One of the best horror premises is going back to your small hometown and slowly uncovering long-buried secrets. The potential for tying the town’s evils to...
I’ve often worried that I would never experience a piece of media that made me feel like House of Leaves did. I don’t mean I’m looking...
I’ve always felt like games, more so than any other medium, are uniquely qualified to capture the feeling of a nightmare. There’s something about players all...
I’m not a huge fan of racing games, but you know what I am a fan of? Cars smashing into each other. Cars blasting one another...
Within the first hour of Romeo is a Dead Man, the new game from Grasshopper Manufacture, I played a third-person action game with comic book-style cutscenes,...
Comic books have been a source for video game adaptations for as long as I can remember. I have core memories of playing games like Batman...
At this point, it feels like so many franchises have an official tabletop roleplaying game. The Walking Dead, Hellboy, Blade Runner, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and...
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This year seemed to be one that was packed to the gills with horror games...
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* Even as someone who loves the hobby of tabletop RPGs, it’s nearly impossible to keep...
Sometimes you read a premise where every single word gets better as the sentence goes on. Skate Story, the new game from Sam Eng, is one...
Just a little over a year ago, Blumhouse Games published their first game, Fear the Spotlight, which I was a big fan of. Their latest publishing...
Everything is a roguelike now. We’ve got poker roguelikes, slot machine roguelikes, even Breakout has been made into a roguelike, and it seems the possibilities for...
I don’t know if it’s because of the ubiquity of the streaming service, but occasionally a Netflix property will end up being such a big hit...
Growing up, I was always a Nintendo kid. Mario had its hooks in me from the moment they wheeled an NES into my hospital room while...
October is always a great time for horror releases, and this year was no exception. So many small indie games came out that it’s easy for...
It’s clear that Bloober Team knows that they need to capitalize on this moment. Last year, they did the impossible and silenced doubters by remaking Silent...
In the mid to late ‘90s, it seemed like there was a trend to start making video games more like films as a way of evolving...
As someone who studied screenwriting in undergrad, I’ve always been drawn in by tales about the filmmaking process. No matter what the medium, seeing characters struggle...
As much as they go through periods of oversaturation, mowing down zombies is one of gaming’s simplest pleasures. It’s something so morally straightforward and viscerally satisfying,...
Horror often relies on putting the protagonist in immediate danger, throwing them in situations where one false step can cause them direct bodily harm. While games...
I’m sure the term has been around for a while, but I recently heard the term “newstalgia” for the first time, and that’s a term that...
Nostalgia is a concept I have a complicated relationship with. While my appreciation for things like classic survival horror and PSX-style graphics may come from games...
Note: Remedy has addressed some of the criticisms found in the review with a new launch update. Remedy does an excellent job at creating worlds that...
With the sheer amount of games released lately, it’s always great to get a chance to try things out before you buy. Steam Next Fest is...
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