The last game you’d expect to be discussed during Spooktober is most assuredly the cute and relaxing life sim, Animal Crossing. After all, what could possibly be scary about decorating your house or meeting new animal friends? Well, ever since the franchise’s debut on the Nintendo GameCube, there has been one, no, make that two…
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Spooktober: The Many Traumas of Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds is a fantastic game where you discover the mysteries of your galaxy, while a supernova occurs every 22 minutes. (And time travel is involved or else it would be a very short game indeed). Nothing else can truly compare, making this one of my favorite games of all time. There’s just one teensy,…
Spooktober 2025: The Terrifying Brilliance of RE7’s Video Tapes
It might be because I’ve been playing and discussing games for so long now, but I find myself wandering back to the same games every time the spooky season rolls around. I play new stuff constantly, horror games included, but I suppose it just takes a lot for something to really stick now. Anyway, I…
Spooktober: Just How Far Will the Aberrations in Dredge Spread?
Whereas some horror games have you getting chased by terrifying monstrosities that scream and moan as they shuffle or outright bolt after you, the horror of Dredge is far more understated. In fact, the game could almost appear relaxing on the surface. You play as a new fisherman who just moved to the island of…
Spooktober: The Absolute Terror of Outlast Endures 11 Years Later
I’ve been a horror game fan for a very long time, probably since the days of the original Dead Space on Xbox 360. If horror or even just spooky themes count, then it’s even longer, going back all the way to the likes of Ghostly Grove or Haunted Hall in Donkey Kong Country 2. Spooky…
Spooktober: The Time Hogwarts Legacy Turned Into a Horror Movie
Hogwarts Legacy is a massive Harry Potter RPG that I played off and on for roughly a year, spanning 80+ hours. The world of Harry Potter is, undoubtedly, a spooky one indeed, with giant spiders (the acromantula is just the worst!), undead inferi, super sus dark magic, and lots of ghosts and poltergeists. To my…
Spooktober 2025: The Spooky Flash Games of Yesteryear
Whenever Halloween season rolls around, my mind cannot help but wander back, at least once or twice, to the hey day of the old internet. Those of you who were around in the early- to mid-2000s might remember it, a wild world of cheaply made websites and hundreds, if not thousands of flash games made…
The Horror That Surrounds: The Abyss
Hollow Knight is a challenging Metroidvania about a bug who travels to the dead kingdom of Hallownest, which has been ravaged by a terrible infection, leaving very few inhabitants alive and sane. This game is no stranger to dark things, and sometimes it veers off into outright horror. This is especially apparent in two locations…
The Horror That Surrounds: The Suffocating Anxiety of Deepnest
For the most part, Hollow Knight isn’t exactly a scary game. Sure, the bosses might make you fear for your life at times, but most of the rest of the experience is quite atmospheric and even relaxing. There is one pretty big exception to this though, an area of the map that can and will…
Spooktober: The Horror that Surrounds
Fellow readers, writers, and players, one and all, we’ve made it. We’ve finally made it to the best month of the year. It’s that month when we finally know that summer is behind us, and a chill starts to set in. That month when the orange sun peers through autumn leaves as a restless fog…
VIRTUAL BASTION 