Hahahahahahaha… oh hello, I didn’t see you come in. Gather ’round the fire my little beasties, because this week’s discussion is all about that most frightful time of the year – Halloween!And what better way to celebrate the day when the spirits come out to play than with a good old-fashioned scare?…
Read MoreSilent Hill is a sacred series. I realise that’s a bit ironic since it’s also a series about horrible ghosts, suicidal guilt, and other such depressing matters, but it’s the truth – it’s the premier horror franchise (even moreso now that Resident Evil has turned into a Call of Duty…
Read MoreEnter the survival horror Capcom’s Resident Evil series began all the back in 1996. Since then, there has been over 20 games released in the series, as well as many films and novels produced off the conspiracies of the Umbrella Corporation. So, given the fact that Resident Evil 6 is…
Read MoreA stash of green herbs. Check. A large amount of ammunition to re-kill hordes of brain thirsty zombies. Check. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Raccoon City. Following the T-virus outbreak in Raccoon City, Umbrella has sent in its own Security Service Delta team to collect the T-virus before it ends…
Read MoreTelltale’s The Walking Dead episodic adventure game continues with part 2 – Starved for Help. As far as graphic adventures go, Telltale is truly redefining the genre with The Walking Dead. Whenever I think about point and click affairs, I don’t think ‘action’ and ‘edge of your seat’. But those…
Read MoreAmnesia: The Dark Descent is one of the few horror games that elevates itself to (and maybe even beyond) the likes of Resident Evil, Dead Space, and Silent Hill. The cold atmosphere is one of the main highlights; without Frictional Games (the developers of Amnesia: The Dark Descent) expertly crafting…
Read MoreIt’s a bit like a rolling stone down a mountainside – though the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot didn’t cause a massive controversy in E3 (after all, we had Hitman for that), in the days since that rolling stone has become an avalanche of complaints over the extreme violence (including sexual…
Read MoreWhat happens when you take God of War-style rage, a hyperkinetic camera that makes Ninja Gaiden 3 look positively pedestrian, and Skyrim’s pseudo- early European visual style? Well, you end up with Bloodforge. While on paper that should be a recipe for success somehow it’s nowhere near as awesome as…
Read MoreSo I’m making my way through the Silent Hill HD collection at the moment (read my first impressions here). And naturally that’s got me thinking about all the great horror games that I’ve played over the years. It’s a difficult genre to get right, and certain famous horror games have…
Read MoreSo I’m making my way through the Silent Hill HD collection at the moment (read my first impressions here). And naturally that’s got me thinking about all the great horror games that I’ve played over the years. It’s a difficult genre to get right, and certain famous horror games have…
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