take on Lovecraftian Horror RPG play that we’ve seen to date, and does so in the nostalgic wrappings of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Last year I played – and absolutely loved – a tiny little indie horror title called Deadus. It’s a horror game that has been designed to play on the original Game Boy, and as such so you needed an emulator (or a device with a Game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Coma was a 2D, sidescrolling stalker horror game that had a strong premise, but ultimately failed to back that up in a substantive way. The good news is that it sold well enough for the developers to take a second crack at it, and The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Given the success of the remake of Resident Evil 2, it should probably come as no surprise that Capcom would do the exact same thing with Resident Evil 3 at some point and… that’s exactly what has happened. And of course it looks good. This new…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Bloober Team’s take on Blair Witch is an admirable attempt, but an ultimately flawed game. It’s a horror title which has the player wandering in the woods of Burkittsville (previously Blair), the same space which the Blair Witch films took place. It aims for a similar…
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