[Dead Days Of Summer] Day 4: The 8 Best Horror Themed Video Game Expansions

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Posted by Adam Dodd on August 08, 2012 @ 11:00pm
Category: Games / Editorials

If September through November is a verdant jungle brimming with life and excitement, then July and much of August make up the barren wasteland where no one ever wants to spend their valuable vacation days. It’s dead. If it were a horse, you’d shoot it in the head to put it out of its misery, then you’d shoot it again, just in case. There’s very little excitement, leaving us with nearly two months where we have to fend for ourselves. Obviously, we can’t go outside, because our pale gamer skin would burn up under the hot summer sun. Geeks and nerds don’t tan, in fact, it’s been proven in a lab underneath Raccoon City that any light that’s brighter than the glow of a TV or computer monitor can cause irreparable harm to our fragile exteriors.

Why would you go outside and… do whatever it is people do in that mythical place when you could grab a shotgun and rid Liberty City of all its pedestrians, or duel with Big Daddies in Rapture, or strategically dismember Necromorphs aboard the Sprawl? It’s dangerous out there, so we reserve our adventures to video games. Unfortunately, unless you’re like me and you have a massive backlog of unfinished games, there really isn’t anything new to keep you busy until the big games start pouring out in the near future. Thankfully, there’s plenty to choose from when it comes to the collection you already have, so to help you out, here’s the best horror-themed expansions for some games you probably already own. READ MORE