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…
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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…
Lumara: Demo Review
Lumara is an atmospheric underwater puzzle game where you play as an anglerfish deep in the Bathypelagic Zone spanning 1000-4000 meters deep. No, I’m not smart, the game just told me so. During my 30 minutes with the demo, Lumara explores dark underwater passages, which can be illuminated with her lure, and encounters polluted water…
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…
The BioShock Movie Might Still Happen
Video game movies are only a little more frequent now than they were in the 2000s, but the amount of proposed projects has steadily been going up. Most of these projects never see the light of day, but the interest in Hollywood is still seemingly there. Anyway, we got a unexpected tidbit of news about…
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,…
Well Dweller is Everything a Metroidvania Should Be
Well Dweller is a dark fantasy Metroidvania about a bird named Glimmer who must rescue his family from a wicked queen. I was fortunate enough to get a free Steam key from the developer (thank you!), and I had a blast playing it. The game opens with a bit of backstory about the evil queen,…