Preview by Matt S. I knew nothing about Get Even before getting some hands-on time with it at Bandai Namco’s offices recently. It looks like a pretty generic modern shooter, and in the opening chapter of the game, I thought that was exactly what it was setting itself up to…
Read MoreAnd you thought January was a busy month for games… February has a nearly unending release schedule of really good looking games, from all genres, for all kinds of gamer. So, this week on the DDNet podcast, we take some time to look at everything to look forward to in…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Like the zombies of old, the Resident Evil series has lost its soul in recent years. The problem with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is that it is such a vapid, self-interested title, and so obsessed with being earnest in its desire to create horror, that it…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Sylvio, a horror adventure title by Swedish studio Stroboskop, is an odd game. It’s a game built upon the concept of Electronic Voice Phenomena, or EPV, where microphone usage in supposedly haunted places can make recordings which bear hidden messages from spirits. It’s also mechanically one…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. This decade’s surge in indie game popularity and the growing accessibility of the tools and knowledge needed to make games have been wonderful for opening the door to games from all corners of the globe. It wasn’t long ago that game development was focused almost entirely…
Read MoreReview by Lachlan W. Wick, by Hellbent Games, is a horror game for a new age. The story goes that there is an old urban legend, a campfire game for teens designed to scare the pants off those silly enough to actually try it. The victim is placed alone in…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Those themes of uncanniness which are most prominent, … are all concerned with the phenomenon of the ‘double’, which appears in every shape and in every degree of development …the ‘double’ has become a thing of terror.” (Sigmund Freud, The Uncanny, 1919) Related reading: Here They…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. It’s no secret that the original Corpse Party is an older horror game. The latest entry in the franchise is a polished version of that release and retains the original’s overall aesthetics and mechanics. What’s fascinating is that, 20 years later, Corpse Party is still a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “Italian neorealism” is a phrase you’re not likely to hear unless you study film at university, or are among the most hardcore of film buffs, but it was an enormously influential movement in European cinema that informed a lot of its future development. Also known as…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It’s Halloween time! Depending on where you live in the world that can mean anything from Trick ‘n Treating to getting dressed up in crazy costumes and going to boozy parties. Or you could just stay at home and play horror games. That’s what we’re doing.…
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