When I look back at my past in gaming, I don’t know if I can pinpoint the origin of this particular fear. My first encounter with a thresher maw in Mass Effect comes readily to mind. If there was anything before that, it might have been one of many of the massive demons in Doom…
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It Seems Walmart Might Stop Selling Physical Xbox Games
Now that Best Buy has announced plans to stop carrying physical video media, it’s looking like other major retailers are seeing the move as a green light to begin phasing out physical stock as well. While not yet confirmed or acknowledged by Walmart, there’s a claim circling now that the big box giant is now…
Scariest Enemies: Humanoid Monstrosities
Video games are filled to the brim with weird and creepy monsters, but if I had to narrow it down, humanoid creatures are probably my least favorite foe. It could be the inherent creepiness of the uncanny valley, or it could just be that I don’t like facing off against something that either used to…
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series: Demo Review
Of the dwindling number of interesting retro games that I have still yet to play, the Klonoa games are one such series that sit relatively high on my to-do list. While I don’t know much about these games, these cute 2D platformers just look like something I’d have a lot of fun with, and so…
Spooktober: No! Not the Bugs! NOT THE BUGS!
I like to think of myself as somewhat sophisticated when it comes to the kinds of horror games I like. I’ll go on and on about the likes of Signalis or Soma and how they can chill us to the bone by confronting us with the nightmarish possibilities of existence. I’ll dive into stuff like…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #317
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Worst Type of Scare: Something BIG Approaches
Not to spoil what’s likely to be in my next Spooktober post, but, I don’t like overly-large, beastly antagonists. It’s bad enough when you’re minding your own business and they pop up out of nowhere (looking at you Fallout’s mirelurk queens!). What I fund much worse, however, is when they ambiguously but distinctly announce their…
Redfall Gets An Update, Still Sucks. Are You Surprised?
I wrote a piece a couple weeks ago that kind of went off on how gaming media likes to blow up every little thing into something major. “People must be outraged or they’re not going to click” seems to be th logic, but then it must also be acknowledged that there is a lot of…
Most Frightening Type of Scare: Being Chased and “Weeping Angel” Style Foes
Let’s face it, I get scared easily. That’s why I don’t play that many horror games, and I only watch the tamest of scary movies. In fact, one of the only scares that doesn’t really affect me anymore are jumpscares because FNAF has pretty much desensitized me to it. (Except for jumpscares I’m really not…
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