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…
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Dave the Diver: Demo Review
Dave the Diver is a casual, side-scrolling adventure/simulation game where you scuba dive during the day and manage a sushi restaurant at night. The soundtrack is quite relaxing, and the pixel art is vibrant, making you feel like you’re in a virtual vacation. The demo spans three days, during which you catch fish for the…
The Horror That Surrounds: The Dunes
With so many horror games revolving around abandoned buildings, spooky woods, and loads of dead things, it’s really refreshing when a horror game comes along that forgoes all of that. Okay, okay, today’s subject is not technically a horror game, and yet I still find it to be a good deal more terrifying than most…
Dredge’s Pale Reach DLC is Fun, But My Excitement Thawed by the End
Having now gotten 100% in the eerie world of Dredge, I was eager to do more with my speedy, fully-upgraded boat and the huge wads of cash I had accumulated over the course of my adventure. Fortunately, Dredge has some DLC in the form of the $5.99 Pale Reach expansion, which adds a large icy…
Top 10 Creepiest Dredge Aberrations
In a unique little fishing game called Dredge, there’s always this uneasy sense that something is not right. And one of the most obvious examples of this are the aberrations, bizarre and sometimes outright grotesque mutations of normally mundane fish. Having now gotten 100% of the trophies in the main game, I was required to…
Dredge is a Seemingly Relaxing Fishing Game with an Eerie Undercurrent
Dredge is an intriguing fishing game where something sinister lurks beneath the surface. Shortly after you are hired as the fisherman for a sleepy little town by the name of Greater Marrow, you soon catch on that something’s not right. People warn you not to go out after dark. The mayor asks you to deliver…
Iron Lung: Exploring an Ocean of Blood in a Rusty Submarine
Seeing as I tend to avoid horror games that feature lots of gore and ghosts and the like, I’ve discovered that many of the remaining spooky options available to me prey on my thalassophobia AKA the fear of the ocean. One of the worst things about the ocean is its sheer size, meaning just about…
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…
How Abzu Helped Me Overcome an Irrational Fear
Around Thanksgiving of 2020, I was browsing the Nintendo and PlayStation stores for some great deals. One of the best was a 90% discount on a game called Abzu, which I got for $2 (its usual price is $20). If it wasn’t for the cheap price, I might not have bought this game because part…
Narcosis Seems to be Anything But Sleepy
March 2017 has been a important month for games thus far. It’s been high-profile release after high-profile release so far, and with the next Dark Souls III dlc and final Destiny live event set to drop next week, it doesn’t look like things will be slowing down anytime soon. With all these major releases dropping one…
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