Over the course of the last four weeks, our spooky discussions revolving around horror games and what about them terrifies us the most have been accompanied by equally spooky polls where you, our dear readers, could participate and let us know what you find the scariest in video games. From the scariest horror subgenre to…
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Spooktober Bonus: My Scariest Gaming Moment
Well, here we are. It’s Halloween weekend. If there is any one time for spooks and scares in the year, this is it! Despite our planning, Spooktober is’t quite over yet, so I figured now would be a great time to share my scariest gaming moment. You could say that it combines almost all of…
Scariest Environments: Open Water and Outer Space
The Duck’s most dreaded environments are not of the traditional variety. Sure, I love getting creeped out by a particularly decrepit abandoned asylum or jumping at the mysterious noises one might encounter in the deep, dark woods. But there is something very important that these locations have in common that prevents them from being especially…
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…
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…
Scariest Genre: Psychological Horror
There are a surprising number of subgenres amongst horror games, but as I narrowed down my options, only one choice seemed obvious. Fighting off terrifying creatures can certainly give you an adrenaline rush, while on the flipside, I’ve become so desensitized to jumpscares that they hardly even make me flinch anymore. There is only one…
Spooptober: Madame Clairvoya
One of the best games to really embrace the spoopy theme is Luigi’s Mansion, that fun little romp where Luigi must capture ghosts by sucking them up in a vacuum. While the game features all sorts of silly, smiling ghouls, that doesn’t change the fact that these ghosts are still eager to give poor Luigi…
Spooptober: Gruntilda
Okay, so I doubt anyone actually ever thought Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie was a scary character. Everything about her is kind of a joke, so I suppose she doesn’t quite keep with the theme we’ve got going on here. However, she does have at least one unsettling moment, and it’s what happens if Banjo and Kazooie…
Spooptober: The Amalgamates
Undertale is an odd mixture of quirky humor and downright dark and unsettling moments. Easily the creepiest location in the game is the True Lab, where the topic of today’s post resides. But first, I must warn you that spoilers for the True Pacifist Route are beyond this point.
Spooptober: Linda the Lungfish
Horror doesn’t always need to be about ghosts and ghouls. Probably one of the scariest places outside of crypts and cemeteries is any large and murky body of water whose depths could hide absolutely anything. One such location would undoubtedly be Lake Oblongata from Psychonauts, artificially created when the town of Shaky Claim was flooded…
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