I may not be a horror game enthusiast, but it’s not too difficult to see when games of the genre take a turn for the goofy. Shift at Midnight is a prime example. And while it might be unfair to compare it to what I might consider the spoopiest game of all-time, Grabbed by the…
Category: Spooptober
Queen Vanessa’s Manor: Spoopy or Nightmare Fuel?
A Hat in Time is a quirky and colorful game inspired by 3D platformers of the 90s. Most of the game is bright and goofy…and then there’s one chapter that turns this otherwise cute game into pure nightmare fuel. Queen Vanessa’s Manor, which somehow manages to be one of the scariest gaming experiences of my…
The Spoopiest Locales in Sam & Max Games
Video games are ripe for presenting worlds that exist beyond our imaginations, there’s no shortage of odd places in them. Add a sizable dose of humor to these strange spots, and that’s when spoopiness arises. After working through the remastered Sam & Max trilogy of a few years ago, there’s little doubt in my mind…
FNAF UCN’s Spoopiest Animatronics
One of the biggest horror franchises in gaming at the moment is Five Nights at Freddy’s. (I know, it’s a surprise you haven’t heard of it…super forced sarcasm…) While known for plenty of scary games that place the player in claustrophobic situations, where you’re forced to fend off multiple killer anomatronics, the games are no…
Little Owlbear, Please Don’t Maim Me
A few years ago, one of our Spooptober themes focused on scary characters who turn out to be friends, or at least friendly. As a look back upon the games I’ve dipped into since, I think I have another to add to the list, though I will admit that it’s degree of spoopiness is very…
Lost in Random’s Royam is Pretty Spoopy, But His Rhymes are Quite…Cruddy
Lost in Random is a Tim Burton-esque adventure where the fates of everyone depends on the role of the dice. This darkly fascinating world is inhabited by all sorts of bizarre residents, but just because someone looks spooky, that doesn’t mean they are spooky. But then again…that also doesn’t necessarily mean they’re definitely not spooky,…
Once Human is All Kinds of Spoopy!
Some how, some way, Once Human has burrowed its crazy survival-crafting ways into my heart, and as much as I’ve already talked about it recently, I just cannot let go of it yet. But that’s a good thing when it comes to us revisiting Spooptober, because it is truly the spoopiest game I’ve played since…well,…